Posthuman (band)

Posthuman are an electronic music duo consisting of cousins Richard Bevan and Joshu Doherty. They run the I Love Acid record label and clubnight.

Posthuman
Background information
OriginLondon, England and Glasgow, Scotland
GenresIDM
techno
electronica
Acid house
Years active1999 – present
LabelsSeed Records, Balkan Vinyl, The Dark Outside
MembersRichard Bevan, Joshu Doherty
Websiteposthumanmusic.com

Establishing themselves in the early 2000s as part of the London IDM scene, through the following years the pair experimented with various styles and genres, including electronica, ambient music, post-rock, and Detroit techno.

Since 2010 their sound is mostly categorised as Acid house and the pair are regarded amongst the foremost champions of the UK Acid House scene.

Band biography

Richard and Joshu first wrote music together as teenagers. In 1999, they sent their first demo CD to Skam Records, resulting in a release on the label's SMAK series.

In 2000, the pair moved to London and began running a series of electronic music clubnights under the name 'Seed'. These nights increased in size and soon relocated to Aldwych tube station, a disused underground train station. A number of these events took place between 2001 and 2004, among the artists who appeared were Aphex Twin, Alison Goldfrapp, Richard X, Plaid, and Funkstörung. On the back of this series of events, the pair set up their own record label Seed Records, as an outlet for their own material, and music by other artists who had appeared at the 'Seed' events.

The last of these events were to be held on 13 and 14 November 2004, however, John Peel, who was booked to DJ, passed away around a fortnight before the event.[1] The following week, the event was canceled due to London Underground rescinding the venue hire, and on the night of the event, John Balance of Coil (who were also on the bill to play) also died.[2] Soon after, Joshu left Seed Records to work briefly for B12 Records. In 2010 he founded a new imprint Balkan Vinyl.

Since 2007, Joshu has run the Acid House clubnight I Love Acid and it's associated vinyl-only record label from 2014, named after the track by Luke Vibert, who features regularly. In 2019 it won the DJ Mag Best British Club Event award.[3]

The artwork for their 2010 album Syn Emergence was based around Bevan's award winning visual project of the same name.[4]

In 2018, their album Mutant City Acid was pressed on randomly coloured vinyl, with the entire process livestreamed on video from the pressing plant.[5] As opposed to manual pressing, marbled or mixed colour vinyl, this experimental randomised process was the first time this has been done successfully, leading to almost 100 different colour variations of the double album.

Album Discography
Title Format Label Catalog number Formats Year Notes
Posthuman Album Seed Records SEEDEX01 CD 2000 Hand made sleeves in various colours (Blue, Grey, Brown, and Black)
The Uncertainty of the Monkey Album Seed Records SEEDLP/CD01 Double 12" vinyl & CD 2001
Lagrange Point Album Seed Records SEED09 CD 2003
The People's Republic Album Seed Records SEEDCD12 CD 2006
Hilda Family Remixed Mini-album Myuzyk MZYKN08CD CD 2008 Remix album, hand made sleeve, limited edition of 200.
Syn Emergence Album Balkan Vinyl BV07 Double 12" vinyl & CD 2010 Two editions: double picturedisc & double heavyweight. Each limited to 250 copies.
Datalinks Mini-album n/a n/a Digital 2011 Collection of unreleased material from 2000-2010, including a track named after the Feraliminal Lycanthropizer.[6]
Back To Acid Compilation Album Balkan Recordings BD06 Digital 2016 A collection of previously released tracks from various compilations, EPs, and singles.
Mutant City Acid Album Balkan Vinyl BV29 Double 12" vinyl 2018 Pressed on experimental random coloured vinyl
Voyager 3 Mini-album The Dark Outside TDO013 Cassette 2019 Limited Edition of 77 copies.
20/20 Compilation Album Tsar Bomba TB202 Digital 2020 Collected works from 2001-2020
Requiem For A Rave Album Balkan Vinyl BV50 Double 12" vinyl & cassette 2021
Echo Almaz East Mini-album The Dark Outside TDO65 Cassette 2022 Two editions; Blue artwork (100 copies), Red artwork (50 copies)

References
  1. Legendary radio DJ John Peel dies: John Peel was one of the UK's most-loved broadcasters 26 October 2004
  2. John Balance: Joint founder of Coil, a focal point for English avant garde pop 11 December 2004
  3. "Here are all the DJ Mag Best of British Awards 2019 winners". 11 December 2019.
  4. "Syn Emergence". Vimeo. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  5. "Posthuman imagine a dystopian future on new album Mutant City Acid". FACT Magazine: Music News, New Music. 15 October 2018. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  6. Posthuman, "Feraliminal Lycanthropizer" (2011), Bandcamp.
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