1tbsp is a side-project by Australian artist Maxwell Byrne (aka Golden Vessel) which has a sound that can be likened to a mix between Daphni, Four Tet and DJ Koze.

Earlier this year Maxwell gave us a new 1tbsp ep titled “It’s Very Loud” which received much praise & attention from music curators and fans across the globe with its stand-out singles ‘Four Tet Is My Godmother’ and ‘No Nein (feat. Mietze Conte)’.

He is coming back to us this week with news of a whole new album coming our way in August, and along with that news also comes its first preview with new single ‘Sleeves Touch My Elbows’ which features a vocal sample from a song called ‘Gran remera’ by Argentinian project Mora y los metegoles.

“I came across a song called Gran Remera by Mora Y Los Metegoles from someone’s instagram story and I decided to check it out. I was blown away by how amazing it was and by the fact that the vocals were solo’d in the last 15 seconds of the song. I started working on it while I was in Vienna around New Year’s this year in my friend’s studio. I wanted to make something high energy and dense, and I found those vocals sat perfectly over some chords I had created the day before. I recently reached out to Mora and she was kind enough to let me sample and work with me on releasing this song.

I really love the sentiment of what Mora is singing about, how wearing a favourite shirt can really put you at ease & make your day feel less overwhelming, and I wanted to reference the lyrics with the song title to our song.” ~ 1tbsp


‘Sleeves Touch My Elbows’ is available everywhere now via Sumoclic.

Stream:
https://bfan.link/sleeves-touch-my-elbows

1tbsp:
https://www.facebook.com/1tbsp.dj
https://soundcloud.com/1tbsp
https://twitter.com/1tbsp1
https://www.instagram.com/1tbsp.dj
https://www.tiktok.com/@ma.xwell.b

Mora y los metegoles:
https://www.facebook.com/moraylosmetegoles
https://twitter.com/moraylosmetego
https://www.instagram.com/moraylosmetegoles/

Credits:  
Co-produced by Maxwell Byrne & George Nicholas
Vocal sample of ‘Gran remera’ by Mora Y Los Metegoles
Mixing by Maxwell Byrne
Mastering by Doug Wright & Ryan Schwabe
Artwork by Junwoo Park
Press Photos by James Caswell

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