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Stream a Fantastic New Single by Balearic Big Dog Apiento

The Test Pressing man's teamed up with longterm collaborator LX for "Dish"—a late contender for single of the year.
Josh Baines
This post ran originally on THUMP UK.

Paul Byrne is one of the big dogs of the British Balearic scene. Better known to most of us as Apiento, Byrne's spent the last few years heading up the ever-wonderful Test Pressing site alongside Dr Rob, as well as hosting a sumptuous NTS show and working alongside Mark Barrott on International Feel, which has been a longterm favorite label of ours here at THUMP UK.

When he's not doing all that, he manages to record and release incredible music on the likes of World Unknown, Golf Channel, and Claremont56. Byrne's back with a pre-Christmas cracker for those of us who like our seasonal soundtrack to be more reminiscent of lazy days by Ibizan pools than half-thawed turkey crowns eaten in Nuneaton.

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"Dish"—which officially arrives on the 30th of December on Kenneth Bager's Music for Dreams imprint—sees Byrne hook up with regular collaborator LX for a track first used in a fashion show by Danish artist Trine Lindegaard. We're bringing you an exclusive listen to both the original and the hefty dub version right here. Oh, and we had a quick chat with Byrne too. Check it all out below.


Paul Byrne is one of the big dogs of the British Balearic scene. Better known to most of us as Apiento, Byrne's spent the last few years heading up the ever-wonderful Test Pressing site alongside Dr Rob, as well as hosting a sumptuous NTS show and working alongside Mark Barrott on International Feel, which has been a longterm favorite label of ours here at THUMP UK.

When he's not doing all that, he manages to record and release incredible music on the likes of World Unknown, Golf Channel, and Claremont56. Byrne's back with a pre-Christmas cracker for those of us who like our seasonal soundtrack to be more reminiscent of lazy days by Ibizan pools than half-thawed turkey crowns eaten in Nuneaton.

"Dish"—which officially arrives on the 30th of December on Kenneth Bager's Music for Dreams imprint—sees Byrne hook up with regular collaborator LX for a track first used in a fashion show by Danish artist Trine Lindegaard. We're bringing you an exclusive listen to both the original and the hefty dub version right here. Oh, and we had a quick chat with Byrne too. Check it all out below.

THUMP: Can you tell us a little about how you came to work with Trine Lindegaard?
Apiento: I've known Trine for ages since she used to live in London. She said she was working on a new project a while back and needed some music for the show and asked could I help. It was that simple really. She's pretty free with the projects she creates (one day its a mad wall of cross-stitch another time it'll be making something out of African fabrics and weaving) and this one was super interesting as she was working with immigrant ladies with psychological and physical problems in Copenhagen. They have some issues with the far right over there in that there Denmark so a lot of her work is about bringing folk together. So basically, she created a fashion collection around the idea that food brought people together. So I got her to record a load of these people talking about their favorite dish and where they were from etc. From there I wrote the music around it, Alex mixed it... Job done.

And what's your working relationship with LX like?
Alex (aka LX) I have known for years. He is actually Alex Tepper from London not another mate of mine, Lexx from Zurich (who I think some people think he is). Alex Tepper is one of the best mix and sound engineers I know. I've got him on the new Mark Barrott stuff at the moment. I've known him for years since when I used to manage producers. I sort of brought his band through when I used to manage Joey Negro, John Ciafone from Mood II Swing and people like that... I realised very early on (just after "The Orange Place" which did alright) that what he brought to the table was as important as what I wrote so from there we now co-credit everything. We'll be writing in the studio soon which is always a good time. It's just finding that time to do it.

Obviously sleeves are (I assume anyway) incredibly important to you...who're your favorite current designers working in music?
Yeah I think sleeves are double important. I sort of bowled out of a project recently over creative differences. In the week I am part of a design studio called Village Green who make lovely branding and 3D work for the likes of Nike so am around design all day long. Sleeve-wise right now I am biased but I'm a fan of Ill Studio who creatively direct all the sleeves for the DEEWEE label I run for 2manydjs. Those sleeves are just ridiculous...It's quietly building into a special record label that one.

Hopefully a lot of THUMP readers will also read Test Pressing too. What can we expect from that site over the next few months?
Not sure at the minute. We've got a nice recording from the party at Brilliant Corners me and Lexx did the other week. It's the best venue in London for me—good people, food and music—and Lexx played super nice music. Other than that on Test Pressing I just leave Dr Rob to write what he wants when he wants from Japan. He's always up to something so there's always new content to read up there. Hopefully we'll pull together some of the projects that are running in the background.

Finally, Paul, we're nearly at that time of the year...what's the best Balearic Christmas record?
"Driving Home For Christmas". Got any Chris Rea?

"Dish" by Apiento and LX drops on Music for Dreams on the 30th of December. Pre-order it here.

THUMP: Can you tell us a little about how you came to work with Trine Lindegaard?
Apiento: I've known Trine for ages since she used to live in London. She said she was working on a new project a while back and needed some music for the show and asked could I help. It was that simple really. She's pretty free with the projects she creates (one day its a mad wall of cross-stitch another time it'll be making something out of African fabrics and weaving) and this one was super interesting as she was working with immigrant ladies with psychological and physical problems in Copenhagen. They have some issues with the far right over there in that there Denmark so a lot of her work is about bringing folk together. So basically, she created a fashion collection around the idea that food brought people together. So I got her to record a load of these people talking about their favorite dish and where they were from etc. From there I wrote the music around it, Alex mixed it… Job done.

And what's your working relationship with LX like?
Alex (aka LX) I have known for years. He is actually Alex Tepper from London not another mate of mine, Lexx from Zurich (who I think some people think he is). Alex Tepper is one of the best mix and sound engineers I know. I've got him on the new Mark Barrott stuff at the moment. I've known him for years since when I used to manage producers. I sort of brought his band through when I used to manage Joey Negro, John Ciafone from Mood II Swing and people like that… I realised very early on (just after "The Orange Place" which did alright) that what he brought to the table was as important as what I wrote so from there we now co-credit everything. We'll be writing in the studio soon which is always a good time. It's just finding that time to do it.

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Obviously sleeves are (I assume anyway) incredibly important to you…who're your favorite current designers working in music?
Yeah I think sleeves are double important. I sort of bowled out of a project recently over creative differences. In the week I am part of a design studio called Village Green who make lovely branding and 3D work for the likes of Nike so am around design all day long. Sleeve-wise right now I am biased but I'm a fan of Ill Studio who creatively direct all the sleeves for the DEEWEE label I run for 2manydjs. Those sleeves are just ridiculous…It's quietly building into a special record label that one.


Paul Byrne is one of the big dogs of the British Balearic scene. Better known to most of us as Apiento, Byrne's spent the last few years heading up the ever-wonderful Test Pressing site alongside Dr Rob, as well as hosting a sumptuous NTS show and working alongside Mark Barrott on International Feel, which has been a longterm favorite label of ours here at THUMP UK.

When he's not doing all that, he manages to record and release incredible music on the likes of World Unknown, Golf Channel, and Claremont56. Byrne's back with a pre-Christmas cracker for those of us who like our seasonal soundtrack to be more reminiscent of lazy days by Ibizan pools than half-thawed turkey crowns eaten in Nuneaton.

"Dish"—which officially arrives on the 30th of December on Kenneth Bager's Music for Dreams imprint—sees Byrne hook up with regular collaborator LX for a track first used in a fashion show by Danish artist Trine Lindegaard. We're bringing you an exclusive listen to both the original and the hefty dub version right here. Oh, and we had a quick chat with Byrne too. Check it all out below.

THUMP: Can you tell us a little about how you came to work with Trine Lindegaard?
Apiento: I've known Trine for ages since she used to live in London. She said she was working on a new project a while back and needed some music for the show and asked could I help. It was that simple really. She's pretty free with the projects she creates (one day its a mad wall of cross-stitch another time it'll be making something out of African fabrics and weaving) and this one was super interesting as she was working with immigrant ladies with psychological and physical problems in Copenhagen. They have some issues with the far right over there in that there Denmark so a lot of her work is about bringing folk together. So basically, she created a fashion collection around the idea that food brought people together. So I got her to record a load of these people talking about their favorite dish and where they were from etc. From there I wrote the music around it, Alex mixed it... Job done.

And what's your working relationship with LX like?
Alex (aka LX) I have known for years. He is actually Alex Tepper from London not another mate of mine, Lexx from Zurich (who I think some people think he is). Alex Tepper is one of the best mix and sound engineers I know. I've got him on the new Mark Barrott stuff at the moment. I've known him for years since when I used to manage producers. I sort of brought his band through when I used to manage Joey Negro, John Ciafone from Mood II Swing and people like that... I realised very early on (just after "The Orange Place" which did alright) that what he brought to the table was as important as what I wrote so from there we now co-credit everything. We'll be writing in the studio soon which is always a good time. It's just finding that time to do it.

Obviously sleeves are (I assume anyway) incredibly important to you...who're your favorite current designers working in music?
Yeah I think sleeves are double important. I sort of bowled out of a project recently over creative differences. In the week I am part of a design studio called Village Green who make lovely branding and 3D work for the likes of Nike so am around design all day long. Sleeve-wise right now I am biased but I'm a fan of Ill Studio who creatively direct all the sleeves for the DEEWEE label I run for 2manydjs. Those sleeves are just ridiculous...It's quietly building into a special record label that one.

Hopefully a lot of THUMP readers will also read Test Pressing too. What can we expect from that site over the next few months?
Not sure at the minute. We've got a nice recording from the party at Brilliant Corners me and Lexx did the other week. It's the best venue in London for me—good people, food and music—and Lexx played super nice music. Other than that on Test Pressing I just leave Dr Rob to write what he wants when he wants from Japan. He's always up to something so there's always new content to read up there. Hopefully we'll pull together some of the projects that are running in the background.

Finally, Paul, we're nearly at that time of the year...what's the best Balearic Christmas record?
"Driving Home For Christmas". Got any Chris Rea?

"Dish" by Apiento and LX drops on Music for Dreams on the 30th of December. Pre-order it here.

Hopefully a lot of THUMP readers will also read Test Pressing too. What can we expect from that site over the next few months?
Not sure at the minute. We've got a nice recording from the party at Brilliant Corners me and Lexx did the other week. It's the best venue in London for me—good people, food and music—and Lexx played super nice music. Other than that on Test Pressing I just leave Dr Rob to write what he wants when he wants from Japan. He's always up to something so there's always new content to read up there. Hopefully we'll pull together some of the projects that are running in the background.

Finally, Paul, we're nearly at that time of the year…what's the best Balearic Christmas record?
"Driving Home For Christmas". Got any Chris Rea?

"Dish" by Apiento and LX drops on Music for Dreams on the 30th of December. Pre-order it here.

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