Walls are a band from London made up of members Sam Willis (of Allez Allez) and Alessio Natalizia (of Banjo Or Freakout). Originally from Manchester, but based in London since '96, Willis has long been an admirer of the Cologne sound, instilling his productions (and DJ mixes for the influential Allez Allez podcast series) with the euphoric pop sensibilities and deep grooves that are a Kompakt hallmark. Natalizia hails from Vasto, Italy but relocated to London in 2008 to pursue his musical dreams - driven by the wild guitar of This Heat and propulsive rhythms of Can as well as Burial's inner city atmospherics and soul. The pair met in 2009 while Allez Allez were remixing Banjo Or Freakout's 'Mr. No', they quickly realized that the natural combination of Alessio's and guitar play and haunting vocals together with Willis' emotive synth lines and sample manipulation magic was a match made in heaven. Having already applied their unique sonic touch on remixes for The Field's 'Leave It' and Patha Du Prince's future anthem 'Stick To My Sid' the pair's highly anticipated self titled debut album was released on Kompakt in late April 2010.
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Tracks on "Walls (+Video)"
This Album is featured in Feature #115:
Kompakt's Shooting Stars Get Remixed and Visualised
Kompakt has just released the second single off the debut album by Walls, the celebrated project of Allez Allez's Sam Willis and Banjo Or Freakout's Alessio Natalizia. The London-based ambient hipsters' crowd favourite, 'Gaberdine', gets treated to five epic more...
Burnt Sienna
(Track 01 on this Album)
is featured in Podcast #001:
In this inaugural issue of our podcast, Ralph Christoph, Music Embassador and the man behind the Cologne-based C/O Pop Festival, talks about the early days and the arrival of electronic music in Cologne. In addition, Andy Vaz gives us a great overview on the more...
Great! Really cool and unique tracks. And also a nice cover..
Top 3 in Best Rated Releases of Week #17
This Album is featured in Update #014:
MAKING CONTAKT, Dettmann, The Black Dog, Caribou
Techno takes over the big screen - if anyone could ever be trusted to bring the club experience to a cinematic format, it is Richie Hawtin, and this is just what he did. 'MAKING CONTAKT' is the documentary film of his Minus label's monumental 10-year more...
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nice and krauty.
London-based Walls are Sam Willis (of Allez-Allez) and Alessio Natalizia (of Banjo Or Freakout and Disco Drive), who seamlessly fuse Moebius-style synth-krautrock with modern ambient pop. A perfect match for Kompakt, Walls' debut album is a lush and dreamy listening experience. Great.