The Comet Is Coming

Crumbs! Finally dropping my solo project. When I was a kid I was obsessed with making tunes on a little Akai s-20 sampler and an Atari ST. Between cutting up samples and working the Atari floppy disks - I ended up trying to record my own drum loops- which resulted in me accepting that I should learn the drums first. Few years back I acquired a sampler once more and it was like being transported back to my teenage years. This was some kind of musical root I had rediscovered, and I realised how central those machines are to the way I approach drums, as if the drum kit was actually some kind of acoustic sampler all along. Sampling for me is a kind of cuisine. You chop and prepare the ingredients and then you stir them in loops over a hot volume of energy. Tang and crunch, the whole experience is about tasting as you go. I don’t shop for ingredients rather I scavenge through the digital deluge. And here it is - a musical offering to the you music gods who are free to discard these crumbs, as they will be blown away along with us in the winds of time- forgotten in the eternal memory - reduced to a training data set of the great mind. Artwork is by yours truly. Mastered by @dotanthecohen - released as a self release on bandcamp only people. As always massive thanks to those who support. Link in bio - #betamaxsuperhi-maxvisioncatalogue.

We 3 unite again on this brand new vinyl - a @shabakahutchings remix of @soccer96official !! Shabaka deftly reconstructs our tune Sitting on a Satellite into an undulating kaleidoscope of flutes and rhythms, a truly magical reinterpretation, resplendent with twists and turns. There’s more remixes on there including one of our long time friends and collaborators @joshuaidehen Available via the Soccer96 bandcamp

Incoming transmission: Our love is infinite, but our time is finite. We came in peace, but The Comet is Coming will soon be returning to near earth orbit to allow Betamax, Danalogue and Shabaka to concentrate on other pathways of artistic exploration. We will return when the stars align and the planet needs us. In the meantime we will be blazing a trail throughout the world this summer and will be performing at @primavera_sound , #MIF23 @factory_international , @somersethouse , @bksfestival , @coloursofostrava , @greenmanfest , Central Park @summerstage in NYC and many more... Details and tickets at / or via the link in our bio Stay tuned for future transmissions The Comet is Coming

@betamaxdrums explaines the infamous @shabakahutchings @soccer96official remix - small pressing of these disks still available on the soccer96 bandcamp 🙏❤️🔥☄️🤴🏿

Last week, @shabakahutchings dropped his latest single ‘Timepieces’, featuring New York rapper Billy Woods (@backwoodzstudioz ). Alongside the release, he annouced his forthcoming EP ‘Possession’ which drops December 6th. Shabaka is currently on tour in the EU & UK, with his final shows coming up next week. Link in bio for tickets. 23rd Nov Flagey, Brussels, Belgium @flageystudios 27th Nov Albert Hall, Manchester, UK @alberthallmcr 28th St Mary’s Redcliffe, Bristol, UK @stmaryredcliffe (Sold Out) 30th Nov Royal Festival Hall, London @southbankcentre @royalfestivalhall

Rhythmadelic explorer of the sonic realm Betamax (The Comet Is Coming, Soccer96) is turning up for Gaza! 🍉 Only 4 days to go! 🔶 Tuesday 19 November 🔶 🔶 Colour Factory 🔶 ⭐ ALL STAR LINE UP of musicians, DJs, poets and speakers ⭐ All ticket sales plus 10% of the bar goes straight into the hands of 15 families in Gaza right now. 🎟️ Ticket 🔗 @_allourrelations bio 🎟️ 🎟️ Low income tickets now available 🎟️ ⭐ LINE UP ⭐ @jenbristercomedy @tomskinnermusic @roziplain @betamaxdrums @_danalogue @soccer96official @ruthgoller @realjulietstevenson @electrobeard @alicealicegrant @_ddee @robynsrocket @jj_bola @holliepoetry @repeatbeatpoet @merabhaiii @lawrencehartmusic 🔺See you there!🔺

Iconic synth wizard Danalogue (The Comet Is Coming, Soccer96) is turning up for Gaza! 🍉 🔶 Tuesday 19 November 🔶 🔶 Colour Factory 🔶 ⭐ ALL STAR LINE UP of musicians, DJs, poets and speakers ⭐ All ticket sales plus 10% of the bar goes straight into the hands of 15 families in Gaza right now. 🔺See you there!🔺 🎟️ Ticket 🔗 in @_allourrelations BYE-OH 🎟️ ⭐ LINE UP ⭐ @jenbristercomedy @tomskinnermusic @roziplain @betamaxdrums @_danalogue @soccer96official @ruthgoller @realjulietstevenson @electrobeard @alicealicegrant @_ddee @robynsrocket @jj_bola @holliepoetry @repeatbeatpoet @merabhaiii @lawrencehartmusic

Happy release day @champagne_dub Rainbow LP is out now ! So proud of this one, massive thanks to my band mates @mr.noodles.dub @ruthgoller @edbriggsbirdsegg + special guest @clivebell1 for slaying it - big up @seniordemus for incredible sound mix - big up @peteonthecorner for getting behind the project - big up @thingsvaleriadoes for the artwork- can’t wait to perform the tracks tonight at @thefoxandfirkin thurs 8th - big up my DJs playing this on the raidio @tomravo @gillespeterson - extra thanks to @hahafunnyjordan @barrymac84 @philhalestudio @_danalogue @_capitol_k for all the wisdom and support. Big up all our listeners I truly hope you enjoy this sound and thanks for your support and kind messages - @betamaxdrums

We stand in solidarity with Palestine. Slides 3-7 is a call to strike from @radioalhara Signed The Comet is Coming

You can hear @_danalogue speaking with Jonny AKA @pictishtrail on the @greenmanfest podcast..recorded the day after our main stage set in the pouring rain.. available on the podcast app and link in bio

This is from the original vinyl sleeve where we discovered our name. It was day 2 of our 3 day recording session that birthed Prophecy EP and Channel the Spirits. Initially conceived as a ‘Soccer96 feat Shabaka’ record, it became apparent that as a trio we had made a new sound which should be honoured with a new name. After a couple of hilarious suggestions from Max and Shabaka, I had the thought that a name may reveal itself to us if we were open to it, and later that day while searching through a bunch of records at the @totalrefreshmentcentre I found this, and felt an extreme resonance in the fabric of space time. I walked over to Shabaka, pointed at it silently and he nodded affirmatively, and shouted Betamax over excitedly and we all were in agreement: The Comet is Coming 🪐 We then recorded ‘Star Exploding in Slow Motion’ which remains one of my favourite tracks we ever made.

Join us today as we celebrate one year of Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam 🌠🌠🌠 Thank you to everyone who listened to the album and came to see us on this tour, starting with the release party at @colourfactorylondon last year. We have two more shows before The Comet is Coming returns to near-Earth orbit... catch us in Hong Kong at @freespace_wk Festival on the 6th of October, and at @bjd.sk in Bratislava on the 20th. Picture by @fabricebourgelle Record sleeve artwork by @danielmartindiaz