Trip-Hop Pioneer Eric Hilton (Thievery Corporation) Releases “Elegantly Erotic” New Album Today; Partners With Berlin-Based Atelier RESØR For Custom Rotary Mixer

HILTON PARTNERS WITH BERLIN-BASED BOUTIQUE ANALOG ATELIER RESØR 
TO CREATE A CUSTOM SIGNATURE ROTARY MIXER 

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NEW SINGLE, “THE LOTUS GATE,” FROM A SKY SO CLOSE, NOW STREAMING ONLINE

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Additionally, Hilton recently partnered with Berlin-based boutique analog rotary mixer atelier RESØR for Trust A Thief — Eric Hilton Signature Series, a limited edition, hand-built discrete rotary mixer/hi-fi preamplifier, designed from the ground up around Hilton’s personal approach to listening, mixing and flow. This isn’t a reinterpretation of an existing product — it is a deeply considered instrument shaped by decades of musical practice. Limited to just 50 units worldwide, each mixer is individually assembled and calibrated in Berlin to Hilton’s exact sonic and aesthetic standards. The enclosure is crafted from solid mahogany, a conscious nod to the Golden Age of Hi-Fi, when materials mattered and sound was treated as craft rather than commodity.

“This mixer reflects how I actually listen and perform,” says Hilton. “It’s about flow, subtlety, and intention. RESØR understood that immediately.” The Trust A Thief – Eric Hilton Signature Series RESØR Rotary Mixer is available to order now exclusively HERE.

A Sky So Close follows Hilton’s well-honed production methodology of layering samples and live playing to deliver a more organic sound, with the added punch and feel that only a performance can bring. “I’m really a bassline designer,” says Hilton. “I mean, I’m a passable bass player, but if a lick is a little too tricky for me, I’ll bring in a friend to play it. And I also really like to weave bass samples and live playing together, so you can get new kinds of grooves that one person couldn’t really play.” Drop the needle on “Kali” or “Ghatam” to settle into two of the album’s deepest bass grooves.

The title track delivers the album’s most widescreen elegance. Finger tipped tabla hits, string flourishes, wah guitar and a cooking bassline create an empyrean expanse filled with exotic birds, ancient aliens, and beckoning goddesses. Perhaps the most surprising piece on the album is “The Emerald Door”, a desi-meets-drum and bass exploration that sounds somewhat adjacent to the Asian Underground music scene of the late-’90s. 

For the final two tracks on the album, Hilton gently leads the listener back out of the haze. “Behind My Eyes (Reprise)” has a laid back but tough groove; the goddess slides your jacket on, kisses your cheek and gently pushes you out her door, back onto the street. “The Lotus Gate” is a mysterious closer, with Ipcress File dramatics that seem to be leading somewhere explosive … but where to next? Eric Hilton is full of musical surprises.

In the meantime, let go, and fall into the sky. It is … so … close.