Decius Vol. II (Splendour Obedience)

Description

A supergroup of sorts Fat White Familys Lias Saoudi, Trashmouth Records Luke and Liam May, and Quinn Whalley of Paranoid London and Warmduscher Decius have travelled the earth liberating people from banality since the release of Decius Vol. I. Theyve revealed to all those theyve encountered just what was missing in their lives: pump without borders, pump without reason absolute pump.

The second full-length album from Decius it follows 2022s Decius Vol. I plus a string of Decius Trax EPs.

Vinyl editions are housed in a gatefold sleeve with artwork by Peter Harris.

Appease the gods with the limited INDIES ONLY Neptune Turquoise double vinyl, plus black vinyl.

First single, Walking In The Heat, is accompanied by an incredible, moist video directed by Niall Trask at the carwash yeah.

The Quietus declared Decius Vol. I The best album of the year before placing it at number 5 in their AOTY list with Look Like A Man hitting #2 in their tracks of the year.

Further AOTY nods included DJs Top 40, Juno Daily #2, MusicOMH #3 and Bleeps Top 100.

Decius live sets at Berghains 19th birthday celebrations, Block 9s NYC Downlow at Glastonbury and Opium Club in Vilnius have set pulses racing, and they count the likes of Dixon, 2manydjs, Honey Dijon, Mochakk, Or:La, Iggy Pop and Depeche Mode as fans.

Now they offer up Decius Vol. II (Splendour & Obedience). It throbs with an almost impossible sense of potential, and expands on the lexicon of molten desire. The sound has moved into new territories, with tastes of house, disco and techno, all with an underlying base note of acid on tracks such as the slippery night cruise intensity of Birth of A Smirk, where Colonel Abrams gets his nipples tortured. Queen of 14th St is all watersports and Cybotron force from Detroit via Deptford. First single Walking In The Heat struts like a sunburnt and horny Kraftwerk, while Ghent is purest uncut 88 acid. Vol. II is the art of seduction in damp rooms painted black. Keep hydrated from whatever source is available. Be your own pleasure centre. Vol. II is a veritable selection box of booty bumps and illegal highs made at night for the night and beyond. This is music that takes pride in its walk of shame.

DJ support from Kasper Bjørke, Tia Cousins, Shay Malt, ND_Baumecker, Marcel Dettmann, Erol Alkan, Bicep, Trevor Jackson, Midland, DJ Heidi, Octa Octa, Eats Everything, Eclair FiFi, Ewan McVicar, Tiga, Luke Solomon, Optimo, Maceo Plex, Horse Meat Disco, Richard Fearless, Joe Goddard, Sean Johnston (A Love From Outer Space) and many more

Tracks have appeared on Matthew Dears DJ-Kicks compilation, BBC Radio 1 Essential Mixes by The Chemical Brothers and Paranoid London, and Hercules & Love Affairs BBC 6 Music Guest Mix.

A sordid thrill Its also the best album of the year the Quietus

A loose amalgam of Englands most troublesome, wayward and wanton musicians. Decius gets the groove going in a different way, they kind of come at you out of the dark Iggy Pop

There is sleaze running through Decius veins, though the kind of debauchery here is kept mainly on the dance-floor Brooklyn Vegan

Harking back to the rawness of Chicago house musics Black/LGBT roots think Adonis No Way Back DJ magazine

Primitive bangers Uncut