Binary

Number is a new forward-thinking sound machine fronted by Ali Friend and Rich Thair – the co-founders and rhythm section of electronic pioneers and musical renegades, Red Snapper. Inspired by a love of A Certain Ratio, Talking Heads, P funk and scratchy dub, the dynamic duo have recently been busy in the studio working on new material together, and are pleased to announce the release of their debut album entitled, Binary, released via Sunday Best Recordings. From the slicing live drums and jagged guitar melodies of ‘Red Flag’, the hypnotic mutant grooves of Titan Shuff, the do-it-yourself, art school approach to Face Down in Ecstasy, to the sub-tropical, funk-infused Wedge and the sonic industrial inflections of Never Change, the duo constantly question and re-define their musical sensibilities across ten tracks of warped rhythms and loose limbed grooves. Number enjoy the clash of old ideas with new ideas; old sounds with new