Transmission

When Youth met Simon Tong they were both working together with the Verve. In between Simon finishing sessions with Gorillaz and Blur, they sparked up a friendship and continued working together, the result of which was the development of twin guitar and instrumental epic soundscapes. This sound obviously needed more to it and so Tim Bran was invited to apply some stark metallic synths and beautiful epic pianos. Then, in spring 2005 at a Malicious Damage shin-dig Youth was re-united with his old Killing Joke bandmate Big Paul Ferguson. When Big Paul heard the demos it didn't take much to persuade him to join the project.



Three months later the collaborators were laying down some of the heaviest and sublime music ever recorded at the legendary Olympic studios. Although it took six months to write, the 1st album was recorded in three, hot, steaming days in July 2005. With the help of the pioneering passion of Malicious Damage Records the project came into fruition

and the combined talents of the musicians produced a sound and music unlike anything they've done before.



This is a transmission. Where the music flows effortlessly. Where the melodies are fearless, juxtaposed and complemented with raw and primitive rhythms that are brutally executed. Sublime moments of timeless beauty. Fragile and epic, these are vast dark geographies of previously uncharted maps of sound.