Marking a bold return, Braxton now delivers his three-track EP ‘Indigo’. A fan favorite from the recent label compilation Anjunadeep 12, title-track ‘Indigo’ favors breakbeat drums and staccato synths whilst ‘Wilderness’ features an echoing vocal sample. Leading with rising arpeggios, ‘Sakura’ demonstrates why Braxton has been championed by the likes of Eelke Kleijn, Dosem, and Eli & Fur.
"Indigo is a straight-up 2020 EP. It had to be. It was a terrible year but it changed a lot of us, and I wanted to explore that.
When the UK lockdown started I was massively uninspired. I felt I couldn’t write while there was nothing going on. But there was so much going on – it just wasn’t going on outside. I realized that in the days when I’d been physically free, I’d been emotionally trapped. And I’m sure I wasn’t the only one. The physical restriction forced a lot of us to look internally.
This is where Indigo came from, it’s an old track that was only fully realized during lockdown when I started to understand balance and got energy from new ideas spreading. At this point, everything started to come together. Wilderness reflected that new mood. It’s about uncharted territory. Inspired by the empty streets and the hope of coming out of this nightmare as wilder but happier people. Finally, Sakura is about renewal. It’s about all the stories of hope and optimism over the course of the last 12 months."
Established in 2005 by British trio Above & Beyond and James Grant, Anjunadeep has evolved into one of electronic music’s leading independent labels, with over 500 releases under its belt, an international community of fans, and a reputation for unmissable parties around the world.
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