Nightbus
Manchester duo Nightbus share "False Prophet (ashnymph Remix)" & annouce EU tour dates.
Nightbus follow up their acclaimed debut record ‘Passenger’ with a remix of Angles Mortz, one of the album's standout tracks, coming courtesy of Manchester producer and W. H. Lung founder Tom Sharkett.
Fresh from remixes for LCD Soundsystem and Nation of Language, Tom draws from a palette of Italo, EBM and off-kilter disco, bringing his club informed yet DIY-rooted stamp to the track; putting a distinctly ‘Manctalo’ spin on Angles Mortz.
In Tom’s own words:
“When I first heard Nightbus they reminded me of output on labels like Minimal Wave, and the band Deux in particular. In my mind they're Manchester's modern day equivalent so I really wanted to lean into that idea on the remix.
I love how they offset the darker elements with a catchy vocal hook, something hopeful that flips the track on its head when it drops. Angles Mortz does that perfectly and was ripe for some dark EBM drums & a hefty bass, stretched out for the dancefloor.”
Flickering in ultraviolet, there is an elusive place where blue pill meets red, ups become downs, and day merges with night. Those liminal spaces where anything is possible is where you’ll find Nightbus and their hypnotic debut album Passenger. Doom, uncertainty, and opportunity lurk in the shadowy corners of their murky existence with stops at disassociation, co-dependency, and addiction before reaching its final destination - a glimmer of hope.
“We’re travellers in our own bodies; there’s an alter-ego nurturing our secrets, fantasies, shame, and fears, lost in the underworld of humanity. A dreamscape of tabu existence, things that define us but wouldn’t come up in casual conversations. This album is that traveller, the passenger,”
Olive Rees reveals, who, alongside partner-in-crime Jake Cottier, is Nightbus.
“This self-destructive side can be triggered at any moment, and you’ll experience life in a completely different light. It’s not about hiding that side, but if it were gone, what journey would it experience?”
The in-between of Nightbus’ own Gotham lies where Manchester’s city pulse meets Stockport’s outer realm. An audio-visual entity formed among a musical family of friends, freaks, and foes in messy mills and after hours on dancefloors alike, their sound bleeds from tension where collective creative forces are bound together and collide with the fallout of being torn apart.
Live Dates
30/05 - Frameworks Festival, Manchester, UK
09/06 - Le Grand Mix, Tourcoing, FR
11/06 - La Cooperative De Mai, Clermont-Ferrand, FR
13/06 - About Pop Festival, Stuttgart, DE
14/06 - Bike Jesus, Prague, CZ
6/06 - Hydrozagadka, Warsaw, PL
17/06 - Urban Spree, Berlin, DE
19/06 - Rotown, Rotterdam, NL
20/06 - Cinetol, Amsterdam, N
