| New Horizon | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | JK Flesh |
| Cover: | New_Horizon_(2018)_cover.jpg |
| Studio: | Avalanche Studios |
| Genre: | Techno |
| Length: | 51:02 |
| Label: | Electric Deluxe |
| Producer: | Justin Broadrick |
| Chronology: | JK Flesh |
| Prev Title: | Wasplike |
| Prev Year: | 2018 |
New Horizon is the third studio album by JK Flesh, a moniker of English musician Justin Broadrick. It was released digitally and on vinyl on 28 September 2018 through the label Electric Deluxe under the designation EDLX.058.[1] The album was preceded by streams of the tracks "Different Species" and "External Transmission Stage" in June and August 2018 respectively.[2] [3]
Like the JK Flesh releases that precede it, New Horizon continues into minimal techno territory tinted by Justin Broadrick's decades creating metal music.[4] Musically, the album is dark and textured, with pulsing beats and Broadrick's typically gloomy atmosphere. The sound is informed by dub music.[5] About the album's deliberately stark style, Broadrick said:
Broadrick spent a week in early 2017 recording hundreds of music jam pieces at Avalanche Studios in North Wales which he then edited and mixed over a period of a month "using a combination of hardware and industrial gear, including tape loops and echo pedals". About the process, he said "It was very hands-on and very concise. I don’t generally spend even an hour on one thing—maybe 10 minutes and I’m like, ‘Right, I’ve said everything I need to say. On to the next one.’" The rhythms on the album average between 120 and 135 beats per minute.[6]
Andrew Ryce of Resident Advisor gave New Horizon a positive review, praising its ominous mood and its "push-and-pull between aggression and restraint". The Letter's Blair Millen called the album "cohesive, well sequenced and a thoroughly thrilling listen". Reviewing the album for Noiseys Stream of the Crop selection, Colin Joyce wrote, "It’s gross, it’s humid, but most importantly, it’s alive."[7] Joyce also described the album as "a chilling and kinetic record of belt-sander techno that’s—to my ears—his defining work as JK Flesh and one of the finest albums he’s put out under any moniker".[8] The Quietus singled out "External Transmission Stage" as one of their favorite songs of the year.[9]
| Year | Publication | Country | class=unsortable | Accolade | class=unsortable | Rank | class=unsortable | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Resident Advisor | United Kingdom | "2018's Best Albums" | [10] | ||||
| "*" denotes an unordered list. | ||||||||
Credits adapted from New Horizon liner notes