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Coded Scott ‘Binary Beautiful’
9^th June 2023

Ushering in the summer with a homage of a kind to the ingenuity of human technology and the, now nostalgic (in the face of AI and promises of quantum computers), binary system, the Wiltshire-based electronic musician-producer Scott Sinclair offers a quartet of trance, dub-techno variations on his main theme with the upcoming Binary Beautiful EP.

Causing a buzz on the local Bristol scene off the back of his Twisted Metal release in 2019, Scott (who goes under the Coded Scott alias) now creates a celebratory vaporous and swimmingly radiant, hazy dance track from the zeros and ones.  From that original ‘Energetic’ version of Orb, System 7 and Seefeel-like electronic trance, cyber birdsong and wooded glen sunlit glow, there’s a trio of transported and playful versions that either further entrance or build on the lattice of code.

As the title suggests, the ‘Drift Away’ version does just that; floating a reworked vision of sophisticated new age and contemporary modulations, tight rattled synthesised beats and reflective surveying of the Wiltshire landscape. The ‘Sunshine’ version conjures up a lush birdsong serenaded tropical world that weaves together reverberations of Musicology’s ‘Telefone 529’, FSOL, Banco De Gaia and what sounds like a 80s Prince style beat. The finale, ‘Lost Edit’, has a subtle groove emerging from the quarks and plastic tubular beats, as Scott balances tech with an organic sun-refracted feel: those binary calculations have seldom sounded more natural, attuned to a light-dappled geography.

Scott had this to say about his EP: “…through untold numbers of ones and zeros, Binary weaves a story that connects people, creates memories, and moves us to tap our feet and nod our heads. It’s a truly beautiful thing.”

The Monolith Cocktail has been given an exclusive opportunity to premiere and share that EP with you all, ahead of its release on the 9^th June. You can pre-order Binary Beautiful through Scott’s Bandcamp page here.