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Hiraeth

by Villette

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"A fiercely creative producer... "
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"“A stream of sophisticated house and techno...”
Wonderland Magazine

Hiraeth is the sophomore EP from Villette, a product of her cross-continental move from Istanbul to London. The title is a Welsh-language word, suggesting nostalgia and grief for lost places of the past. For Villette, it represents a further re-alignment with her new surroundings, showcasing her love affair with modern classical composition combined with electronics.

EP opener ‘North and South’ pulses through an aggressive bass riff while bouncing 4/4 patterns push away from the encircling darkness. The track marks Villette’s first experimentation with analogue synths and a love for intricate sound design. String samples - here taken from Martin Phipps’ moving soundtrack to the BBC’s North and South TV serial - demonstrate Villette’s fascination with film score. ‘To the Nighthouse’ is also rooted in orchestral string arrangement, sampling Linnea Olsson - a Swedish multi-instrumentalist, best known and critically acclaimed as a cellist. It re-interprets Olsson’s track ‘The Ocean’, slicing and re-editing the original composition into a new identity - now a mechanical, electronic exterior with a warm and sophisticated heart. These two tracks project Villette’s desire to break her away from the glacial plains of her production and find a new sense of urgency and euphoria.

Accompanying the two original pieces, there is also a remix from techno producer Clarian who has been releasing music for over a decade on labels like Kompakt, Lost&Found, Rumours, Suara, Get Physical...

Hiraeth comes out as a free EP and follows a number of official remixes for the likes of German composer Hauschka (FatCat Records, City Slang, Temporary Residence), acclaimed producer Christian Löffler (Ki Records, 20/20 Vision) and left-field electronica producer Ambassadeurs (Phases Records).

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released February 17, 2017

Cover art by Jesús Perea.
Additional production and mixing by Ambassadeurs.
Mastering by Mark Dobson at Coda Mastering.

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Villette London, UK

Project of Circassian-Turkish electronica producer Siné Buyuka. Based in London via Istanbul. Post-graduate student in electronic music at Guildhall.

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