Order of Noise
In the past, trying to pin down Vessel's constantly evolving sound has never been an easy task and with the release of his debut album it's become a whole lot harder. In the past 12 months, Vessel, AKA 22-year-old Sebastian Gainsborough, has been introducing people to his sound via a series of 12" releases on a number of forward thinking underground labels with each release confounding the expectations of those trying to get a grasp on what exactly he was doing. Order of Noise is the culmination of his first exploratory steps as an artist, and the album Tri Angle Records believed Vessel was building up to. It signals the arrival of an innovative and intensely unique, young, electronic producer who has developed a sound that still has the potential to confuse and confound, but one that is now identifiable as being very much his own. Using techno and house as a jumping off point, Vessel manages to twist these things into something unconventional and alien, often creating music that sounds as if it's rhythmically out of control when in fact it's all tightly controlled chaos. It's a testament to Vessel's talent how he manages to rein all his ideas and sound in with so much thoughtful precision.
Vessel is one of many names used by Bristol-based "non-dance dance music" producer Seb Gainsborough. The series of 12"s he released over the past year didn't offer an indication of just how wide open his vision would become on this debut full-length.
The Bristol-based producer’s debut is like a Magic Eye puzzle for your ears: initially confusing, but slotting into place when you step back and squint.
Vessel was a producer in the midst of the grind last year. A constant presence in the Bristol dance scene and one-fifth of the active Young Echo Collective with like-minded producers Kahn, Jabu, El Kid and Ishan Sound, Seb Gainsborough released his debut EP, Nylon Sunset, on Left_Blank, which made enough of a splash to