Two and a half years after the passing of Scottish producer Ewan Robertson AKA Offshore, his label Big Dada is releasing his final album. Robertson died unexpectedly in December 2012 while undergoing heart surgery for a genetic disorder called Marfan Syndrome. He was just 27-years-old. Robertson's family, partner and label put the album together according to his original intentions, using tracks made before his death. Remixes are forthcoming from Ikonika, Amon Tobin, Blue Daisy, Slugabed, Wednesday Nite, Lockah and Enchante."I's with a heartbreaking sort of excitement that we present Offshore's brilliant, eponymous second LP—a future-gazing, electronic/ instrumental hybrid that perfectly captures Ewan Robertson's talent, and also his optimism," says the label. "To call Ewan a key figure in the label's history is an understatement. From joining us as an intern in 2005, he went on to design some of our greatest covers (Roots Manuva, Wiley) and then to make some of our very best records, this one included. He was a true renaissance man—that rarest of things—and one of the loveliest people we've ever known. RIP."Offshore is out September 4 on Big Dada. Pre-order it here. (All profits from the record will go to the Marfan Trust)Follow Michelle Lhooq on Twitter
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