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Scottish born Stillhead produces deep electronic music. It sits stylistically between dub, drum & bass, ambient, dub-techno, downtempo, post dubstep, deep techno and bass music.
After 6 years, 4 albums, more than 20 EPs and countless remixes and DJ appearances under his DFRNT alias, Alex Cowles decided to switch things up in 2013 and start fresh as Stillhead.
Taking a far more meticulous approach to crafting his deep sound he swiftly released the “Dwelling EP” on his own imprint Brightest Dark Place, following that with the expansive full-length album “Iceberg” with Here & Now Recordings. His following release, the “Spiders EP” saw Alex back home on his own Brightest Dark Place, which bridged the gap between “Iceberg” and his second album “Copenhagen”.
Following “Copenhagen”, Alex released 3 EPs at the end of 2018. Each of the three showcasing a different stylistic approach. One, an ambient soundtrack, another, a set of tracks exploring drum & bass sounds and the third, a collection of tracks written for an imaginary science fiction movie.
After a 1 year gap, Alex decided to release his next project in 2 parts. First up the “Wednesday Dub EP” landed in mid June 2020 and three weeks later the third Stillhead album “Out of the Loop Part 1” was released. This took his deep and dubby sound further, while “Out of the Loop Part 2” provided a balance in neo-classical piano-led tracks and ambience. Part 2 was released in January 2021 alongside a limited double-CD set containing both parts.
Between parts 1 and 2, there was also a vinyl only release on the coveted Challenger Deep label, cementing Stillhead's presence in the realms of what he is calling “future dub”.
In addition to his own releases, Alex has completed remixes for a number of artists including Nick Warren, Machinedrum, Rumpistol, Youth and Troy Gunner as well as popular unofficial remixes of Massive Attack, Thundercat and Faithless. As Stillhead, Alex has written the score for a short film (and licensed tracks for others), contributed tracks to various compilations (for the likes of Nick Warren's Balance Mix, Hospital Records/Med School's popular New Blood series, Pablo Bolivar's Avant Roots and the groundbreaking Traum Schallplatten label) and performed live as Stillhead in a number of places including Copenhagen, Tallinn, Riga and even Greenland.
His music has had support from Sasha, Nick Warren, Lulu Rouge, Maya Jane Coles, Om Unit, The Black Dog, Machinedrum, Pablo Bolivar, Breach, Addison Groove, Laurent Garnier, Blackdown, DJ Mag, Kiss FM, Mixmag, BBC Radio and loads more.
Challenger Deep
Vinyl
Brightest Dark Place
Digital
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Digital / Vinyl / Free to Patrons
Frenk Dublin - Aksu (Stillhead Remix) [Dub Communication] Digital
Mindeep - Lua Azul (Stillhead Rework) [Oak Grooves] Digital
Ishani - Stormy Emotions (Stillhead Remix) [Brightest Dark Place] Free to Patrons or download on Gumroad
Broken Channel - Unwise Gate Crash (Stillhead Remix) [Cut Records] Digital
Nick Warren & Nicolas Rada - Land of Dreams (Stillhead Remix) [The Soundgarden] Digital
The Science Fiction Club - Universe Aligning (Stillhead Remix) [XRCST] Digital
Rumpistol feat. Ane Trolle - Eyes Open Wide (Stillhead Remix) [Iboga Records] Digital
Mario Hammer And The Lonely Robot - Nefelibata (Stillhead Reengineerd) [Traum] Digital
Youth x Troy Gunner - Under My Heart (Stillhead Remix) [Camouflage Records] Digital
Oriola 701 – Bliss (Stillhead Remix) [Red Panda Music] Digital / Vinyl
Ambient Jazz Ensemble – Eyes Wide Open (Stillhead Remix) [Here & Now Recordings] Digital / Vinyl
State Of Zoe – Transition (Stillhead Remix) [Kimomo Records] Digital
Ishani – Pelican Elephant (Stillhead Remix) [no label] Free to Patrons or download on Gumroad
Leftfield – Chant of a Poor Man (Stillhead Remix) Free to Patrons or download on Gumroad
Massive Attack – Teardrop (Stillhead Remix) Free to Patrons or download on Gumroad
Thundercat – Hard Times (Stillhead Remix) Free to Patrons or download on Gumroad
Faithless – Insomnia (Stillhead Remix) Free to Patrons or download on Gumroad
TRG - Broken Heart (Martyn Remix) (Stillhead Re-Remix) Stream Only
Stillhead - Non State Theory 01
Various Artists - Advent Aspects 2020 [Salieri]
Digital / Free to Patrons
Stillhead - After Sundown
Various Artists - New Blood 018 [Med School]
Digital / Vinyl / CD
Stillhead - Greenland
Various Artists - Slapback 1 [Telrae / Traum]
Digital / CD
Stillhead - Bells
Various Artists - Modular Field Patterns [Modular Field]
Digital / CD
Stillhead - Non State Theory 02
Various Artists - Espectrum: The Avantroots Dub Techno Compilation [Avant Roots]
Digital
Insight is a regular electronic music podcast that I put together.
The best in deep and dub-influenced electronic music, from house to drum & bass, from downtempo to dub-techno.
Insightpodcast.com
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Insight is also on Soundcloud / Mixcloud / Stitcher & TuneIn Radio
I write a regular blog at howtoselfrelease.com with information on how to release your music, build your fanbase and how to do a whole bunch of stuff that you might need to do as a music creator.
If you want fast, honest and detailed feedback on your music, you can send it to me through Fluence and I’ll check it within a matter of days. Guaranteed response:
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If you want to send me release promos or other music, please read howtosendmemusic.com and then use the email address below:
music [at] stillhead.com
If you want to get in touch for any other reason, you can email me using the address below:
alex [at] stillhead.com
