Transmission One, by Transmission Towers

Transmission One

by Transmission Towers

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Isa Cole So good. Instant classic. It's been a long time since I've played an album from start to finish all the way through 3 times in a row. What an amazing debut album. Big props.

Not got a favourite track yet. That wouldn't do the album justice as a whole right now.

Paul Waller Immediately loved Roller Skater 23 when I heard Gilles play it. Sparse is stunning too! Nice work, guys and props to Luke Una.

Gavin Hamill SWEET JESUS I need to be dancing in a field right now - what a RUSH Favorite track: Everything.

littlechiefster Delightful track…can’t wait for the record to be on my hands and on the decks shortly after

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1. Up / 2. Roller Skater 23 / 3. Planetary Alignment / 4. Go Slow Heart / 5. Cosmic Trigger / 6. Mega / 7. Everything / 8. Sparse / 9. One / 10. Affirmation of Love

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1. Up / 2. Roller Skater 23 / 3. Planetary Alignment / 4. Go Slow Heart / 5. Cosmic Trigger / 6. Mega / 7. Everything / 8. Sparse / 9. One / 10. Affirmation of Love

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1. Up / 2. Roller Skater 23 / 3. Planetary Alignment / 4. Go Slow Heart / 5. Cosmic Trigger / 6. Mega / 7. Everything / 8. Sparse / 9. One / 10. Affirmation of Love / 11. My Shadow / 12. The Universal Drift

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1.	Up 03:49	lyrics	buy track
I've got the luck To take the night My way is clear My time is right Up Break it up Up Break it up To shake it out Put it on To take it off Up Break it up Up Break it up Up Station stop Station start Can't agree So let's depart UP So let's depart Up So let's depart Up Keep callin' Keep callin' me up Keep callin' Keep callin' me up I've got the luck To take the night My way is clear My time is right Up Break it up Up Break it up To shake it out Put it on To take it off Up To shake it out Up To take it off Up Station stop Station start Can't agree So let's depart UP So let's depart Up So let's depart Up Keep callin' Keep callin'
2.	Roller Skater 23 03:42	lyrics	buy track
Who could she be this fantasy Into the beat she glides Who is that girl She looks so free On roller skates she glides Could I be Could I be Could I be Could I be It's all up to me What's left for you It's all up to me Got things to do It's all up to me What's left for you It's all up to me Got things to do Is she for real or make believe Into the beat she glides Who is that girl She looks so free On roller skates she glides It's all up to me What's left for you It's all up to me Got things to do It's all up to me What's left for you It's all up to me Got things to do On roller skates She glides On roller skates
3.	Planetary Alignment 04:31	lyrics	buy track
Universe are you on my side? Sit astride my cosmic slide Interplanetary vibes Bring upon integral minds Fate of ours is always known So above and so below Planetary The state of our galactic path Will become our aftermath Planetary Jives, I sew Planetary Planetary Vibes, I grow Planetary Planetary Vibes Planetary
4.	Go Slow Heart 03:47	lyrics	buy track
Hold On Hold On Hold On Hold On Hold On Hold On
5.	Cosmic Trigger 05:06	lyrics	buy track
I just wanna See the past Can't help that I'm moving fast Can't help but think of you And all the things you Put me through Telling friends What was the end Start again Now let's ascend Can't help but think of you And all the things you Put me through I just wanna See the path Driving slow Cause I'm moving fast Can't help but think of you And all the things you Put me through Living life Like it’s the end Living well's The best revenge Can't help but think of you And all the things you Put me through NEVER BELIEVE THAT I'M LESS THAN YOU NEVER BELIEVE THAT I'M LESS THAN YOU NEVER BELIEVE THAT I'M LESS THAN YOU NEVER BELIEVE THAT I'M LESS THAN YOU NEVER BELIEVE THAT I'M LESS THAN YOU NEVER BELIEVE THAT I'M LESS THAN YOU NEVER BELIEVE THAT I'M LESS THAN YOU NEVER BELIEVE THAT I'M LESS THAN YOU
6.	Mega 02:12	lyrics	buy track
I'm back mega mega mega So nice to see you today today today So nice I hope we can play today today
7.	Everything 05:44	lyrics	buy track
When I was away Been away lost some time Didn’t have no one Couldn't do the sign And I went so far Further than before Then I went so far Then I went some more Everything be ok Everything right as rain Everything be ok Everyone gone again Well my heart's for sure And My heart’s so tough My heart's raw and I think that’s enough When I was away Been away lost some time Didn’t have no one Couldn't do the sign And I went so far Further than before Then I went so far Then I went some more Everything be ok Everything right as rain Everything be ok Everyone gone again Well my heart's for sure And My heart’s so tough And My heart's raw And I think that’s enough Everything be ok Everything right as rain Everything be ok Everyone gone again Well my heart's for sure And My heart’s so tough And My heart's raw And I think that’s enough Everything be ok Everyone what's the word Everything be ok Everyone touch the verb Well my heart's for sure And My heart’s so tough My heart's raw and I think that’s enough Everything be ok Everyone what's the word Everything be ok Everyone touch the verb When I was away Been away lost some time Didn’t have no one Couldn't do the sign And I went so far Further than before Then I went so far Then I went some more Everything be ok Everyone what's the word Everything be ok Everyone touch the verb When I was away Been away lost some time Didn’t have no one Couldn't do the sign And I went so far Further than before Then I went so far Then I went some more Everything be ok Everyone what's the way Everything be ok Everyone holiday Well my heart's for sure And My heart’s so tough And My heart's raw And I think that’s enough Everything be ok Everyone what's the way Everything be ok Everyone holiday When I was away Been away lost some time Didn’t have no one Couldn't do the sign And I went so far Further than before Then I went so far Then I went some more Everything be ok Everyone what's the word Everything be ok Everyone touch the holiday Well my heart's for sure And My heart’s so tough And My heart's raw And I think that’s enough When I was away Been away lost some time Didn’t have no one Couldn't do the sign And I went so far Further than before Then I went so far Then I went some more Everything be ok Everyone what's the word Everything be ok Everyone touch the holiday Well my heart's for sure And My heart’s so tough And My heart's raw And I think that’s enough When I was away Been away lost some time Didn’t have no one Couldn't do the sign And I went so far Further than before Then I went so far Then I went some more
8.	Sparse 04:21	lyrics	buy track
Wanna tell you that I feel ya Wanna tell you that I want ya Wanna tell you that I need ya Wanna tell you that I feel ya Wanna tell you that I need ya Wanna tell you that I feel ya Wanna tell you that I feel ya Wanna tell you that I want ya Wanna tell you that I need ya Wanna tell you that I need ya Wanna tell you that I feel ya Wanna tell you that I want ya Could this be our love? Don't wait Too long Go now Belong Don't wait Too long Could this be our love? It's just how I feel It's just how I feel It's just how I feel Is this how you feel? It's just how I feel Is this how you feel? Love Love Love Love
9.	One 05:43	lyrics	buy track
I am I am the One Je suis Celui Je suis Celui Je suis Celui Je suis Celui Je suis Celui Je suis Celui Je suis Celui Je suis Celui I am I am the One I am I am the One I am I am the One I am I am the One Je suis Celui Je suis Celui Je suis Celui Je suis Celui Je suis Celui Je suis Celui Je suis Celui Je suis Celui I am I am the One I am I am the One I am I am the One I am I am the One Je suis Celui Je suis Celui Je suis Celui Je suis Celui Je suis Celui Je suis Celui Je suis Celui Je suis Celui I am I am the One I am I am the One I am I am the One I am I am the One
10.	Affirmation of Love 03:19	lyrics	buy track
All life feel content and loved as I feel right now
11.	My Shadow (CD/Digital Only) 04:57	lyrics	buy track
Guiding a light Guiding a line Out to something Something I fall safely In through spaces Guiding a light Guiding a line Out to something Something To you I flow Chase my shadow Say it swiftly What it brings me Guiding a light Guiding a line Out to something Something I fall safely In through spaces Guiding a light Guiding a line Out to something Something To you I flow Chase my shadow Say it swiftly What it brings me I fall safely In through spaces To you I flow Chase my shadow
12.	The Universal Drift (CD/Digital Only) 06:02	info	buy track

about

"A fusion of Shabazz Palaces, Sun Ra and wonky space funk, the results are addictive.” - Mojo

"A blistering debut. The vibe here is singularly, off the wall intoxicating” - Electronic Sound Magazine

“A spacial trip of an album that gains momentum as it powers to the outer reaches, and leaves the Earth behind.” - Test Pressing

Aerials live, dials tuned, Transmission Towers broadcasting. On either side of the river Mersey, transcendental communications are traded back and forth. Two late-night revellers, one firing messages filled with music, the other returning them laced with lyrics. The result, a dopamine hit of oddball machine soul, melded with a highlife, Afrofuturist touch. Wonky and murky yet deeply emotional, Transmission One, is a debut album that also marks the first release on Luke Una’s É Soul Cultura label, encompassing expertly the off-kilter atmosphere the label sets to orbit.

A synthesised landscape with a Northern charm, Transmission Towers marry the musical worlds of two artists that last collaborated over a decade ago. 10 years have passed, lives have been led, but a gravitational pull has placed Mark Kyriacou and Eleanor Mante back in each other’s spheres on opposite sides of the city of Liverpool. Energised with a newfound desire to strip it all back to the sounds that influenced their formative years in the late ‘80s and ‘90s - astral travelling, intoxicated on Motor City techno, Black Dog IDM and mystical Sun Ra.

Mark half Irish, half Greek Cypriot, Eleanor half Nigerian, half Ghanian, the music contained within is an alchemy of those roots and the pivotal acts that buried deep into their minds. A cosmic contrast, part machine-made, part distinctly human. Take the opener ‘UP’, an ESG-channelling, sci-fi punk beatdown or the polychromatic hyperspace anthem ‘Roller Skater 23’.

Transportive throughout, you ride the solar waves, pace and emotion ebbing and flowing. Tracks like ‘Go Slow Heart’ and ‘Cosmic Trigger’ step to a slower beat but hit with a punch. The former, a slo-mo blast of celestial tenderness, the latter an otherworldly, chugged-out lunar excursion, micro-dosing on whacked-out Wah Wah and Eleanor’s ethereal vocals. Beaming love letters to space and back, ‘Sparse’ marries the organic with the artificial, pianos and percussion circling around synth pads and broadcasting bleeps.

Elsewhere, vibrations move faster. ‘Mega’ strikes, fusing sonic tribalism with psychedelic swirls, as ‘Everything’ sweeps you up in its extra-terrestrial new wave grip. Synth stabs and basslines fizzing from every angle.

Demos of Transmission Towers music surfaced on Luke Una’s radar, making him stop in his tracks. Something magical was emerging, perfectly aligned with the E Soul guardian’s tastes. Guidance followed, quickly turning into conversations about Transmission One becoming the first release on Luke’s own label.

Escapist and futurist yet grounded and relatable. Transmission One is synthesis meets sentiment with a deep, spine-tingling soul at its core.

credits

released May 10, 2024

Eleanor Anorbea Mante - Lyrics, Vocal and Percussion
Mark Kyriacos Kyriacou - Drum Machines, Synthesizers, Electronics and Vocal
Ian ‘Budgie’ Jones – Percussion and Additional Drums
Tom Sumnall - Bass Guitar
Stuart MacDonald – Guitar
Cait Walker – Cor Anglais on One and Go Slow Heart
Michelle Bee – Backing Vocals on One and Cosmic Trigger
Toby Baker - Piano on Affirmation of Love

Written and Recorded on Both Sides of the River Mersey
Composed, Arranged and Produced by Transmission Towers
Mixed by Transmission Towers except Roller Skater 23 and Everything Mixed by Crooked Man with Additional Engineering by David Lewin
Executive Producer Luke Una
Mastered by Joker
Artwork by Mark James
Photography by Pete Burrell

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Transmission Towers Liverpool, UK

Transcendental travellers, bouncing ideas from either side of the Mersey, Transmission Towers stand tall.

Forged from the underground, this two-piece, cosmic machine soul outfit made up of Mark Kyriacou and Eleanor Mante manoeuvres dynamically between interplanetary bass-heavy beats, stripped-back, odd-ball soul and highlife afro-futurism. ... more