Konx-om-Pax Signs To Aim Low / Music Sales
11th July 2017
Konx-om-Pax aka Tom Scholefield has signed with Aim Low, a joint venture publishing company with Music Sales. As a producer, he's released two LPs on Planet Mu, the first of which was a resolutely melancholy and grainy take on pastoral IDM, shaped by living alone in Glasgow. In contrast, his last LP, Caramel, is a high-definition environment created during a move from his hometown to Berlin. Scholefield will be releasing Refresher EP this August on Planet Mu, a more dance floor friendly endeavour.
Scholefield is also one of electronic music's finest designers. He created an iconic video clip for Jamie Lidell and Warp while still in art school in Glasgow, leading to a series of sleeves and videos for a who's who of experimental artists and labels. Saturated neon colours, classic '80s sci-fi and early modernist cues are recurrent themes in a vivid aesthetic that's instantly recognisable. Optimo Espacio, Hyberdub, Brainfeeder and DFA are all past clients and he's helped shape the visual identities of Oneohtrix Point Never, Hudson Mohawke and Kuedo. But while learning his trade, he was booking the likes of Autechre and Squarepusher and running knees deep in a Glaswegian scene home to everyone from Rustie to Optimo, Eclair Fifi and the Numbers crew.