Active Child is excited to announce the first remix off his recent EP, Rapor.
The Romanian producer LIAR has remixed standout track “Subtle (Ft. Mikky Ekko).” He has remixed everyone from Foals to SOHN and The XX and just put out a new record on Symbols Recordings called Spirewards.
Active Child just released a series of videos about the making of the EP, which you can watch below. He is currently in the studio working on an LP due out this Spring.
Active Child – Making the Rapor EP [Trailer] video:
Pat Grossi, better known as Active Child, is proud to announce Rapor EP, his first release since the critically acclaimed full length debut, You Are All I See. Released on October 22nd via Vagrant Records, the six-song EP is a culmination of Grossi’s heartfelt journey around the world in support of You Are All I See and an introspective year spent writing at his home studio, Rapor, from which he derived the title and inspiration for his forthcoming release. The EP is now available to stream on Active Child’s new Pro Partner profile on SoundCloud.
“The house is made up almost entirely of glass, designed by the architects Buff and Hensman as their personal refuge from the chaos of LA. Inside the studio you can feel the sun pouring through the skylights and the mountains wrapping around on all sides. They named it Rapor, Ra meaning sun and Por meaning house. Sometimes I would spend weeks alone at home writing without leaving or having visitors. It was during those periods that I realized how important that space was to me creatively. I relied on that solitude.”
Emerging from Rapor with an inspired and incredibly personal collection of songs, Grossi moved to Heavy Duty Studios in Burbank, CA over the summer of 2013 to work with producers Kevin Seaton (Major Lazer, Snoop Lion) and Nick Ruth (Mikky Ekko, Night Terrors of 1979) to complete his vision, which includes vocal features from contemporaries and friends Mikky Ekko and Ellie Goulding.
Active Child – “Subtle” (featuring Mikky Ekko):
Mikky Ekko appears on “Subtle” the EP’s first single and is described by Pitchfork as “leaning hard on aggressive 1980s synth-pop textures, with vocalist Mikky Ekko on hand to deliver some full-throated forcefulness contrasting with Grossi’s always-floating falsetto.” Goulding who covered Grossi’s stand out “Hanging On” on her current release Halcyon is featured on the EP’s fourth track “Silhouette” which showcases the two artists soaring falsettos in duet.
Grossi will tour this fall with support from JMSN and then return home to put the finishing touches on his follow up album, due out mid 2014.
Rapor Tracklisting:
1. She Cut Me
2. Subtle (Feat. Mikky Ekko)
3. Feeling is Gone
4. Silhouette (Feat. Ellie Goulding)
5. Calling in the Name of Love
6. Evening Ceremony
Active Child November 2013 tour dates:
(Dates and information subject to change.)
11/15 Boston MA – Brighton Music Hall
11/18 Chicago IL – Lincoln Hall
11/19 Minneapolis MN – 7th Street Entry
11/21 Denver CO – Larimer Lounge
11/23 Los Angeles CA – El Rey Theater
Stream remix: “Subtle” Liar remix on Noisey
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