Circle Traps
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Biografía
- Circle Traps are Jack Wyllie, Duncan Bellamy (from Portico Quartet) and close friend Will Ward. Formed in East London in 2010 they quickly scored their first release on Subeena’s OPIT imprint in early 2011. Their eponymous debut EP earned serious c..Circle Traps are Jack Wyllie, Duncan Bellamy (from Portico Quartet) and close friend Will Ward. Formed in East London in 2010 they quickly scored their first release on Subeena’s OPIT imprint in early 2011. Their eponymous debut EP earned serious critical praise from the likes of The Wire, The Quietus and FACT. ‘Fjord’ from the EP was included in Bleep’s coveted 100 tracks of the year – “If mist had a sound, we wager it would be exactly this; its bitter wash only broken up by cross-signals of tape delay and 2step, a fire alarm ringing in the backdrop.” (FACT mag). At times the attention to ambient textures is reminiscent of Actress and Andy Stott, but this unique, dark and crystalline vision is consistently offset by more melodic impulses that nod to Four Tet and Mount Kimbie.