Vaellus 007

“ it's all about a very UK style of ruffness and sweetness, laced with a mutant crankiness that pushes the right buttons.”

“develops their distinctive style which combines pop song structures with live improvisation and odd or no-meter approaches to rhythm, achieved through much methodological eccentricity: 4-handed collaborative keyboard playing; 12-bit sampling and archaic presets; field recordings of cicadas in Louisville, Kentucky and church bells in Freiburg im Breisgau.”

“Constructed as a means of protection from the outside world, this silken safe haven offered up an idyllic space for the maturation of the micrococoon shown here in full bloom.”

“Ford traces out the unexpected interstices of two worlds and nestles in the valley in-between; teeming masses of dancers on one side, and the awe-inspiring natural world on the other.”

“crystallizes a moment in the amiskwaciy (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) based musician's life. creates a glacial, airy sonic universe that is personal yet evocative, fleeting yet impressive: a catalyst and companion to reading, studying, working, walking, dancing, hand holding, sleeping, and skygazing”

“focuses on a bright, vibrant shade, whose brilliant color runs through the feelings of the album: wonder, awe, calm, hope. this record is a Venn diagram of light and dark with a perfect blue compromise at the intersection. It's as eyes-down as it is built for Room 2 at fabric. ”

“ I wanted to revisit the sound of acid music which I hadn't made in over 25 years. I was curious to try and make this music again with a different set of tools and a different frame of mind. The result was very interesting. It's a juxtaposition of complex beats and textures with 303 patterns mutating into various sonic spaces.”

“The »Solens Arc« is what remains after the subtraction of the goal; a simple parabolic curve defined by gravity, impulse and starting angle. No target to hit, no catharsis to wait for, just the beauty of the flight.”

“Recorded primarily in a rural village in France surrounded by mountains but otherwise alone with no internet, her perception of time there differed immensely. She describes the trip as, “an immersive experience into self,” viewed through a “silence prism” where everyday sounds usually ignored felt amplified.”

“Using saxophones, foot-controlled bass pedals, and his own pulse - patched through a heart monitor routed to variegated signal paths that trigger modular synthesizers and samplers - Sharp paints with organic waves of glistening synthesis, pink noise and digitalia.”

“Inspired by Italian folk music, noise, ancient choral acoustic compositions, rituals and their functions, focuses on conveying a sense similar to those felt in ancient gatherings and ceremonies where the collective physical experience meant heightened stimulation at both the individual level and collective level.”

“ a requiem for an earth beset by environmental change. blends whirring polyrhythms with darkside takes on dub-techno atmospherics to propulsive, hypnotic effect. ”

“tapping into that primal obsession electronic music has had with technology, science fiction and futurism since its earliest iterations, but rendered here with enough modern materials and a forward facing disposition to save it from feeling overly anchored to the past. ”

“ folding sounds in on themselves Inception-style and allowing fresh rhythms, textures and forms to peek through. It's a bold step from a central character in East Africa's rapidly-growing stable of paradigm-shifting experimental club producers”

“A spinning, wheeling, crying, glowing, pulsating, throbbing, ebbing, flowing piece of electronic wonderment and awe. Without doubt one of the most interesting pieces of mid-to-late seventies minimalist electronic music I’ve ever heard.”