For some, 2021 was a year of stillness or stagnation. For others, including elusive UK producer Holy Other, it was a chance to return to the fore and reconnect with old fans.
Back in November, Holy Other – real name David Ainley – released his first new music since 2012’s critically revered Held LP. The project in question was a wispy ten-track album entitled Lieve, which he shared via his own imprint. It was recorded following a stay at Bidston Observatory on the Wirral amid the unease of 2020. Harnessing the building’s spacious acoustics, the album’s airy sonics owed themselves to the reverberation found in the vast stone cellars and wooden dome structures. The material was accompanied by ghostly injections of vocal swells and other instrumentation, resulting in an introspective body of work that contrasted the organic and artificial.
This Sunday Mix is much his own productions: subtle, affective and entirely enthralling. Featuring tracks by the likes of Paraadiso, Lack, Nikki Nair, Proc Fiskal and Ama Lou, along with a handful of essential edits, Ainley describes it as “a tiny cross-section of things I love that were released in 2021”.
Photography: Camille Blake
Sunday Mix: Holy Other
Sunday Mix: Holy Other
For some, 2021 was a year of stillness or stagnation. For others, including elusive UK producer Holy Other, it was a chance to return to the fore and reconnect with old fans.
Back in November, Holy Other – real name David Ainley – released his first new music since 2012’s critically revered Held LP. The project in question was a wispy ten-track album entitled Lieve, which he shared via his own imprint. It was recorded following a stay at Bidston Observatory on the Wirral amid the unease of 2020. Harnessing the building’s spacious acoustics, the album’s airy sonics owed themselves to the reverberation found in the vast stone cellars and wooden dome structures. The material was accompanied by ghostly injections of vocal swells and other instrumentation, resulting in an introspective body of work that contrasted the organic and artificial.
This Sunday Mix is much his own productions: subtle, affective and entirely enthralling. Featuring tracks by the likes of Paraadiso, Lack, Nikki Nair, Proc Fiskal and Ama Lou, along with a handful of essential edits, Ainley describes it as “a tiny cross-section of things I love that were released in 2021”.
Photography: Camille Blake
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