Tanlines are Jesse Cohen from Professor Murder, and Eric Emm of Storm & Stress and production duo Brothers (Telepathe, Free Blood, !!!).  The Brooklyn based duo came to some prominence / notoriety earlier this year with a playful, synth-led remix of Telepathe’s ‘Chromes On It’.

Their unique approach to having their music heard includes using Youtube (which they describe as the best record label ever), to post tracks accompanied by self-made videos on their own channel as soon as the songs are done, creating a bizarre, almost psychedelic visual experience of Tanlines music.  http://www.youtube.com/user/tanlinestheband

 Tanlines’ aesthetic falls somewhere between production duo and band, in which a rehearsal means writing and recording new songs, and a performance can take place at a warehouse show or DJ booth. In the studio, they operate under the hip-hop model - making tracks and collaborating with guest vocalists.

The 12” will feature the Balearic house-meets-Larry Levan’s NYC disco groove of ‘New Flowers’, a track created when artist Marisa Olson asked them to contribute to the launch of her art book, Poems I Wrote While Listening to the Doors, 1992-1994 (Before I Found The Internet).  They took one word from the suggested poem - “flowers”, and created this euphoric (mostly) instrumental track.
‘New Flowers’ is their debut release, available on 12” and download from Young Turks.

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