Inland

Inland is one of several aliases of British electronic music producer <a href="spotify:artist:3gvTHdQ2axX94jrPvh7ex9">Ed Davenport</a>, his outlet for deep, expressive techno. The project's intricately detailed, percussive style really comes into its own when given room to spread out, as on its 2018 debut album, An Invitation to Disappear.

A child of the '90s, <a href="spotify:artist:3gvTHdQ2axX94jrPvh7ex9">Davenport</a> was intrigued by the experimental electronic sounds, from the likes of <a href="spotify:artist:1PXHzxRDiLnjqNrRn2Xbsa">Underworld</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:4rOv05Duzyn6YkBfQepDYC">Altern8</a>, that often managed to hit the U.K. pop charts during that decade. Clubbing trips to London's iconic Fabric during the early 2000s broadened his appreciation, and he started making his own music, a bouncy, glitchy, melodic blend of house, techno and dub. Under his own name, he released his first productions in 2006, beginning with the single "Diminuendo" on Gumption. A steady stream of releases followed on labels like <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Liebe*Detail%22">Liebe*Detail</a>, <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22District+of+Corruption%22">District of Corruption</a>, and <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Figure+SPC%22">Figure SPC</a>. His 2012 debut album, Counterchange, was one of the last releases on esteemed British house label <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22NRK%22">NRK</a> before it closed down. That same year, he started his own label, also called <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Counterchange%22">Counterchange</a>. In the early 2010s, like many other British producers, he moved to Berlin.

<a href="spotify:artist:3gvTHdQ2axX94jrPvh7ex9">Davenport</a> launched the Inland alias in 2013 with "EP X" on <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Vidab%22">Vidab</a>, winning more fans with its deep, danceable, richly textured techno. The following year he helped <a href="spotify:artist:6eu3TBnYM3SrkUU59SFhgp">Function</a> relaunch his <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Infrastructure+New+York%22">Infrastructure New York</a> label after a nine-year gap. The pair collaborated on the "Odeon" EP; Inland also appeared on the label's well-received Facticity compilation. After further releases on <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Nonplus%22">Nonplus</a>, <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Black+Crow%22">Black Crow</a>, and his own <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Counterchange%22">Counterchange</a>, he released the debut Inland album, An Invitation to Disappear, in 2018 through <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Ostgut+Ton%22">Ostgut Ton</a> sub-label <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22A-Ton%22">A-Ton</a>. A collaboration with visual artist Julian Charrière, it was the soundtrack to a video installation dealing with climate change. ~ John D. Buchanan, Rovi