Rough Trade is very pleased to announce the signing of electronic musician and producer, Pantha du Prince. Pantha Du Prince fuses house, techno, shoegazy electronica and psychedelic electro-acoustic soundscapes into music that is at once both beautiful and bewitching. 　　On his new album, Pantha Du Prince, who lives in Berlin and Paris, claims: music slumbers in all matter; any sound, even silence, is already music. The mission, then, must be to render audible what is unheard and unheard of: black noise, a frequency that is inaudible to man. Black noise often presages natural disasters, earthquakes or floods; only some animals perceive this “calm before the storm.” Black noise is something archaic and earthy. The music on Black Noise balances precariously on the slippery threshold between art and nature, between techno and folklore, which lends it a certain spectral and intangible aspect. 　　Black Noise also features a couple of special guests; Noah Lennox of Animal Collective sings on “Stick To My Side” and Tyler Pope of !!! and LCD Soundsystem plays bass on “The Splendour.” 　　Pantha Du Prince has announced details of his third full-length, which goes under the title of Black Noise. 　　All of Hendrik Weber’s previous solo releases have been issued by Hamburg’s Dial imprint, but this time around his work will be housed on Geoff Travis’ Rough Trade imprint, which is more generally associated with indie and rock artists. Fans of his previous output should be glad to know that his melodically rich house and techno sound hasn’t changed too much for the hook up, although there are a couple of vocal-led tracks sprinkled throughout the record. Previous Dial single “Beyond The Stars” is one of these, while “Stick To My Side” sees Animal Collective’s Noah Lennox (AKA Panda Bear) add his dulcet tones to Weber’s orchestral throbs and shuffling beats. Tyler Pope of !!! and LCD Soundsystem also plays bass on “The Splendour.” 　　The entire record is said to be based around field recordings collected in the Swiss Alps alongside Joachim Schütz (Arnold Dreyblatt Trio) and Stephan Abry (Workshop). The introductions to most of the tracks highlight the samples collected by the trio, before developing into fully fledged Pantha Du Prince workouts, complete with plenty of lush tones and restrained but funky percussion. We spoke to Hendrik by e-mail to ask him a few questions about the record.