{"title":"Thornato Vinyl","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"thornato-rhinoceros-7","title":"Thornato - \"Rhinoceros\" 7\"","description":"","brand":"wonderwheelrecordings","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44391954710820,"sku":"","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0700\/8842\/5764\/products\/a3943470148_10.jpg?v=1673556068"},{"product_id":"thornato-bennu-vinyl","title":"Thornato - \"Bennu\" LP","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWonderwheel Recordings is very proud to present the long awaited debut album Bennu by Queens, NY based produced Thor Partridge, aka Thornato. Building up a name for himself over a number of years as a proficient and in-demand remixer, Thor’s breakout tune “Gaita Gaita” has been sampled thousands of times by producers all over the world, and has become a certified hit record in South America. A string of remixes and a couple of rare song releases later, Thor’s groundbreaking Things Will Change EP was released via Wonderwheel in 2016 garnering massive buzz and record sales, resulting in a European tour that summer, and a Boiler Room performance in the fall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBennu represents a giant leap forward for Thornato, as he showcases his chops in crafting dancefloor gems from the ground up. While the electronic production of the album provides a strong backbone, Thor has carefully selected artists from Jamaica, Ecuador, South Africa, Colombia, Canada and beyond to breathe live energy into each song. From the massive bass driven energetic dancehall vibes of “Rhinoceros” featuring veteran chat master Gappy Ranks, to earth shattering chopped up African dancefloor sounds of “Chagamei” to the contemplative Flamenco influenced deep house sound of “Welwyn”, and moving into the uplifting \u0026amp; soulful dembow vibes of “Tu Luz” featuring Lido Pimentia – Bennu is an album that carefully navigates through the globe while maintaining a cohesive and consistent feel from start to finish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“Rhinoceros” was Thornato’s breakout hit from the Bennu album, and was a perfect fit for an updated Dancehall gem of a 7”. The OG sits on the A side, with it’s massive bass driven energy and killer performance from veteran chat master Gappy Ranks, while on the B Side, Montreal’s Poirier (Nice Up!, Ninja Tune) delivers an absolutely stomping stripped down dembow remix with speaker cabinet shattering bass, and muted dub effects. Not likely to leave the 7” box of selectors all over the world for quite some time!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"wonderwheelrecordings","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44392458289444,"sku":"","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0700\/8842\/5764\/products\/tv_06314941-177e-41f0-9d91-26e83a1bcb5f.jpg?v=1673562097"},{"product_id":"thornato-bennu-lp-translucent-blue-reissue","title":"Thornato - \"Bennu\" LP (Translucent Blue Reissue)","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eReleased over six years ago, NYC producer Thornato's debut album \"Bennu\" was a milestone here at Wonderwheel as the producer who previously had a viral danceflloor hit with his \"Gaita Gaita\" rework stepped out from behind the curtain with an album full of groundbreaking originals, turning what was known at the time as as the \"Global Bass\" genre on it's head with a mix of African Rhythms, Dancehall, Dub, House, and Latin Vibes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe album initially started out as a bit of a slow burn, but soon developed a fanbase around it with \"Chapinero\" and Poirier's heavy remix of \"Rhinoceros\" turning up festival dancefloors that summer. Since then, 'Bennu' has continues to push forward to this day, racking up 25 million streams, and two global syncs this year for Smirnoff and Netflix's \"Elite\".\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn commemoration of this now classic album, we've pressed up a very limited run (just 200) translucent blue 'Bennu' LPs that are available now on our Bandcamp.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"wonderwheelrecordings","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47672130339108,"sku":null,"price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0700\/8842\/5764\/files\/Bennu.jpg?v=1701444214"},{"product_id":"thornato-escape-plan-lp-copy","title":"Thornato - \"Escape Plan\" LP","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e*ATTN: International Customers, lower shipping rates available on Bandcamp*\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/thornato.bandcamp.com\/album\/escape-plan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003ehttps:\/\/thornato.bandcamp.com\/album\/escape-plan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePulsing, vocal-led club sounds meet dub-inflected, Afro-Latin percussion on Escape Plan, the second album by Swedish-born, New York-based multi-instrumentalist and producer, Thornato, coming soon on Wonderwheel Recordings. Thornato’s latest full length features a formidable cross-continental cast of special guest vocalists, from Mexican electro-Latin dreamers, Sotomayor, Busy Twist member and Ghanaian powerhouse singer, Zongo Abongo to British Latin-folk minimalist and producer, El Búho.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProduced over the last two years yet accelerated during lockdown, Escape Plan is the genesis of Queens-based, sonic voyageur and self-proclaimed ‘sound-hoarder’, Thor Partridge. Surrounded by traditional Greek, Caribbean, African music, at home in rural Sweden and eventually New York City, Partridge fell in love with sounds from all corners of the globe at an early age. Having trained classically in piano and guitar, Partridge became enveloped by the sounds of Dancehall, hip-hop and salsa pouring out from car speakers, shops and apartments on the streets of New York, before Partridge sought to go one step further and meet the people behind the music, spending time in Mali, India, Colombia and beyond, collecting field recordings, linking up with different groups out there, before diving into his own world of sound. “I was always interested in having a balance between more organic sounds and prerecorded sampled sound. I kept audio journals, I recorded conversations, I just wanted to record those special moments. I kept folders and folders of that stuff on my hard drive. Music has always been the centerpiece of it. As long as there is soul and connection, the recordings will carry themselves”.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHaving learnt his chops DJ’ing at Bembe, a legendary global music hangout in Brooklyn, Partridge took up production, initially putting out bootleg remixes and edits, before redirecting his efforts towards nurturing his own sound and style. A period spent linking with different labels (ZZK Records, Man Recordings) and producers, MCs he met on his travels abroad and in New York, led him to releasing his debut album Bennu in 2017, an international melding of global psych beats, balearic trance and West African drumming, featuring Polaris-Prize winning Colombian breakout star, Lido Pimienta and New York staple The Spy From Cairo, picked up by renowned producer and DJ, Nickodemus and released via his label and “family”, Wonderwheel Recordings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart inspired by a recent trip to Ecuador (to work with Afro-Esmeraldan ensemble, Grupo Taribo), part determined to dig into his vast archive of recordings with the free time presented during lockdown, his new album Escape Plan is a kaleidoscopic 10-track collection of vocal-led, dancefloor-energising productions made by Partridge since Bennu, that you’ll be wishing you could hear on a big club sound system. However, the central theme Partridge kept circling back to was this idea of an “Escape Plan”, a concept he encouraged the vocalists to explore within their lyrics. “I feel like I’ve lived in the city my whole life. As I’ve got older, I’ve noticed I’ve become really rundown by the congestion, the pollution, the concrete. I was born in rural Sweden, I feel like the core of who I am really resonates with nature and so when I was doing the album, I was thinking so much about my physical and philosophical escape plan. I think it was a tension within me, and really wanting to bust out and that energy led to the tunes just coming out unconsciously better for the dancefloor”.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the hypnotic trance-like Andean bounce of Out Here to the club-ready, twisted techno anthem La Niña Grande, featuring fellow Wonderwheel artist, Sotomayor, Escape Plan is full of richly absorbing and disparate layers. The glorious and beguiling instrumental and heavy 60s cumbia-inspired stomp of Break Away, is lively and conversational, whilst the galloping psychedelic old western meets slow house Fairuz of Yahawa featuring KarenBe \u0026amp; El Búho, and the uplifting, kora-led minimalism of The Fairest featuring Dancehall MC, Jahdan Blakkamore, drive the energy levels higher and higher. Whilst Partridge’s “Escape Plan” out of NYC to the Catskill Mountains later this year is bang on track, his latest album might just provide the soundtrack to the rest of us hatching our own routes out of these crazy times.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ereleased November 6, 2020\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"wonderwheelrecordings","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52296659009828,"sku":"708630008228","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0700\/8842\/5764\/products\/tv.jpg?v=1673559959"},{"product_id":"thornato-bennu-cd-1","title":"Thornato - \"Bennu\" CD","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWonderwheel Recordings is very proud to present the long awaited debut album Bennu by Queens, NY based produced Thor Partridge, aka Thornato. 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From the massive bass driven energetic dancehall vibes of “Rhinoceros” featuring veteran chat master Gappy Ranks, to earth shattering chopped up African dancefloor sounds of “Chagamei” to the contemplative Flamenco influenced deep house sound of “Welwyn”, and moving into the uplifting \u0026amp; soulful dembow vibes of “Tu Luz” featuring Lido Pimentia – Bennu is an album that carefully navigates through the globe while maintaining a cohesive and consistent feel from start to finish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“Rhinoceros” was Thornato’s breakout hit from the Bennu album, and was a perfect fit for an updated Dancehall gem of a 7”. The OG sits on the A side, with it’s massive bass driven energy and killer performance from veteran chat master Gappy Ranks, while on the B Side, Montreal’s Poirier (Nice Up!, Ninja Tune) delivers an absolutely stomping stripped down dembow remix with speaker cabinet shattering bass, and muted dub effects. 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