Artist
Nathan Fake
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Nathan Fake is a British electronic musician whose lush, moody recordings range from atmospheric tech-house to vivid, shoegaze-influenced downtempo. The pastoral psychedelia of his 2006 debut album, Drowning in a Sea of Love, struck a chord with both critics and fans, gaining the producer a loyal following. His subsequent releases have generally been more uptempo and maintain a sense of urgency and spontaneity. Fake often restricts himself to hardware-based equipment and records tracks in a single take. After releasing his most experimental work, 2017's Providence, his 2020 full-length Blizzards contained some of his most immediate, club-friendly material. Growing up in Norfolk and attending a school where being into music made you an outsider, Nathan Fake’s early interest in the electronic scene came from hearing acts like Aphex Twin and Orbital. Having begun to acquire and experiment with his own gear, an encounter with James Holden in 2003 led him to align with the then fledgling label Border Community, releasing his first material, the “Outhouse” single, that same year. The relationship with Holden’s label continued with further EP releases - “The Sky Was Pink” and “Silent Night” - leading to his breakthrough debut album “Drowning In A Sea Of Love”, released in 2006 to widespread praise from the likes of Pitchfork and the Guardian, and hailed as one of Mixmag’s top albums of that year. Fake recorded two further albums for the label - 2009’s “Hard Islands” and “Steam Days” in 2012 - before establishing his own label Cambria Instruments in 2014 alongside former Border Community associate Wesley Matsel. Their collaborative single "Black Drift / Bismuth” was followed by Fake's solo effort “Glaive” EP in 2015. Throughout this time he also took on a number of impressive and diverse remixes, from Radiohead to Jon Hopkins to Clark, working for labels such as Ninja Tune, Domino, Warp and Kompakt. Extensive touring has taken his sound across the globe, including notable tours with Orbital, Four Tet, Jon Hopkins & Clark. In September 2016 Nathan announced his signing to Ninja Tune with "DEGREELESSNESS / Now We Know” 12”, featuring NYC’s Prurient aka Vatican Shadow (Hospital Productions). This is the first music to be released from his forthcoming album for Ninja Tune, set for release in 2017. . User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
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The Sky Was Pink
Drowning In A Sea Of Love
The Grass
Crystal Vision
Hypercube
Evaporator
Outhouse Mix Cut
Balance 005 (Mixed by James Holden)
Outhouse (Fluffy Mix) Mix Cut
Balance 005 (Mixed by James Holden)
Cascade Airways
Steam Days
Iceni Strings
Steam Days
Old Light
Steam Days
Harnser
Steam Days
World of Spectrum
Steam Days
The Sky Was Pink (Holden Remix)
The Sky Was Pink
You Are Here
Drowning In A Sea Of Love
Outhouse 2023
Outhouse 2023
Basic Mountain
Hard Islands
Outhouse (Main Mix)
Outhouse
Hypercube (Hard Version)
Hypercube EP
Vectra
Blizzards
Long Sunny
Drowning In A Sea Of Love
You Are Here (Four Tet Remix)
You Are Here
Albums
Caldera
2026
Evaporator
2026
Hypercube EP
2026
Slow Yamaha
2026
Timeless
2026
Velvet Lathe (Nathan Fake Remix)
2026
Bialystok
2025
Hypercube
2025
Lunar Barge (Nathan Fake Remix)
2025
Covers (From Memory)
2024
Preboreal (Nathan Fake Rework)
2024
AMEN 96 (Drumless Version)
2023
Crystal Vision
2023
Guiro EP
2023
Outhouse 2023
2023
Blizzards Remixes
2021
Blizzards
2020
Sanxenxo
2020
Sunder
2018
Sunder
2018
Bosky
2017
DEGREELESSNESS (Overmono Remix)
2017
Providence
2017
Providence Reworks: Part I
2017
Providence Reworks: Part II
2017
RVK
2017
DEGREELESSNESS / Now We Know
2016
Glaive
2015
CAMBRIA01
2014
Iceni Strings
2012
Paean
2012
Steam Days
2012
Xmas Rush
2010
Hard Islands
2009
You Are Here
2007
Drowning In A Sea Of Love
2006
Drowning In A Sea Of Remixes
2006
Dinamo (Expanded)
2005
The Sky Was Pink
2004
Watlington Street (Remaster)
2004
Watlington Street EP
2004
Outhouse
2003
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