German electronic artist, Recondite (aka Lorenz Brunner) returns with an album that serves as something of a sequel to his 2013 minor classic, Hinterland. In turning the camera on himself, even in his most vulnerable moments as a sick and dying man, filmmaker and activist Marlon Riggs demonstrated the futility of divorcing the personal from the political. These films are available now on OVID TV. We hope the beta will be up sometime late next week. So while he may be embracing an older artistic identity on this album, his musical perspective and abilities have been through seven years of change and adaptation, and it shows throughout the album. Francesco Rosi's tale of peasant life in a remote part of fascist Italy challenges the notion of the State and the individual's role in and duty to its preservation. "Black Letter" is another prime example of the sort of chilling, wintry techno Recondite makes. Album closer, "Wire Threat", ends the record on a fittingly enigmatic note. Dwell by Recondite, released 24 January 2020 1. By his own admission, Recondite hasn't reinvented his sound on his second full-length for Ghostly International. PopMatters have been informed by our current technology and hosting provider that we have less than a month, until November 6, to move PopMatters off their service or we will be shut down. Interlude 1 5. All the while, Brunner has been diligently touring his live show around the world. The Bavarian producer continues to refine the brand of pared-down but suspenseful techno he's been releasing since the early 2010s, with dark, ominous melodies softly swirling around icy kick drums.

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Matt, Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp, This Week’s Essential Releases: Outlaw Country, J-Pop John Cage Covers, & More, Eight Artists Pushing the Ambient Edges of Techno. Again partnering with Ghostly International, he further explores the chilly, minimal sound of Hinterland as an aesthetic and tonal template. Bandcamp New & Notable Aug 10, 2020, supported by 24 fans who also own “Dwell”, One of my favourite albums from 2018. Recondite is currently at work on his fifth album, which will be released in 2018 on his own Plangent Records, A true pice of art. Every lingering note intensifies the experience, amplifying its emotional resonance before being allowed to bleed into the background, having left a lasting and haunting impression. Once again, Brunner has created a superior set of sensitive, multi-layered compositions full of subtle shades that seem to exist in their own time and place. Dwell is an indefinite, amorphous album that constantly shapes and reshapes itself. The secluded island trope in films such as Cast Away and television shows such as Lost gives culture a chance to examine and explain the human animal in pristine, lab like, habitat conditions. Once again, Recondite has produced an enigmatic, ruminative minimal techno album that finds him successfully reconnecting and then further exploring the sounds that he used so strikingly on Hinterland. With drifting, synth chimes, and a rolling beat, the meditative, "Surface" gracefully builds before getting stuck like a kite caught in the branches of a tree. The Bavarian producer continues to refine the brand of pared-down but suspenseful techno he's been releasing since the early 2010s, with dark, …

Album standout, "Mirror Games", builds from a stimulating techno beat and ringing, arpeggiated synth notes like the peeling of distant bells. Since launching his Recondite project in 2011, Brunner has released four albums and numerous EPs. Black Letter 4. It all feels reassuringly familiar, like being transported to a half-forgotten, distant location with Brunner taking his time to color in all the details as he takes his time to reintroduce recognizable sonic threads. It's a prime example of his more immersive soundscapes coalescing with the more dancefloor-friendly beats. Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. The slow-burning "Nobilia" sees Brunner take these strands while picking up a few more as he broadens his sound by incorporating his love of hip-hop structures. Overall, Dwell is a stirring album best enjoyed at home during the middle of winter, when the weather renders venturing outdoors a fool's task. Cure 7. Avatar shows us that to fight for only the people we know, for simply the things that affect us personally, is neither brave nor heroic, nor particularly useful. We will publish a few essays daily while we develop the new site. Surface 9. With today's release of Tom Petty's Wildflowers & All the Rest (Deluxe Edition), we're revisiting Petty's 20 best songs. All the while, Brunner has been diligently touring his live show around the world.

The more melancholic "Cure" features a spectral, nebulous dynamic with chilly atmospheric electronics punctuated by soft, repeated keyboard hooks.

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"Black Letter" is a little more mournful with eerie synth notes gracefully appearing amongst the misty, murky electronics. A spooked platter of post-Brexit blues and minimal musings at 120bpm, XLR8R+019 (Visionquest: Shaun Reeves, Ryan Crosson, Lee Curtiss, and Seth Troxler). On Waiting Out the Storm, Jeremy Ivey apologizes for present society's destruction of the environment and wonders if racism still exists in the future and whether people still get high and have mental health issues. It's an unnerving ending to the album with any sense of resolution left teasingly just out of reach. Power trio Bad Wires' debut Politics of Attraction is a mix of punk attitude, 1990s New York City noise, and more than a dollop of metal. Raul Monsalve's Afro-Venezuelan brew and Planet Battagon's drum crazy sounds. "What I found most frustrating was that no one would utter the word 'lie'.". 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Over shuffling percussion and ominous, thrumming electronics, the song sounds lost, never finding a familiar space to settle. ... more. More chilling or haunting than scary, it weaves foreboding melodies around a softly insistent beat, one that seems to sharply walk forward rather than run for its life. Recondite is currently at work on his fifth album, which will be released in 2018 on his own Plangent Records wharf99, A spooked platter of post-Brexit blues and minimal musings at 120bpm Bandcamp New & Notable Jul 1, 2016, XLR8R+019 (Visionquest: Shaun Reeves, Ryan Crosson, Lee Curtiss, and Seth Troxler)by XLR8R+, XLR8R+’s subscription service gives you exclusive tracks and mixes, as well as a digital ’zine with artist profiles & more. 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Not quite as dramatic as 2018's brooding, soundtrack-like Daemmerlicht, Dwell also isn't as energetic as earlier club hits such as "Levo" or "Cleric" -- tracks that are still more downtrodden than most peak-time techno. We are moving to WordPress and a new host, but we really need your help to save the site. The ethereal "Moon Pearl", continues in a similar vein with hazy electronics and shimmering synths guiding the track into the abstract. Photo: Courtesy of Ghostly International via Bandcamp. Love Bias for a club record but recommend checking out the Mayfield Depot mix of it. Four Tet continues his run of stunning albums of the past few years. The opening title track might not seem to have too many elements, but he arranges them in a crafty manner -- the digital snares and soft, bell-like melodies subtly rotate throughout the speakers, to mesmerizing effect.

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