Skinshape Skinshape

• 1 Live by the Day 05:43
• 2 The Place Upstream 03:43
• 3 Heartache 03:19
• 4 Shangri-La 03:41
• 5 Sunday Morning 03:28
• 6 You Don't Love Me 04:11
• 7 Stabo 05:04
• Total Runtime 29:09

Info for Skinshape

Skinshape – a.k.a. 23-year old Will Dorey – is releasing his debut album on 12” vinyl and digital on the 13th October. It explores genres such as funk, dub, psychedelia, electronica and more – all tied up over heavy drum and bass rhythms giving it something of a hip/trip-hop feel. The album has been recorded mostly in bedrooms and lounges, except the drums and some of the percussion being recorded in Will’s warehouse studio “The Arch” up in North London. The Skinshape sound is distinctive, rough-edged and vintage sounding. Whilst most of the instruments and vocals are performed by Will, guests do appear as either musicians or singers. Most notable are the haunting vocals of Anina on Stabo (singing in her native tongue Slovenian), and the soulful voice of London producer Aaron Paul on Sunday Morning.

Will Dorey, guitars, bass, keyboards, percussion, vocals (on tracks 1, 3, 4 & 6)
Ivan Kormanak, drums, percussion
Max Goff, double bass
Jon Moody, keyboards
Anina, vocals (on track 7)
Aaron Paul, vocals (on track 5)
Ben Bell, percussion (on track 3)

Recorded, Mixed and Produced by Will Dorey

Skinshape
originated when Will Dorey was a teenager, and was especially inspired by the records of Pink Floyd and the sounds of ’60s British Psychedelia as well as Reggae and Funk. Dorey experimented with ’60s reel-to-reel tape machines and other vintage analogue music equipment as a way to achieve his distinctive sound. The first Skinshape gigs were DJ sets, starting in 2010. In 2013 Will began work on what would be the first Skinshape self-titled album released in 2014, its second album “Oracolo” in 2015, “Life and Love” in 2017, “Filoxiny” in 2018, “Umoja” in 2020. Dorey writes the music and lyrics and plays most of the instruments himself, as well as supplying most of the vocals. He collaborates with other musicians for additional instruments and vocals. Will records the artists using as much analogue equipment as possible. He records his music primarily at The Arch studio in North London, but also at home with a bedroom studio setup, where he also mixes the tracks.

This album contains no booklet.