Sequential circus’ is the first release in a new collaboration between friends and studio buddies will saul and tam cooper. since the release of his critically acclaimed album ‘space between’ on simple in 2005, will has spent most of 2006 engineering simple’s fine release schedule and lovingly coaxing into life his new baby aus music. an ep for systematic, his single ‘pause’ on simple and remixes of content (jesse rose) and chicken lips were his only forays into the production world. 2007 looks set to be different. he’s just finished remixes for initial cuts and freerange and 2007 will see the release of his simple sounds compilation to celebrate the 5th anniversary of the label. tam has been producing for the past decade under a number of different guises as well as engineering for the great and the good. fiddling with analogue kit is his main passion and he is also a talented drummer and percussionist. once a teenage raver, tam has found his way back to house and techno in recent years, enthused by a new wave of artists. you’ll be hearing a great deal more from him in 2007, starting in march with his first solo outing on simple. look out for simple’s monthly residency at the end starting in february, with guests over the coming months including joakim, i:cube, recloose and spirit catcher. for the original a chunky, bumping kick and low tom pattern drive the track while crunchy, metallic percussion sweep around the stereo range lending the track an eerie sci-fi feeling. wistful, melancholy chords are gradually layered into the mix until a hypnotic lead melody creeps in. as the old synths intertwine, weird and wonderful harmonics are created that can only exist in the analogue world. konrad black produces a slow and sleazy groove that rolls and bounces in all the right places, todd’s mix simply oozes funk.