resurrected a mix I did a few months ago for the now defunct Lovers Audio blog, featuring some new stuff from me, some Studio Barnhus faves, and universal rhythmic chaos and beauty...enjoy!

Vongole Asporto by fennec 🆒

Snack Dub by fennec 🆒

from Nice Work Vol. 3, the final volume!

"Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end - Lucius Annaeus Seneca" - Semisonic

The final volume of the Nice Work series...and how nice it's been! From the start of this series the ethos has been to release a continual, if not instant, flow of tracks to steadily document the creative practice inspired by a 1985 treatise on the topic titled Art & Fear.

And of course to, like, drop big heavy groovers.

Nice Work Vol. 3, Fennec's most personal entry into the series, does just that with tracks made last month and some that were started over 3 years ago. Opener "I Luv It" (which you may recognize from Fennec's "a dj set under the texas sun") begins with a moody piano loop before descending into pure subterranean goodness with more breaks & bongos than you can shake a stick at.

Next up, it's the track that DJs have been hounding Fennec for every time he plays it; that's right, it's CLAM TIME Y'ALL. "Vongole Asporto" (aka “takeaway clams”) has it all: serial killer interviews, warped television feedback, and dubby girl group echoes from your dreams. After sweating your soul out, it's time for a snack break. On "Snack Dub" we take a brief meditation on a piano loop filtering up and down until poor Mr. Drum Machine can't machine no more.

We end with a little comfort, a little consolation, and a ton of loopy reassurances with "Better" which eventually, as all things do, breaks loose into a chopped up blitz of soul-infused madness. It's gonna be fine, just give it some time!

Who are we? Where are we going? Where have we come from? What is the best kind of potato chip? Nice Work Vol. 3 answers these questions, and more.

from Nice Work Vol. 3, the final volume!

"Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end - Lucius Annaeus Seneca" - Semisonic

The final volume of the Nice Work series...and how nice it's been! From the start of this series the ethos has been to release a continual, if not instant, flow of tracks to steadily document the creative practice inspired by a 1985 treatise on the topic titled Art & Fear.

And of course to, like, drop big heavy groovers.

Nice Work Vol. 3, Fennec's most personal entry into the series, does just that with tracks made last month and some that were started over 3 years ago. Opener "I Luv It" (which you may recognize from Fennec's "a dj set under the texas sun") begins with a moody piano loop before descending into pure subterranean goodness with more breaks & bongos than you can shake a stick at.

Next up, it's the track that DJs have been hounding Fennec for every time he plays it; that's right, it's CLAM TIME Y'ALL. "Vongole Asporto" (aka “takeaway clams”) has it all: serial killer interviews, warped television feedback, and dubby girl group echoes from your dreams. After sweating your soul out, it's time for a snack break. On "Snack Dub" we take a brief meditation on a piano loop filtering up and down until poor Mr. Drum Machine can't machine no more.

We end with a little comfort, a little consolation, and a ton of loopy reassurances with "Better" which eventually, as all things do, breaks loose into a chopped up blitz of soul-infused madness. It's gonna be fine, just give it some time!

Who are we? Where are we going? Where have we come from? What is the best kind of potato chip? Nice Work Vol. 3 answers these questions, and more.

FENNEC IN THE HOUSE!

(well, technically, behind the house)

it's fennec coming to you live from sweltering austin texas! throwing back a couple beers and playing some familiar songs, some Nice Work Vol. 3 songs (forthcoming!), some soon-to-be released songs, and some things that could be your next favorite song...hope you get up, move around a bit, and have fun :)

video of this set over on YT ✌️

https://youtu.be/Vnu4h7PXGEU

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my set from Denver via Slowmotif! enjoy 2 hours of the world’s finest deep house grooves to fill the Fort Greene cocktail bar 🍸✨ packed with repeat faves, forgotten rhythms, and a few new, unreleased Fennec traxxx 😯 this is the one for your next pre-game or long-distance summer vacay road trip ⛱️

Destination by fennec 🆒

One For Me by fennec 🆒

"Here I am, once again...can't deny it, can't pretend." - Kelly Clarkson

It's volume TWO of the Nice Work series, and here we are again with a grab bag of tracks for the DJs, casual listeners, sportos, motorheads, geeks, sluts, bloods, wastoids, dweebies, and dickheads.

Continuing in the spirit of the Nice Work series by giving journalistic snapshots of my daily musical practice, these tracks span all the way back to 2020 up to just about a month ago. After roaming and combing through hundreds of projects, I landed on this bouquet of tracks tied with a string of organic, cerebral, and arboreal motifs.

From Kongobongo's loopy chants and Sorry I Missed Your Call's dastardly bassline funk to the wistful pianos and strings of One for Me and Destination, there's something for the whole family. Jam these dancefloor-tested tracks in the club or on headphones, here at Nice Work Industries™ we say, "Why not both?"

credits

releases March 1, 2024

w&p by fennec

mastered by beau at ten eight seven