POINT B - Suicide Beauty Spot
CD/Digital Combat Recordings COMBAT024
Streetdate: October 2009
http://www.combatrecordings.com
http://www.myspace.com/pointbmusic

Point B is the creationof Merseyside-born / London-based writer and producer RICHARD BULTITUDE. Having established himself with Erratica & Orson Records he quickly found himself appearing alongside BoomBip, Nathan Fake and Squarepusher on Time Out's massive The other side: London compilation. Live performances put him on rosters with the likes of Tim Exile and Andrew Weatherall at events across Europe. After a spate of remixes and a Digital EP 2006 saw the Cinder Cones & Animal Bones EP punch its way onto the airwaves and turntables of many a DJ and was a favourite of BBC Radio 1's Mary Anne Hobbs and Oneman. His debut album A previous version of myself (SCSI AV) caught the attention of various high profile publications including WIRE magazine and paved the way for this release.

Suicide Beauty Spot is his second studio album and takes his sound above and beyond all that has gone before it with a stunning sonic journey that massages the synapses and pushes the hips. The sound he has perfected over the last 7 years isaslick, textured, bass rich take on dubstep/2step. Fans of his electronic peers such asKelpe, Boards of Canada, Burial, Autechre and Tipper will find this potent brew infused with reflection and bittersweet calm.

Maintaining his characteristic playful sense of melody and effortlessly flitting between genres, Suicide Beauty Spot is abrooding, contemplative and dark work of beauty and is Point B's first full-length album on Combat Recordings.

Themed around a calm, beautiful, natural contemplative place where people go to deliberately end their lives, the vibe is profoundly deep, and wanders across dubstep, 2 step garage, bleepy electronics and hip hop tempos. The sound of circuitry soaked in warm human emotion, at times it veers almost into Boards of Canada / Burial territory, but always stays within the crisp, bleepy realms of his own sound.

Whilst embracing the urban rhythms (dubstep, hip-hop, 2 step) so familiar on his 12" vinyl releases, this long playerembraces some lovely live instrumentation in which the likes of hissantoor, Irish harp, dulcimer and marimba animate the bass-heavy soundscapes.

Remixes will follow from Boxcutter, Kelpe, Gunjack, Noiz and more. Be prepared.