Luke Abbott
The success of his 2010 debut album Holkham Drones was something of a dream induction into the world of professional music-making for Luke Abbott. The “game changing electronic opus” stood out as “far and away one of Drowned in Sound‘s favourite records of 2010” and landed in Mojo‘s ‘Electronica Albums of 2010’ list, amongst wide-spread critical acclaim. It wasn’t just about 2010 though; far beyond its initial release Holkham Drones has continued to win over convert upon con...
The success of his 2010 debut album Holkham Drones was something of a dream induction into the world of professional music-making for Luke Abbott. The “game changing electronic opus” stood out as “far and away one of Drowned in Sound‘s favourite records of 2010” and landed in Mojo‘s ‘Electronica Albums of 2010’ list, amongst wide-spread critical acclaim. It wasn’t just about 2010 though; far beyond its initial release Holkham Drones has continued to win over convert upon convert. Its joyous arpeggios and rolling primal rhythms seduced wherever they were heard, spawning a string of EPs (Object is Navigator and Modern Driveway for Gold Panda‘s label NOTOWN) and sustaining an accompanying live touring schedule that has kept Luke and his handcrafted hardware-jams rumbling across the clubs, gigs and festivals of Europe throughout the intervening years. Four years on, his second full length album Wysing Forest (due out 23 June 2014 via Border Community) is named after the Wysing Arts Centre in Cambridgeshire where, over a six week period in 2012 as their first ever musician-in-residence, Luke recorded what would later become the album.