Furii: Ilk

Furii (pronounced Fury) is the new alias of Adrien Rodes AKA Topo Gigio and long-time member of Tim Smith’s Spratleys and new recruit to Cardiacs.

Ilk is the first single from Furii and came about when, as Adrien says, “Nomark caught me off guard and asked for material. Even though Amon has set the sonic bar very high with his various aliases, it feels like the perfect home to reconnect with compositional and production experiments.”

Ilk is elemental. A lullaby penned by the Brothers Grimm.
Musically it is a cosy cotton wool embrace, if that cotton wool was dipped in lavender and laudanum. As soothing as it is disconcerting.
“Jo Spratley has kindly lent her beautiful voice and words for this first tune. I was after a witchy lullaby vibe and I certainly got plenty of it.”

Ilk is all the more beautiful for its contradictions.
“I have no set plan as to where I want to take things with Furii. I’m as puzzled as ever as to why and how music works (you can probably tell) and I’ll hopefully never find out.”

For Nomark this is the first release by an artist who isn’t one of Amon’s aliases - Tobin explains “For me personally this is a big moment. When we started Nomark the idea was to make an uncompromised place for my own music but always with a view to one day opening up to other artists. Furii is Nomark’s first official signing and I couldn’t be more proud. A songwriter I’ve admired for over twenty years and a musician so talented he’s now a member of the Cardiacs. Enough can’t possibly be said about the Cardiacs. If you know you know and it’s such an honour to have Jo from Tim Smith’s Spratleys also feature on this extraordinary piece of music. Yup, it's a big day for all of us here at Nomark.”

[vymir_label]

Thank you! Adrien and Amon and SHY1tobemius

[gusenglehorn]

This song is so good. Can't stop listening to it!

[muulwarf]

I almost cannot put into words how equally unexpected and awesome this is. I've been scouring the web for years for more of Topo Gigio since discovering him in one of your sets and there was always just a handful of songs available, but MAN those were and still are so unique and at the same time it makes so much sense to hear them on Nomark. Thanks for making my day and possibly many future days, like always

[frankpahle]

Boundless creativity - thanks again for sharing your art with us!

[joestu]

Congrats to this and the decision made for collaboration...can't wait for the BlueNote of the 21st century! 🎉🎉🎉

[mbrombert]

Wow I really did not expect this sound / style... really *really* nice. One of the most interesting pieces of music I have heard in quite a while.

[TheGrindChronicles]

Yes, I want two of these carpets please. One wrapped as a gift, thank you very much.
The organic-alien-glass-one both times. Appreciate it.

[valiumdupeuple]

Incredible track, thx!! Can't wait to hear more!

[reves-music]

Bewitching and stunning song. A new fabulous vision! Thank you so much

[TheRealEMMA]

Wow, such a beautiful and inspiring tune.

[No..o.]

The first second I heard it i exclaimed CARDIACS!

[JezreelCutestory]

I dont even know if i can take in that much beauty. ❤ holy heck!

[blahblahblah]

So lush, Love it! (Gidday from Australia!)

[carriemroczkowski]

Speechless…this evokes a lot of emotions.

[patrickcoan]

Great vibes. Reminding me of Candy Claws - maybe this is a genre friend?

[walidsader]

Damn I miss cardiacs and here they come through Amon

[CatInTheHatSwing]

it's too early in the morning to be this twisted haha wowzer

[The_Isaiahnator]

It's nice to see you collaborate with Adrien again. Topo Gigio produced my favorite remix of Verbal.

[kokosnuss]

It's giving me 60s and 70s psychedelic music vibe

[.Tapestry]

yup, that's definitely a phase of the trip...