Posthuman are an electronic music duo consisting of cousins Richard Bevan and Joshu Doherty. They run the I Love Acid record label and clubnight.
Establishing themselves in the early 2000s as part of the London IDM scene, through the following years the pair experimented with various styles and genres, including electronica, ambient music, post-rock, and Detroit techno.
Since 2010 their sound has been categorised as Acid house. The pair are regarded amongst the foremost champions of the UK Acid House scene.
Band biography
Richard and Joshu first wrote music together as teenagers. In 1999, they sent their first demo CD to Skam Records, resulting in a release on the label's SMAK series.
In 2000, the pair moved to London and began running a series of electronic music club nights under the name 'Seed'. These nights increased in size and soon relocated to Aldwych tube station, a disused underground train station. A number of these events took place between 2001 and 2004, among the artists who appeared were Aphex Twin, Alison Goldfrapp, Richard X, Plaid, and Funkstörung. On the back of this series of events, the pair set up their own record label Seed Records, as an outlet for their own material, and music by other artists who had appeared at the 'Seed' events.
The last of these events were to be held on 13 and 14 November 2004, however, John Peel, who was booked to DJ, passed away around a fortnight before the event.Legendary radio DJ John Peel dies: John Peel was one of the UK's most-loved broadcasters 26 October 2004 The following week, the event was canceled due to London Underground rescinding the venue hire, and on the night of the event, John Balance of Coil (who were also on the bill to play) also died.John Balance: Joint founder of Coil, a focal point for English avant garde pop 11 December 2004 Soon after, Joshu left Seed Records to work briefly for B12 Records. In 2010 he founded a new imprint Balkan Vinyl.
Since 2007, Joshu has run the Acid House club night I Love Acid and its associated vinyl-only record label from 2014, named after the track by Luke Vibert, who features regularly. In 2019 it won the DJ Mag Best British Club Event award.
The artwork for their 2010 album Syn Emergence was based around Bevan's award winning visual project of the same name.
In 2018, their album Mutant City Acid was pressed on randomly coloured vinyl, with the entire process livestreamed on video from the pressing plant. As opposed to manual pressing, marbled or mixed colour vinyl, this experimental randomised process was the first time this has been done successfully, leading to almost 100 different colour variations of the double album.
Album Discography
TitleFormatLabelCatalog numberFormatsYearNotesPosthumanAlbumSeed RecordsSEEDEX01CD2000Hand made sleeves in various colours (Blue, Grey, Brown, and Black)The Uncertainty of the MonkeyAlbumSeed RecordsSEEDLP/CD01Double 12" vinyl & CD2001Lagrange PointAlbumSeed RecordsSEED09CD2003The People's RepublicAlbumSeed RecordsSEEDCD12CD2006Hilda Family RemixedMini-albumMyuzykMZYKN08CDCD2008Remix album, hand made sleeve, limited edition.Syn EmergenceAlbumBalkan VinylBV07Double 12" vinyl & CD2010Two editions: double picturedisc & double heavyweight. DatalinksMini-albumn/an/aDigital2011Collection of unreleased material from 2000-2010.Back To AcidCompilation AlbumBalkan RecordingsBD06Digital2016A collection of previously released tracks from various compilations, EPs, and singles.Mutant City AcidAlbumBalkan VinylBV29Double 12" vinyl2018Pressed on experimental random coloured vinylVoyager 3Mini-albumThe Dark OutsideTDO013Cassette2019Limited Edition.20/20Compilation AlbumTsar BombaTB202Digital2020Collected works from 2001-2020Requiem For A RaveAlbumBalkan VinylBV50Double 12" vinyl & cassette2021Echo Almaz EastMini-albumThe Dark OutsideTDO65Cassette2022Two editions; Blue artwork & Red artwork The Mind is a Heavy BurdenAlbumFlatlife RecordingsFLATLP02Vinyl2025Purple vinyl.
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