Rubber Sole, by Neu Balance

Rubber Sole

by Neu Balance

supported by

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Purchasable with gift card

$7 CAD or more

1.	Second Helpings 00:45	buy track
2.	Better Off Alone 04:02	buy track
3.	get up 06:34	buy track
4.	Restate 01:54	buy track
5.	Restate - Dance Edit 04:10	buy track
6.	Sheffie 02:17	buy track
7.	bb 02:49	buy track
8.	Future Goner 02:34	buy track
9.	Trsx Moon 05:48	buy track
10.	Tread 01:43	buy track
11.	May B. So 04:23	buy track
12.	Guu Yuu 06:55	buy track

about

Vancouver studio heads Neu Balance breathe deep on Pacific Northwestern air and exhale a debut of meticulously dazed hybrid house and ambient electronica, synthetic and playful with a twisted holisticism.

“Rubber Sole” drifts in and out of a borealic yet lush minimalism and over to a jumped-up maximalism that is also present in their live shows. It also blurs from a sort of pre-apocalyptic and overtly filtered, processed and generally heavy synth layers and partially dismantled beats into a bright naturalism/pastoralia.

Though their name is a light goof on notions of balance, duality and cushioning, “Rubber Sole” sincerely explores the threshold of balance through accessible house, supremely produced and assembled with excessively customized signifiers that are opposed with stylized washes of ultra crisp digital ambience.

Tonal dualitys play out through both the more direct, dancefloor-ready tracks like “Guu Yuu” as much as headphone drifters like “trsx moon”, but generally soft and cushioned touch runs throughout the duration. Elsewhere on the more gradual “Get Up”, these opposing elements converge for one of the cassettes weirdest moments of fried 95bpm... more

credits

released January 6, 2015

originally released on
1080pcollection.bandcamp.com/album/rubber-sole

All music written and produced by Sam Beatch: tracks 2 3 and 12 are co-written with Sebastian Davidson
Album Mastered by Jonathan Scherk
Art by Peter Orlowsky

license

about

Neu Balance Vancouver, British Columbia

another project featuring member of Neu Balance is:

morethanhuman.greedbag.com/buy/lay-doe-0/

contact / help

Contact Neu Balance

Streaming and
Download help

Report this album or account

If you like Neu Balance, you may also like:

it was all a dream...
by Saint Friday

The newest LP from NYC duo Saint Friday on cbb records delves into eclectic dance music as colorful as it is cerebral. Bandcamp New & Notable May 17, 2022
go to album
4/4 #40
by Electric Tango, Luis Meza, VicVicVic, Michael Conroy,

On 1980 Recordings, “4/4 #40” nails the ominous element of techno & deep house, delivering dance songs with an ominous edge. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 16, 2019
go to album
In The End There Is A Smile - Compost Black Label #139
by Liquid Phonk

featured on Bandcamp Radio Aug 22, 2017
go to album
Joyful
by Andras

featured on Bandcamp Radio Feb 11, 2020
go to album
LP1
by Earth Trax

Another triumph from Shall Not Fade, “LP1” mixes coldwave with techno and breakbeat for songs icy songs that never stop moving. Bandcamp New & Notable Jan 19, 2020
go to album
Hygiene
by Francis Inferno Orchestra

A low-lit, dubby number from Francis Inferno Orchestra that gently references ’90s dance music. Bandcamp New & Notable Aug 18, 2018
go to album
Corn / Dust
by Andras

With hard-pinned stereo banjos and deep bass lines, this EP strikes a balance between bright and somber moods. Bandcamp New & Notable Nov 14, 2017
go to album