House of Black Lanterns is the latest artistic guise of Dylan Richards (formerly known as King Cannibal when working on Ninja Tune and Zilla
on Warp Records).
Championed by the likes of Mary Anne Hobbs, hand-picked by Björk to work on her recent ‘B..
House of Black Lanterns delivers a defined change in vision and style with the material already receiving widespread support. The debut album
'Kill The Lights' on Fabric's imprint 'Houndstooth' retains the earlier influence of DJ Krust’s sprawling drum & bass soundscapes, House of Black Lanterns sees Richards develop his sound to incorporate the dub-inflected techno textures of Rhythm & Sound whilst nodding to the catchy, yet bleak floorfillers of Trax, all inspired by the modern noir visual style of Michael Mann.
Eschewing frequent public performance in favour devotion to the production process, remixes have been traded with Breakage, Dave Clarke & Mr Jones's _Unsubscribe_ project, followed by an EP on Hypercolour, a release for Doc Scott's 31 Records and a hefty run of more dancefloor orientated tracks, to sit aside a new conceptual album piece, you'll be hearing much more, very soon.
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House of Black Lanterns - Kill The Lights (Houndstooth) 2013
Moresounds - Flocon (House of Black Lanterns Remix) (Astrophonica) 2013
House of Black Lanterns - Truth & Loss EP (Houndstooth) 2013
House of Black Lanterns - You, Me, Metropolis EP ft Unsubscribe & Breakage remixes (Houndstooth) 2013
House of Black Lanterns - Take Control (31 Records) 2014
House of Black Lanterns - The Smack EP ft Mosca Remix (Hypercolour) 2015