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This month will see Ryan Lee West aka Rival Consoles debut his new live set, restricting himself to a small selection of analogue equipment such as the Moog Voyager, Prophet and tape delay, as he supports Luke Abbott on his UK tour.

In celebration, Rival Consoles offers his fans a free download of the title track 'Odyssey' – a reflection of his quest to create atmosphere and space from minimal arrangements. His new EP also features label friend Peter Broderick and is available now on Erased Tapes.

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Odyssey

Rival Consoles – Odyssey

[Credits]
Producing by Gray Dot
Composed by Gray Dot, SUNWOO
Lyrics by Gray Dot, SUNWOO
Artwork by Gray Dot
Vocal by Gray Dot, SUNWOO
Mixed Mastered by Gray Dot

[Lyrics]
- Gray Dot
I'm lying down and watching the snow fall
(난 가만히 누워서 눈 구경하고 있어)
Eat tangerines and sleep~
(귤 까먹다 자야지~)
What should I do today…;;
(아.. 이제 뭐 하지..)
Do you have any plans for today?
(넌 오늘 뭐 할 거니?)
All I have to do is eat tangerines and sleep~
(내 할일이 귤 까먹고 자는 일밖에 없구나~)
sleep~
sleep~

- SUNWOO
작은방 안속의 네모난 paradise
아무것도 아무 말도 아무 생각도 안 하고
정적을 잊은 바깥에 저 눈이 멈춘다면
All I have to do is eat tangerines and sleep~
sleep~
sleep~

Tangerine (with.Gray Dot) by SUNWOO

"An Album Leaf" was composed for me in 2002. Premiered at the Warsaw Autumn Festival in the saame year.

Paweł Mykietyn - "An Album Leaf"

2015 will see German techno mainstay Stephan Bodzin ready to unleash his next full-length musical vision on the world. Entitled “Powers of Ten”, the 10-track album will land in June 2015 on his own Herzblut Recordings and provides another great insight into the melodically rich muscle mind of this modern great.
Says Stephan Bodzin of the LP: “Powers of Ten has been with me all my life and is named after a book that has been my background hiss, its confusing truth is my only real faith and its infinity shows me its finiteness. The album is about harmonies, melodies, rhythms. It is an homage to Bob Moog, full of techno beats and sounds and space and party and ecstasy and dancing and listening, and crying and feeling. It is a journey, a philosophy of life, a view of the world, a vague perception. It is my wife, my children, my family, my friends, my passion, my enemy, my greatest fulfillment, my fear, my deepest peace, my power, all my love.”
As such, this album is hugely personal and is filled with cerebral messages and well thought out concepts. All this shines through and makes it an all the more engaging listen from start to finish. Kicking off with the spine tingling chords and louche beats of ‘Singularity’ cuts like ‘Lila’ then continue to confirm that Stephan Bodzin has a classical understanding of melody that is way beyond your average.
‘Blue Giant’, ‘Wir’ and ‘Ix’ all manage to be uplifting and thoughtful at the same time as driven and groovy, whilst ‘Birth’ comes on with a hymnal high note, long tailed pads and subtly shifting beats. The ghostly grooves of ‘Zulu’ mark a majestic mid point to the album, which then continues to seduce with spiritual synths and more beautiful melodies on cuts like ‘Odyssee’ as well as the album’s standout title track.
Unfolding coherently and in soothing fashion, this album once again proves that few producers in the modern world have a knack for melody and an ear for sonic ingenuity quite like Stephan Bodzin.


Singularity

2015 saw Stephan Bodzin release his second full length, “Powers of Ten”, as well as a new single on DJ Tennis’ and Tale of Us’ taste making label Life and Death. The album is another magical piece of work that focuses on melody and rhythm, on fat bass and vivid sound design and is a truly captivating journey through the mind, music, body and soul of one of dance music’s truly modern greats. After its release, a great team of modern music makers was enlisted to remix tracks from it: Maceo Plex & Shall Ochin, Fur Coat, Extrawelt, long time musical sparring partner Marc Romboy, Pan-Pot, Max Cooper, Agents of Time, Dominik Eulberg and many more all contributed to what is an essential collection. With a remix of ‘Sleepless’, a Pan-Pot track from their latest album, Stephan Bodzin closed the latest chapter of 2015 in what has been an exhilarating musical journey in his capable and creative hands.

Singularity (Synthapella)

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This piece premiered at a concert called "RECOMPOSED", which analyzed a concept of teachers & students, influences, process of learning. 

LT translation:

Labas vakaras, čia Agnès M. Galvojau apie remiksą šiam koncertui. Galvojau apie remiksą jau seniai. Galvojau apie ryšį su mokytojais ir supratau – ok, galbūt John Cage galėtų būt apibrėžtas kaip mokytojas (groja John Cage-Experience no.2). Taigi, jei John Cage yra mano mokytojas, tai koncertui turiu pasirinkti savo mėgtsamiausią jo kūrinį. Pagalvojau, pagalvojau, John Cage „Tyla“ yra mano mėgstamiausias kūrinys, filosofine ir patirties prasme. Paklausykime tylos. Šio kambario tylos. Ir kambario, kuriame įrašinėjau šį balsą, tylos. Ką tik girdėjote 10 sekundžių mano kambario tylos. Iš tiesų, tai ne tyla. Tylos nėra ir čia. Ir tai nėra nauja ir aš negaliu sukurti remikso iš kažko, ko nėra arba tam, kas visą laiką kinta. Vėliau, www.youtube.com radau daug skirtingų miksų, pavadinimais „100 geriausių dainų pasaulyje“ , „100 geriausių 90-ųjų dainų“, „100 geriausių 80-ųjų dainų“. Taigi, kaip kompozitorė pajutau įkvėpimą sukurti geriausių dainų ir kūrinių miksą, kuriuos įkvėpia mane, kurios sukūrė mane, kurios yra dalis mano istorijos. Sąvoką mokytojas supratau savaip – noriu pagroti kūrybą žmonių, kurie buvo mano mokytojais, kurie yra mano mokytojais, įkvėpimo šaltinių ar reikšmingų gyvenimo įvykių muziką, nes būtent tai „sukuria mus“. Nesvarbu, kad kai kurie jų labai juokingi, bet... pabandom. (groja Alice Deejay - Better off alone). Ir pagalvojau, kad galėčiau šiuos kūrinius pakomentuoti. Ši daina grojo kiekvieno paauglio, gimusio 90-aisiais, diskotekose. Pirmi bučiniai, pirmi šokiai. (groja Альянс - На заре). Ši daina man taip pat labai svarbi, nes esu rusų kilmės. Vaikinas dainuoja, kad kažkas šaukia jį...aušroje. (groja Erik Satie-Gymnopedie). Labai mėgstu fortepijoną. Grojau juo nuo 6 metų, groju ir dabar. Man patinka, kaip ši muzika fone pakeičia mano balsą emociją, atmosferą, nuotaiką, remiksuoja viską. Taip tylu, kad įraše net girdimas mano šuo. Jis guli ant lovos ir žaidžia. (groja Corona-Rhythm of the night). Tai – klasika. Kai kalbu dainų pradžiose jaučiuosi lyg dirbčiau radijo laidoje. (groja The Doors-Riders on the storm). Mano tėčio mėgstamiausia grupė yra „The Doors“. Kai klausotės muzikos visi kartu, tai tampa tam tikru hepeningu, patirties menu. Tai toks klausymosi patirties remiksas. (groja Darkside-Paper trails). Darkside – geriausia grupė pasaulyje. Laukiau šio ritmo. (groja Chet Baker-My funny Valentine; Bruce Springsteen-Streets of Philadelphia; Cigarettes after sex-Nothing‘s gonna hurt you baby; Jozef Van Wissem & Jim Jarmusch-Continuation Of The Last Judgement). Liūdesio dainos. (groja Chris Isaak-Wicked game). Meilės dainos. Arba tos dainos, kurios priverčia šokti, nesvarbu iš kurio dešimtmečio. (groja Dead Or Alive - You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)). Arba rusiškos dainos, vėl. Apie cigaretes, draugus, lėktuvus, keliones, liūdesį. (groja Кино - Пачка сигарет; Phil Collins - in the air tonight). Pop dainos. (groja Donna Summer-I feel love). Tėvų dainos, kurios kartais jums padiktuoja kaip ir ką jausti. (groja Dévoué (Manfredas Remix)). Puikių Lietuvos dj‘ų dainos. (groja David Lynch-Star Dream Girl (OFFICIAL AUDIO)). Išprotėjusių kino režisierių dainos ir filmai, žinoma. (groja Gigi D'Agostino - L'Amour Toujours). Norėčiau dar kartą grįžti į mokyklą. (groja F. Chopin Nocturne op. 9 no. 1 in B flat minor (Rubinstein)). Labai drastiškas muzikos ir nuotaikos pasikeitimas. Noktiurnas ¬– „nakties muzika“. (groja Ploho - Когда ты дома). Depresija sergantys rusų atlikėjai, dainuojantys apie liūdesį. Jie primena tau tam tikrus žmones, kuriuos norėtum matyti, bet negali. (groja Edward Artemiev - Meditation (Stalker Movie Soundtrack)).Ar didieji kompozitoriai kaip Eduardas Artmeevas ar Andrejus Tarkovskis – jie taip pat yra mūsų mokytojai. Aš panaudojau tik 25 dainas, bet skamba jau 17-kta mano seanso minutė ir jis baiginėjasi. (groja Agnès M-Poème electronique).

Seance (live at SIRENOS festival) / 2019

L'amour (ambient mix)

“Between You and We” is made up of three parts of a 41 minute piece.
Each piece is a stand alone piece but works even better heard one after the other.

The music is freely improvised in a free melodic form that I call Modern Modal Music.
It means that I use melodies and variations on them using a basic reference tone.
The melodies work to push and pull from the basic bass tone all the while taking advantage of the unique sound quality that the mosesa offers as filtered through electronic pedals amplified through a bass amp. Micro tones, overtones, scrapes, knocks, …any sound quality is welcomed in Modern Modal Music as long as it supports the expression of the melodies.

Pre-order the album: https://shopendtitles.bandcamp.com/album/between-you-and-we
(available November 24, 2019.)

Thanks for listening, commenting and I hope that you can support this album!
:) WM

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