Taking Flight is metaphor for label’s rise from previous major release 2xLP Bicycles Are Your Friends, a mix for the street. It also serves as a pseudo-narrative for Secret Life of Birds, our upcoming collaborative theme and sample set based around field recordings of our feathered friends.

10 bonus tracks that combine the natural fit between bicycle noises and electronic music with implicit themes of health, environmental consciousness and sustainability. “Although we’re not overtly political, we certainly have a message with this release: ride a bike, get in shape, reduce your oil consumption and save the environment”.

We produced a sample kit comprised of pump blasts, spoke plucks, brake compresses and sprocket click-clacks, then asked the best producers from the Pacific Northwest and around the world to create tracks that reflect the spirit of the peloton – a team of cyclists that rides together, conserving energy and functioning as an integrated unit.