Makeness

Operating under the name Makeness, U.K. producer Kyle Molleson specializes in dance tracks defined by fractured arrangements, buzzing guitars, post-disco rhythms, and falsetto vocals. His childhood unfolded on the Isle of Harris in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides, where traditional Highlands folk music shaped his earliest listening. He later moved to Dorset, England, joining rock bands and acquiring hands-on production experience. University brought him to Leeds, where electronic music took hold, with Caribou and Flying Lotus’ Brainfeeder label emerging as decisive influences. He assembled the experimental indie pop group Fun Adults, later renamed Glad Hand, and introduced his flatmate Harry Burgess to former schoolmate Tom Howe, which led directly to the formation of Adult Jazz. After settling in London during 2015, Molleson turned his focus to solo work, issuing the debut EP Rogue on Handsome Dad Records that same year. The “14 Drops” 12-inch single followed in 2016, paired with the Adult Jazz collaboration “Other Life.” He supplied remixes for Kero Kero Bonito, Fakear, and Glad Hand before the Temple Works EP appeared in 2017 on the label bearing the same name. Signing with Secretly Canadian enabled the release of his first full-length album, Loud Patterns, which surfaced in April 2018 and unites lonesome indie pop songwriting with propulsive club beats and crunchy distortion.