British artist, producer and composer Tom Furse, celebrated for his work with The Horrors and MIEN (alongside The Black Angels' Alex Maas and Elephant Stone's Rishi Dhir), shares a transformative remix of 'Monopolar' for dreamgaze outfit Strange Fruit. Featured on their 'Drips' EP, newly released via Gentle Tuesday Recordings, Furse’s re-envisioning strips back the original’s sensory explosion to reveal a deeper, darker core—infusing the track with slow-burning breakbeat grooves, abrasive ambient textures, and a distinct acid house pulse. Furse lends his signature atmospheric lens to this centerpiece, immersing Strange Fruit in UK electronic innovation.

Furse has also built a solo and scoring practice, developing immersive, cinematic compositions rooted in texture and atmosphere. As a producer and remixer, he's worked with Depeche Mode, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Franz Ferdinand, Tame Impala, Temples and The Twilight Sad. A resident on NTS Radio and active visual artist, with commissioned work including projects involving Fatboy Slim and The Rolling Stones, his practice bridges audio and visual worlds, exploring narrative, abstraction, and sensory experience through a distinctly atmospheric lens.

Based in Jakarta, Strange Fruit is Baldi Calvianca (vocals & synth), Irza Aryadiaz(synth), John Tampubolon (guitar), Nabil Favian (bass) and Dino Kristianto (drums). Since their 2015 debut EP 'Dolphin Leap', they've moved fluidly between noise pop, krautrock, shoegaze and electronica. Now converging into a more focused, hybrid sound with deeper integration of electronic elements, this EP is driven by machine-led rhythms and analog textures, fusing emotional depth with rhythmic precision.

A lucid trip to the edge of sonic consciousness, the 'Drips' EP is a defining moment in the band’s evolution, unifying fragments of their kosmische experimentation to achieve a more cohesive sonic identity. Apart from joining an exclusive lineage of artists who have received the Furse treatment, this EP also involves renowned UK producer Sean Johnstone a.k.a. Hardway Bros (co-founder of A Love From Outer Space with Andrew Weatherall) with his downtempo club atmosphere and Jonathan Kusuma of Jakarta’s Dekadenz collective with his leftfield disco echo-rich bass drum tempos.

Produced by Strange Fruit and electronic producer Bernardus Fritz, the EP is driven by machine-led rhythms and analog textures, fusing emotional depth with rhythmic precision. The title track 'Drips' blends shoegaze textures and electronic elements in a dense, immersive soundscape, while 'Pouvoir Moteur' brings steady motorik rhythms that flow seamlessly down an endless highway. 'Iridescent' channels dancefloor euphoria through minimalist beats and atmospheric layering, balancing introspection with forward momentum while finding luminosity within adversity.

The album's lead track 'Monopolar' is a sensory explosion suspended between dream and awareness, and between the surreal and radiant. Gradually fading and blurred in technicolor, the video was directed by Mellow Splice, who also created the EP cover artwork, reflecting the track’s fluid and surreal qualities through abstract, water-like imagery.

Gentle Tuesday Recordings began as a recurring event night in Jakarta in 2017, founded by Calvianca together with Benedict Pardede and Moses Sihombing. It became a label in 2021, their name derived from a Primal Scream track.

The 'Drips' EP is available from digital platforms, including Spotify, Apple Music and Bandcamp. Cassette and vinyl releases are planned for mid-2026 in collaboration with Loide Records (South-East Asia & Japan) and TipTop Records(other territories worldwide).

CREDITS
Written by Baldi Calvianca & Irza Aryadiaz
Produced by Bernardus Fritz & Strange Fruit
Mixed by Nabil Favian
Guest vocals on 'Drips' by Putri Effendi
Vocals recorded by Aggasta Giovanno (Studiomaja)
Drums recorded by Devfian Julius Simputra (Studio 1 SAE Institute)
Premasters prepared by Hosea Hanelsan (Studio 1 SAE Institute)
Mastered by Sam at The Wall Studio in France, except Track 6 (mastered by Tom Furse)
Remixes by Jonathan Kusuma, Tom Furse and Sean Johnston
'Monopolar' video produced by Gentle Tuesday Recordings & Strange Fruit
Video directed by Mellow Splice. Filmed by Moses Sihombing & Hafizh Armynazrie
Edited buy Hafizh Armynazrie & Moses Sihombing
Photographer: Osman Luqman
Album cover artwork by Moses Sihombing and Hafizh Armynazrie of Mellow Splice
Bookings & Management - Benedict Pardede
Publicity by Shameless Promotion PR

Indonesian electro-bliss outfit Strange Fruit presents their new 'Drips' EP, a lucid trip to the edge of sonic consciousness, released by Gentle Tuesday Recordings. A defining moment in the band’s evolution, this release unifies fragments of their kosmische experimentation over the past 11 years to achieve a more cohesive sonic identity. It also sees the Jakarta-based collective step into a new league with the involvement of world-class producers Hardway Bros, Tom Furse and Jonathan Kusuma in this release.

The band also share the video for the highlight track 'Monopolar', a sensory explosion that keeps us suspended between dream and awareness, between that which is surreal and radiant. Gradually fading and blurred in technicolor, the video is directed by Mellow Splice, who also created the EP cover artwork, reflecting the track’s fluid and surreal qualities through abstract, water-like imagery.

Strange Fruit is Baldi Calvianca (vocals & synth), Irza Aryadiaz (synth), John Tampubolon (guitar), Nabil Favian (bass) and Dino Kristianto (drums). Since their 2015 debut EP 'Dolphin Leap' via Leeds Records, they've moved fluidly between noise pop, krautrock, shoegaze and electronica. Now converging into a more focused, hybrid sound with deeper integration of electronic elements, this EP is driven by machine-led rhythms and analog textures, fusing emotional depth with rhythmic precision.

Rooted in hauntology, Strange Fruit drift deep into all the right places. 'Iridescent' channels a sense of dancefloor euphoria through minimalist beats and atmospheric layering, balancing introspection with forward momentum while finding a luminous dimension within darkness and adversity.

The title track, 'Drips', celebrates the band’s roots, blending shoegaze textures and electronic elements to create a dense, immersive soundscape. Sentimental yet rebellious, the interplay of rough guitar and bass noise with hybrid electronic textures creating a sense of hazy reverie. Baldi Calvianca’s vocals sounds mercurial, merging with bursts of light.

'Pouvoir Moteur' brings steady motorik rhythms, where repetitive sensations flow seamlessly down an endless highway. Irza Aryadiaz explains: “Here we take the obsession with factory machinery operated by humans and represent it through the repetitive 4/4 beats of German krautrock. It feels like breaking through space and time when the drum pattern is played consistently, moving nonstop.”

With unexpected song structures, chord progressions and subtle embellishments, this EP was produced with electronic producer Bernardus Fritz, who shares, “Strange Fruit's strength lies in their ability to create synthesizer sounds that are reverberant, wide, and surreal. Each track tells a story—there’s a journey between scenes, with cosmic sound design that reflects us as beings living in a different galaxy."

For this EP, Strange Fruit worked with three notable producers, who reinterpreted original tracks without compromising their original essence. Sean Johnstone a.k.a. Hardway Bros—a renowned UK DJ known for founding A Love From Outer Spacewith Andrew Weatherall—infuses downtempo elements and channels a slower club-house atmosphere. Jonathan Kusuma, a prominent member of Jakarta’s Dekadenz collective, explores extended leftfield disco with a strong focus on echo-rich, repetitive bass drum tempos.

Strange Fruit also worked with Tom Furse of The Horrors and now with MIEN(alongside The Black Angels' Alex Maas and Elephant Stone's Rishi Dhir). Re-envisioning 'Monopolar' with slower breakbeat grooves, noisier ambient textures and acid house influences, the band joins an exclusive club of artists remixed by Furse, including Tame Impala, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Temples and The Twilight Sad.

As of April 3, the 'Drips' EP is available across digital platforms via Gentle Tuesday Recordings, including Spotify, Apple Music and Bandcamp. It will be released on cassette on April 17, followed by a physical vinyl release, planned for mid-2026 in collaboration with Loide Records (SEA & Japan territories) and TipTop Records(Worldwide territories excluding SEA & Japan).

CREDITS
Written by Baldi Calvianca & Irza Aryadiaz
Performed by Strange Fruit
Produced by Bernardus Fritz & Strange Fruit
Guest vocals on 'Drips' by Putri Effendi
Mixed by Nabil Favian
Vocals recorded by Aggasta Giovanno at Studiomaja in Jakarta, Indonesia
Drums recorded by Devfian Julius Simputra at Studio 1 SAE Institute Jakarta
Premasters prepared by Hosea Hanelsan at Studio 1 SAE Institute, except for remixes
Mastered by Sam at The Wall Studio (France), except Track 6 mastered by Tom Furse
Track 5 - remix by Jonathan Kusuma
Track 6 - remix by Tom Furse
Track 7, 8 & 9 - remixes by Sean Johnston
All tracks published by Massive Music Entertainment,
except Monopolar (Hardway Bros Remix), Monopolar (Hardway Bros Live At The SSL Vocal Dub) & Monopolar (Hardway Bros Live At The SSL Dub) by Massive Music Entertainment / Minds on Fire
Album cover artwork by Moses Sihombing and Hafizh Armynazrie of Mellow Splice
'Monopolar' video produced by Gentle Tuesday Recordings & Strange Fruit
Video directed by Mellow Splice. Filmed by Moses Sihombing & Hafizh Armynazrie
Edited buy Hafizh Armynazrie & Moses Sihombing
Photographer: Osman Luqman
All Rights Reserved. © & ℗ Gentle Tuesday Recordings 2026
Bookings & Management - Benedict Pardede
Publicity by Shameless Promotion PR

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