New Horizon
Studio album by
JK Flesh
Released28 September 2018 (28 September 2018)
StudioAvalanche Studios
GenreTechno
Length51:02
LabelElectric Deluxe
ProducerJustin Broadrick
JK Flesh chronology
Wasplike
(2018)		 New Horizon
(2018)

New Horizon is the third studio album by JK Flesh, a moniker of English musician Justin Broadrick. It was released digitally and on vinyl on 28 September 2018 through the label Electric Deluxe under the designation EDLX.058.[1] The album was preceded by streams of the tracks "Different Species" and "External Transmission Stage" in June and August 2018 respectively.[2][3]

Production

Like the JK Flesh releases that precede it, New Horizon continues into minimal techno territory tinted by Justin Broadrick's decades creating metal music.[4][5] Musically, the album is dark and textured, with pulsing beats and Broadrick's typically gloomy atmosphere.[5][3] The sound is informed by dub music.[6] About the album's deliberately stark style, Broadrick said:

I actually reduce things down so they sound more like a machine for me, not like a musical instrument. It’s somewhat trying to remove myself from the music and remove all shred of humanity.[7]

Broadrick spent a week in early 2017 recording hundreds of music jam pieces at Avalanche Studios in North Wales which he then edited and mixed over a period of a month "using a combination of hardware and industrial gear, including tape loops and echo pedals". About the process, he said "It was very hands-on and very concise. I don’t generally spend even an hour on one thing—maybe 10 minutes and I’m like, ‘Right, I’ve said everything I need to say. On to the next one.’" The rhythms on the album average between 120 and 135 beats per minute.[8]

My bottom line is often misery of some context. The new JK Flesh is very much about textures that become very earthy, burly, and somewhat hellish.[8]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Letter8/10[9]
Resident Advisor4.2/5[4]

Andrew Ryce of Resident Advisor gave New Horizon a positive review, praising its ominous mood and its "push-and-pull between aggression and restraint".[4] The Letter's Blair Millen called the album "cohesive, well sequenced and a thoroughly thrilling listen".[9] Reviewing the album for Noisey's Stream of the Crop selection, Colin Joyce wrote, "It’s gross, it’s humid, but most importantly, it’s alive."[10] Joyce also described the album as "a chilling and kinetic record of belt-sander techno that’s—to my ears—his defining work as JK Flesh and one of the finest albums he’s put out under any moniker".[11] The Quietus singled out "External Transmission Stage" as one of their favorite songs of the year.[12]

Accolades

Year Publication Country Accolade Rank Ref.
2018 Resident Advisor United Kingdom "2018's Best Albums" * [13]
"*" denotes an unordered list.

Track listing

All music is composed by Justin Broadrick

No.TitleLength
1."Different Species"7:05
2."Super Human"6:26
3."External Transmission Stage"6:25
4."Genetics"6:42
5."Earlier Form of Life"5:44
6."Macromolecules"5:52
7."The Next Stage"6:09
8."Homo Sapiens"6:39
Total length:51:02

Personnel

Credits adapted from New Horizon liner notes[1]

References

  1. 1 2 New Horizon (digital liner notes). JK Flesh. Electric Deluxe. 2018. EDLX.058. Retrieved 29 September 2018.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. ↑ Eede, Christian. "Listen: New JK Flesh". The Quietus. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
  3. 1 2 Ryce, Andrew. "JK Flesh – Different Species". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
  4. 1 2 3 Ryce, Andrew. "JK Flesh – New Horizon". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
  5. 1 2 "Speedy J's Electric Deluxe Announces JK Flesh Album, 'New Horizon'". XLR8R. 25 June 2018. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
  6. ↑ Biazzetti, Claudio (26 July 2018). "The Techno Dub According to JK Flesh". Rolling Stone (in Italian). Retrieved 29 September 2018.
  7. ↑ O'Connor, Andy (10 October 2018). "Heavy Metal Techno: JK Flesh on Futurism, DIY Culture, and the Beauty of Non-Music". Electronic Beats. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  8. 1 2 Wiederhorn, Jon (17 October 2018). "As JK Flesh, Godflesh's Justin Broadrick Finds Peace In Solitude and Techno". Bandcamp. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
  9. 1 2 Millen, Blair. "Review: JK Flesh – New Horizon". theletter.co.uk. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
  10. ↑ Joyce, Colin; et al. "Stream of the Crop: 11 New Albums for Heavy Rotation". Noisey. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
  11. ↑ Joyce, Colin. "JK Flesh's Noisey Mix Is Seething Machine Energy for a Pitch Black Room". Noisey. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  12. ↑ Turner, Luke. "The Quietus' Top 50 Tracks of 2018". The Quietus. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  13. ↑ "2018's Best Albums: RA Staff Pick Their Favourite Electronic Albums from the Last 12 Months". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
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