Esteemed Toronto-based producer, Tony Price (pseudonym for Anthony Nemet) – known for his production skills on breakthrough records by U.S. Girls, Young Guv, Ice Cream, Badge Époque Ensemble, Miss World, and Michael Rault – is sharing his new single, "L'Escorte" the final advance track to be lifted from his forthcoming record MARK VI which is out now via Telephone Explosion Records (Scott Hardware, Jane Inc, Mas Aya).

MARK VI is the sixth full length from Nemet. This stretch of albums – I Prefer Coca Cola (2017), Celica Absolu (2018), 86’d (2019), La Vie (2019) and Interview/ Discount (2020) – is a masterclass in uncouth production techniques, genre-melding and sonic satire. His production expertise has played a role in the aforementioned breakthrough albums as well as work on other releases from 4AD, Capitol Records, Burger Records, DFA, Slumberland, Run For Cover and more. In 2017 he founded Maximum Exposure, a record label and creative services unit tasked with providing top-notch knob-twiddling to the musical underground of the 2020s.

Whereas previous singles held a little more in common with late-night funk and Chicago house, this latest cut – which features Evan Cartwright (U.S. Girls, Cola) on drums, Miss World on vocals and Andy Haas on saxophone – finds Price cutting a sound closer to that of post-punk/dance-punk legends, ESG and Liquid Liquid. Speaking about the track, he says: "This is what I imagine it would have sounded like to stand outside of Paradise Garage in NYC in 1983 while taxi cabs knocked bumpers, street buskers played sax solos nearby and security guards checked cards while the dubbed out sounds of downtown mutant disco leaked through the walls."

The new record from Price brings with it an interesting story. Towards the end of 2020, Tony purchased a 1981 Lincoln Continental Mark VI – the namesake for the album – off a former radio DJ and archivist in New Mexico. In the trunk of the car was a bag full of cassette tapes of homemade mixes and radio show recordings from the late 1980s that featured the kinetic clank of Detroit Techno, bombastic Def Jam instrumentals, TR-808 freestyle workouts, jacked-up Chicago House, and hundreds of advertisements for outmoded products and redundant services.

MARK VI pays homage to the sounds found in this car and ultimately the journey it took Price on as he drove back to Toronto. It utilizes early samplers like the Ensoniq Mirage as well as various drum machines and synthesizers to recreate the giddy aesthetic – Tony endeavored to summon an album that celebrated the unabashed eclecticism, futurism and explosive production techniques of the music and commercials he heard.

Listen to Tony Price’s new song "L'Escorte" now and connect with him on Bandcamp.

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