New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Bristol-based producer obylx has just premiered his new track 'With You' via BBC
Radio 6's
Lauren Laverne's show. The track has been taken from his upcoming album
Twice which is set for release on 13 December via Guise Records and was mastered by Coda Mastering's Mark Dobson (Mura Masa, Robot Koch, Christian Loeffler). obylx has seen support from the likes of CLASH Magazine, Kaltblut Magazine, Northern Transmissions, Plastic Magazine, BBC Introducing in the West and Amazing
Radio and has racked up a staggering 3 million Spotify plays. His music has also been heard soundtracking content across media platforms including Apple iPhone releases,
Formula 1 Grand Prix highlights, O2 UK television adverts and self-driving car tech firm Luminar. obylx's music has found its way into established playlists such as Spotify's
Creamy and Chill Tracks, Apple Music's Best Of The Week and As Heard in Apple Ads. His previous work as Odjbox has seen the producer rack up over 200 million streams, with support from BBC
Music Introducing in Beds, Herts and Bucks, as well as extensive collaboration with Flux Pavilion.
Since January 2018, obylx has released a new song on the first day of each month. These monthly tracks combined with his first album, Once and now this offering, Twice, has culminated in the output of an impressive 37 songs in the space of 24 months. Inspired by classic tales of lost souls heading to the wilderness to find purpose, in late 2017
Oliver Johnson decided he too should embark on his own journey. He created a fictional wanderer called obylx to use as a vessel to chronicle his discovery of self, and dreamt up a mind forest which he could enter during his meditations on life.
obylx draws from a wide spectrum of reference points, citing influence from the likes of Bowie, Grandaddy, Radiohead, Phillip Glass, and Randy Newman. His many-faceted sound cannot be tied to the shackles of genre, and embodies elements of future-bass comparable to the likes of Cashmere Cat,
Flume and Wave Racer. However, he is just as comfortable with leaning towards indie sensibilities and sounds that draw parallels to that of Tame Impala.
The album sees obylx create his own idiosyncratic formula, stripping through the boundaries of category while never losing sight of his own identity. Each track on the album delivers something different and equally fantastic, the cleverly engineered structure proving obylx to be an artist with an infinite well of creativity to source from.
Twice is truly a melting pot - on tracks such as 'Flicker' we see obylx merging neo-classical components with future bass, while 'With You' navigates the waters of Indie Pop production.
"It's nice to present the music in album form after releasing singles every month. It gives the music a different feel rather than the standalone pieces. It's like reading the diary of the year and so it acts as a record to help me move forward. I hope the listener enjoys the journey" says obylx of the album.
Twice Tracklist:
1. Drifting
2. No Light
3. Wait A While
4. This Place
5. Stand Alone
6. Grow
7. Meander
8. With You
9. Let Me Know
10. Out Of Sight
11. Flown
12. Flicker
13. Make Do
14. Let Gp
15. Onwards
