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Label Review.
2020 album also available on Vinyl.
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Portland-based Portuguese-American musician, record producer and Grammy-winning artist RAC (Andre Allen Anjos) has performed live at festivals across the globe with highlights including Coachella, Lollapalooza, Electric Zoo Festival, SXSW, Ageha (Tokyo), Ultra Music Festival, Cakeshop (Seoul) and Paris Social Club and now RAC returns this year with his highly anticipated new album “BOY”, which will be released on Counter Records following his 2017 release ‘Ego’.
The melody-driven indie-electronica that RAC has made for 'BOY', washes over you like faint memories. The songs are soft, light, warm, and comforting, as though revisiting old photo albums and recalling years gone by without any of the day-to-day struggles. It's at peace with the past, while lodged in the present. André Allen Anjos (aka RAC) is originally from Porto in Portugal. He's 35-years-old now, and has lived in Portland, Oregon for the past decade with his wife and cats. And even though it's more than two decades in the past, he's never reconciled with his own childhood. He's decided to do so now…
Three years ago, Anjos began to make 'BOY'. He had achieved so much in his career, between DJing, soundtrack work, and his own album releases. He felt more comfortable in his own skin, and in a place of security, to really delve into his formative years. “I didn't have a major concept, I just wanted to see what happened,” he says, of the longest record-making process he's ever committed to. He found himself more prolific than ever. “I was just writing and writing and writing. I wrote so many demos, and I kept coming back to this theme of childhood. So that's why I called it 'BOY'.”
Over his 10 year career, RAC has proven himself as one of this decade’s most prolific remix artists with over 200 remixes to his name, including reworks of Lana Del Rey, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Weezer, Foster The People, Phoenix, Bob Marley, Imagine Dragons, New Order, Two Door Cinema Club and The Shins.
Following the 2016 Grammy nomination for RAC’s remix of label-mates Odesza’s “Say My Name”, Anjos won a Grammy Award for Best Remixed Recording of Bob Moses’ “Tearing Me Up” in 2017. RAC’s 2017 album ‘Ego’ featured collaborations with Rivers Cuomo, Rostam, MNDR, K.Flay and St. Lucia.
Formats: 2LP: Gatefold 2LP - 320gsm matte, 140g vinyl for the standard, plain black paper inner sleeves - without poly lining, label and matte insert
LPX: Gatefold 2LP - 320gsm matte, 140g opaque pink & white splatter, limited edition indies only. Plain black paper inner sleeves - without poly lining, label and matte insert.
CD: Matte gatefold remus spine CD, CD label, matte 2PP insert (similar to LP insert) plus product sticker.
Tracklisting: Rapariga / Boomerang (ft. Luna Shadows) / MIA (ft. Danny Dwyer) / Passion (ft. Louis The Child) / Sweater (ft. Maddie Jay) / Next To You (ft. Emerson Leif) / Toulouse (ft. Minke) / Gomas / Stuck On You (ft. Phil Good) / Together (ft. Evalyn) / Carefree (ft. LeyeT) / Oakland (ft. Winnetka Bowling League) / Arcoíris / Solo (ft. Gothic Tropic) / Get A Life (ft. Instupendo) / Change The Story (ft. Jamie Lidell) / Dolores Park / Better Days (ft. St. Lucia)