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
OriginLondon, England
GenresIDM
techno
electronica
Years active1999 – present
LabelsSeed Records, Balkan Vinyl
Websiteposthumanmusic.com
MembersRichard Bevan, Joshu Doherty

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.

Discography
Title Format Label Catalog number Formats Year Notes
Grey Album Seed Records SEEDEX01 CD 2000 Hand made sleeves in various colours.
Auberginetix Ping Single Skam Records SMAK01 12" vinyl 2001 Split EP with Tatamax, limited edition of 1000.
The Uncertainty of the Monkey Album Seed Records SEEDLP/CD01 CD, Double 12" vinyl 2001
Posthuman EP Seed Records SEEDEP02 CD, 12" vinyl 2002
Lagrange Point Album Seed Records SEED09 CD 2003
Split Single Smallfish Records FISH1201 12" vinyl 2003 Split EP with CFM (aka Cold Fusion Mafia), limited edition.
The People's Republic Album Seed Records SEEDCD12 CD 2006
Hilda Family EP Myuzyk MZYKN08 Digital only 2008
Hilda Family Remixed Mini Album Myuzyk MZYKN08CD CD 2008 Remix album, hand made sleeve, limited edition of 200.
Monsters & Vortices EP B12 Records B1221 12" vinyl 2009 Standard edition on black vinyl. Limited edition on silver vinyl (Cat. no B1221X)
Lander EP Handsette Recordings HANDSETTE003 10" vinyl 2009
Europa Sky EP Uncharted Audio UNCHDUB03 10" vinyl 2010 Limited edition of 300 copies. Hand numbered.
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 about the Feraliminal Lycanthropizer.[6]
Lander Remixes Compilation Tsar Bomba TB101 CD 2011 Featured remixes of 'Lander'. Limited to 100 copies.
Nebula EP Acroplane Recordings ACPR016 Digital 2012
Nebula Remixes EP Acroplane Recordings ACPR017 Digital 2012 Featured remixes from 'Nebula EP'.
The Benz EP Balkan Vinyl BV10 12" vinyl 2012 Heavyweight red & black marbled vinyl. Limited to 300 hand numbered copies.
In Apophenia Single Horn Wax HW04 12" vinyl 2012 Split EP with Paul Mac. Limited to 400 hand numbered copies. No digital.
Hecatism EP RSI Recordings RSI001 12" vinyl 2013 Limited to 400 copies. Hand-written labels. No digital.
Decompression EP Body Work BW011 12" vinyl 2014 Limited to 250 copies.
Ganzfeld EP n/a n/a Digital 2014 Free to download EP on the artists Bandcamp page
It's A House Thing EP Balkan Vinyl BV20 12" vinyl 2015 Limited to 303 hand numbered copies. 200 copies Repressed in 2017. No digital.
A Better You Single Horn Wax HW09 12" vinyl 2015 Split EP with Compassion Crew. Limited to 500 hand numbered copies. No digital.
I Love Acid 005 EP I Love Acid ILA003 12" vinyl 2015 Limited to 303 hand numbered copies. No digital.
Back To Acid Album Balkan Recordings BD06 Digital 2016 A collection of previously released tracks.
I Love Acid 013 EP I Love Acid ILA013 12" vinyl 2016 Limited to 303 hand numbered copies. No digital.
Preach / Temptation EP Dixon Avenue Basement Jams DABJ-1226 12" vinyl 2017 Featuring vocals by Josh Caffe
Split Project #2 EP Polybius Trax PT006 12" vinyl 2017 Split EP with The Model
Hoogland / Atari Queen EP Balkan Vinyl BV21 12" vinyl 2017 Exclusive to Bandcamp.
A Better Me Single Horn Wax HW11 12" vinyl 2017 Split EP with Perseus Traxx. Limited to 500 hand numbered copies. No digital.
Acid Avengers 008 EP Acid Avengers AAR008 12" vinyl 2018 Split EP with Photonz.
The Damocles Syndicate EP Shipwrec Ship056 12" vinyl 2018 Marbled purple vinyl.
Metrojak One EP Chiwax CTX03 12" vinyl 2018
Wake Up EP Balkan Vinyl BV27 12" vinyl 2018 Limited edition of 303 hand numbered copies.
Mutant City Acid Album Balkan Vinyl BV29 Double 12" vinyl 2018 Pressed on experimental random coloured vinyl
The Snake Bites Twice EP Craigie Knowes CKNOWEP13 12" vinyl 2018
Airwave Uranium EP X-Kalay XK017 12" vinyl 2019
Unitary Covert Sonic Procedures Single Balkan Vinyl BV30 7" vinyl 2019 Split with Chevron. Only 100 copies made and sent free unannounced to chosen supporters of Balkan Vinyl.
Cobalt Thorium G Single Weapons Of Desire WOD010 12" vinyl 2019 Single sided vinyl
20/20 Album Tsar Bomba TB202 Digital 2020 Collected works from 2001-2020
I Love Acid 021 EP I Love Acid ILA021 12" vinyl 2020 Limited to 303 hand numbered copies. No digital.
The Depth EP There Is Love In You THEREISLOVE004 12" vinyl 2020 Featuring vocals by Josh Caffe
You're Mine EP Food Music YUM062 12" vinyl 2020 Clear vinyl
Unitary Covert Sonic Procedures II EP Balkan Vinyl BV36 12" vinyl 2020 Mixed red and black vinyl, split EP with Luke Vibert

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. https://djmag.com/longreads/here-are-all-dj-mag-best-british-awards-2019-winners. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  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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