Daniel Avery shares brand new single ‘Higher
‘Higher’ is a masterclass in electronic eclecticism from one of the most versatile producers in the game. Bursting with raw emotion and power, the track couples Avery’s signature pads with juggernaut breakbeats, opening with a candid voice note from Sherelle reflecting on how she channels emotion through music.
In creating Ultra Truth, Avery went back to many of the things that had inspired him to first make music as a teenager – pensive, emotive records by Deftones, Portishead, Nick Cave or Mogwai, the exquisite darkness of David Lynch’s movies and – on tracks like ‘Devotion’ and today’s track, ‘Higher’ – the thunderous energy of leftfield rave music.
Speaking on the track, Daniel explains: “This is the first time I’ve brought together so many people to join me on the journey and each guest plays a crucial role. Sherelle is a supernova artist and someone who always marches to the beat of her own drum”
Ultra Truth offers a very different listening experience to any of Avery’s previous records. It inhabits its own world of sound, a construct built in Avery’s Thames side studio with collaborative help from a host of friends: the production touch of Ghost Culture and Manni Dee, the vocals of HAAi, Jonnine Standish (HTRK), AK Paul and the voices of Marie Davidson, Kelly Lee Owens, Sherelle and James Massiah.
Earlier this year, Avery also launched his new live show which debuted at Nuits Sonores in Lyon on 27th May before rolling through Melt, Primavera and Roskilde in addition to a raucous b2b DJ set with VTSS at Glastonbury. Next month, Daniel will also play a homecoming show at Field Day in London on August 20th and a headline show in Paris at Elysee Montmartre in November.
