Paul Woolford announces debut Special Request LP - Soul Music

Following a run of four incendiary 12-inches on his own imprint that drew attention from right across the dance music community, UK producer and DJ Paul Woolford delivers 'Soul Music', his debut full-length album as Special Request - diving even deeper into the raw energy of UK pirate radio influences that informed his previous EPs.

Using a studio built almost exclusively from vintage hardware and boosted by industrial-strength EQ and an FM transmitter, Woolford constructs what he refers to as "false memories" - broadcasting his material in order to sample and re-incorporate it in a myriad of different ways. The outcome of this unorthodox method is an album of considerable weight.

This debut will be released in two stages: 7th October sees the album released on a triple vinyl LP; whilst the CD and digital versions, released on 21st October, include a bonus volume featuring the Special Request VIP of Tessela's 'Hackney Parrot' (already played 5 times on BBC Radio 1 across 3 different shows) alongside the remix of Lana Del Rey's 'Ride', further tracks from the previous 12-inches, plus unreleased reworks from Detroit's Anthony Shakir, New York's Anthony Naples, Leipzig's Kassem Mosse &  Mix Mup, Chicago's Hieroglyphic Being and London's Lee Gamble. Not for the faint hearted...

As with all of our output, order your triple LP (cut to heavyweight 180g vinyl by Matt Colton) from the Houndstooth store and receive free WAV files (including the bonus tracks featured on the second volume) upon digital release. CD and vinyl pre-orders are offered at a discounted rate.