The Importance of Artists Working Together (Plus a REMIX PREMIERE!)
Surrounded by artful clutter and a city covered in snow, in this month's Pint Piece we present a new collaborative remix from the Uncollective archives and reflect on the importance of working together as a wider artistic value.
We get various messages across social media platforms, ranging from all male cover bands (nope) to emerging artists looking to get involved in our anarchic vision of a cooperative artistic society (yes!). A few weeks ago we received an email from Djollie, director of Dublin-based project WOB! With a back catalogue of tranquillising electronica "...inspired by the beautiful landscape of the West of Ireland", we thought that the Serbian-Irish producer would be the perfect candidate to remix the latest single from GINS (kindly reviewed by our friends over at For The Rabbits). The remix embodies the rolling soundscapes, recycled samples and crooked basslines characteristic of WOB! With a healthy amount of critical acclaim under his belt (including from The Irish Times, Electric Picnic and BYOBeat), Djollie vigilantly mixes a classic UK D&B sound with touches of synths and harmonic vocals reminiscent of his Mediterranean experience. New single Where I Wanna Be oscillates along like a more inspired Disclosure, or Euro House without the cheese.
On the surface, it might just seem like another shiny pop-laced piece of House, but Djollie's commitment to cultural integration and artistic collaboration (particularly with female artists) makes us think that he's ahead of his game. Despite a background in DIY punk (once drumming for Jerry Fish), WOB! was formed after post-sound-test improvisations between Djollie and his guitarist at the time. Now a live quintet featuring Irish siren Dubh Lee, the band plan to continue recording and collaborating with a busy Summer ahead of them.
Our chat with Djollie came at the perfect time - with our resident artist GINS about to drop her first single of the year after developing a new, synth-led sound and a period of introspective musings on what we've achieved so far as a collective and what the future may hold. Collaboration has always been the focal point of what we do - whether it's the improvisations of The Hideous Trend, public residencies or recent projects in Bristol like last year's Future:Feast or various events with Do-IY. After 5 years we're still finding our feet across various creative platforms, but we know that we couldn't achieve anything without constant collaborations with an inspiring network of artists and organisations across the South West and beyond. In no particular order, these include: Newlyn Gallery & The Exchange, Red Van Records, The Fish Factory, Thrown Gauntlet Festival, The Word Zoo, Pink Ink, Major Leagues, Wax Music, Exeter DIY, The Spoils Collective, Tugboat Captain, Wyrd Ways, Protestival, Buoyancy, Do-IY and Quit Yr Job. We Are Uncollective and we love you! We'll leave you with the image below - an insightful tweet from Tugboat Captain that sums up the kind of artists that we NEVER want to be, and why we'll continue to collaborate and support the artists we love until porridge comes out of our cold dead eyes.
Stream the new single from WOB! here: smarturl.it/169495
Pre-order the new single from GINS here: uncrecords.bandcamp.com Tickets for GINS' single release event here: http://hdfst.uk/E51127 This article was written by Tom Stockley, a semi-professional moron, director of We Are Uncollective and occasional amateur writer of things: tomstockley.weebly.com
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