Dean Blunt to release Babyfather album on Hyperdub

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    Thu, Feb 18, 2016, 15:58
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  • The 23-track BBF, Hosted By DJ Escrow LP is due out in April.
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  • Dean Blunt's Babyfather will release its debut album, BBF, Hosted By DJ Escrow, via Hyperdub on April 1st. Babyfather is a project led by the former Hype Williams man. The label hasn't provided any other details, which is no surprise given the shadowy nature of Blunt's many solo and collaborative projects. Babyfather's first 12-inch, Meditation, landed via Hyperdub in January, and featured production from New York experimentalist Arca. They later followed up with the 25-minute Platinum Tears mixtape, which has since been removed from the SoundCloud link where it was hosted. Up next is BBF, Hosted By DJ Escrow, a 23-track album that will be followed by a handful of live gigs on the European festival circuit in April and May. Arca again appears on three of the album cuts, while Mica Levi features on "God Hour" and DJ Escrow returns after featuring on two of Blunt's mixtapes. (It's unclear whether DJ Escrow is a real producer or simply another one of Blunt's aliases.) Hyperdub's press release carries a quote from actor Idris Elba, who says, "Without a doubt, I guarantee that it will be in rotation at every club, at every party and coming out the speakers of every car... this makes me proud to be British." No previews of the LP are available yet, though you can hear their recent single for Hyperdub below.
    Tracklist 01. Stealth Intro 02. Greezebloc 03. Meditation feat. Arca 04. Escrow 05. Shook 06. Motivation 07. Prolific Deamons 08. Platinum Cookies 09. Esco Freestyle 10. Stealth 11. God Hour feat. Mica Levi 12. N.A.Z 13. Juice 14. Hells Angles 15. Killuminatti 16. Escrow 2 17. Deep feat. Arca 18. Escrow 3 19. The Realness 20. Flames 21. Snm feat. Arca 22. Stealth Outro 23. Message Hyperdub will release BBF, Hosted By DJ Escrow on April 1st, 2016.
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