Belief System

Special Request returns to Houndstooth with the monolithic Belief System. Comprising 23 tracks (4xLP / 2xCD / digital) recorded over the last 3 years and utilising source material from Paul Woolford’s tape archives going back to 1993 - Belief System augments the DNA of the project with a new visceral production aesthetic. Vast layers of atmospherics, unhinged modular work, contact microphone recordings of icebergs cracking, microtonal elements, and the introduction of stark soundtrack pieces borne out of Woolford's work in sound design combine with the trademark heavyweight production style of Special Request to deliver a formidable new body of work.

Amplifying the scope of his rave-nostalgia project, Paul Woolford expands his ambitions but loses sight of the spontaneity that made the music so thrilling in the first place.

Paul Woolford found prominence in 2013 under the alias Special Request with his critically acclaimed by criminally underheard debut LP, Soul...

Born from the desire to create rougher, harder tracks inspired by ’90s rave, Paul Woolford’s productions under his Special Request alias