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"Atmospheric synths swell victoriously"

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Like many electronic artists, Ryan Lee West aka Rival Consoles spent his early years experimenting with IDM, glitch and dance, but one consistent element in his musical journey has been his desire to create a more organic, humanised sound. Through these experimentations he has found a process of producing electronic music that feels close to this urge. Restricting himself to a small selection of analogue equipment, West engages his hands directly with instruments and is very selective about what he then records into the computer. He reduces musical parts even further, leaving enough space around the sound for it to breath.

‘Odyssey’ is a reflection of West’s quest to create atmosphere and space from minimal arrangements. ‘I don’t like music to sound overly laboured, so I restrict how much is going on. I’m kind of obsessed with the idea of reduction.’ The new 5-track EP was mastered by Naweed and is out on Erased Tapes.

'‘Odyssey’ and ‘Voyager’ are both incredibly stripped down and have a great sense of space throughout them. It's all about using the right ingredients at the right points in time. A lot of these ingredients are short recordings, such as ice cracking, mechanical clicks, clicks from synth errors, sounds of debris, guitar plucks etc., which interact with the simple arrangements and create little hints of rhythm. I also love the technique of swelling in music, but I realised that hardly anyone has done that in electronic music. So when I first got the synth to swell in and out with the opening chords of ‘Philip’, it was a great moment. Because it creates a human mood in a matter of seconds, which is very difficult to do with electronic sounds. That track is very important to me, and I think it will influence how I make music in the future.’ – Ryan Lee West

TRACK LISTING: A1. Odyssey A2. Philip. B1. Voyager B2. Rebecca B3. Soul (feat. Peter Broderick)

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Odyssey

Voyager

Rival Consoles – Voyager

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Here's the recording from my Dj set in Dublin last december. It was a great night in one of my favourite cities. Thanks to Shane for the recording and to everybody that came and party hard. It's a 3 hour set. 

John Talabot Dj Set @ Button Factory (Dublin 7dec'13)

Ryan Lee West reinforces his unique style of minimal electronic arrangements with a new 6-track EP – 'Sonne' will be released on 12" Vinyl and Download via Erased Tapes on September 15th, 2014

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Continuing on from his Odyssey EP released in 2013, Ryan Lee West aka Rival Consoles creates atmosphere and space whilst exploring waves of sound and rhythm, and the power of colour. With Sonne Ryan creates music to structure itself around a pulse, rather than the pulse being the defining point. 

The title track begins with “a very subtle set of melodies that repeat almost without confidence, and then gradually give way to a huge collage of colour and power”, as Ryan describes it. Not relying on a conventional beat, it’s a prime example of how an analogue synthesiser can create the power and momentum of a rhythm section. From the distorted waves in 3 Chords, growing and shrinking, to the rhythmic waves of constant speeding up and then slowing down in Recovery, it’s the Moog Voyager, Prophet and tape delay that make up the core sound of the EP. Whilst tracks like Helios, Haunt and Think Tank see West play live drums and acoustic guitar.

“I’m often looking at art in exhibitions and I always think to myself ‘why the hell don’t I have this much colour in my work?’ The answer in part I think is down to synthesis. It is very difficult to create colour without it sounding plastic. Colour in music is both the note combinations and the actual timbre of the sounds. There are lots of instances of very colourful ambient sounds, which I took great care to create for each song, using various methods – from passing analogue synths through chains of effects to chopping up random sequences of recordings and forming tiny collages." – Ryan Lee West 

ABOUT THE ARTWORK:  

Resembling the colour and vibrancy in his music, the cover art was created by South London artist Supermundane, who was also responsible for the artwork of the Odyssey EP.

TRACK LISTING:  	

A1. Sonne  A2. 3 Chords  A3. Helios  B1. Haunt  B2. Think Tank  B3. Recovery 

PRESS FOR ODYSSEY EP:

'Glorious...unabashedly epic...’ – Dummy
'Atmospheric synths swell victoriously' – XLR8R
‘Rival Consoles, is the likes of Nils Frahm and Olafur Arnalds' glitchy, electronic cousin’  8/10 – The 405


ABOUT THE ARTIST:

Some might be surprised that London based electronic producer Ryan Lee West, the man behind Rival Consoles, shares a home with contemporary classical composers such as Nils Frahm, Ólafur Arnalds and Peter Broderick. And yet they have a lot more in common than expected. Fascinated by sound from an early age, Ryan chose to dedicate his time to studying, experimenting with and producing sound graduating from De Montfort University in Leicester. One consistent element in his musical journey has been his desire to create a more organic, humanised sound. Ryan often drafts early ideas on piano, violin and guitar, although the end result is much more electronic-laden. As an accomplished sound designer he has repeatedly performed at the Tate, and recently created a bespoke audio-visual performance for Boiler Room at the V&A. Ryan is currently composing music for a soon to be announced BBC production.

LIVE:	
	
After supporting Luke Abbott on his recent UK tour and I Break Horses on their North American tour in spring, Ryan will debut his new live set with a special release show in London, followed by a string of West Coast U.S. dates culminating in Decibel Festival in late September – more details to be announced soon. 

OFFICIAL WEBSITES: www.facebook.com/rivalconsoles · www.erasedtapes.com

Sonne

3 Chords

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☞ tracklist:
1 intro.. some of this and some of that
2 La Saeta by the National Fanfare of Kadebostany
3 Mama Deeah by The Tailor
4 Why Did We Fire The Gun? by Waldeck
5 Ara by Lucrecia Dalt
6 Bad Influence by Shawn Lee & Clutchy Hopkins
7 Things Behind the Sun by Dave Harrington
8 Dropped Down by Console
9 Touristas by Nicolas Jaar
10 Sun Sets by The Future Sound Of London
11 Dimmed Down by Perera Elsewhere
12 The Very Last Resort by Trentemoeller
13 The Three Shadows Part 2 by Bauhaus
14 Carnival of Souls by Combustible Edison
15 Rats! by Nym
16 Al Signor Lorenzo N. by Rockford Kabine
17 Skunkfunk by Guts
18 I Am The Wolf (Greg Dulli Rmx) by Mark Lanegan Band
19 Et Moi by Nym
20 golden ears (RMX by M.RUX) by Marina Gallardo
21 Otherness (Black Mustang's Frozen Moon Jam) by Chilled By Nature
22 Doobie Shine Trouble (feat. Raphael Lee) by Mugwump
23 In The Rain by Dave Echo
24 Odetta Moon Pastures of Plenty (C.love Edit) by C.love Muzic
25 Recover by Lee Burton
26 Sunny Carter by Mind Fair
27 Speilplatz (Quiet Village unreleased instrumental remix) by Mudd
28 Muredo (Valentin Stip Rmx) by Rafael Murillo & Raphael Laredo
29 A3 by Darkside
30 Jungle by Klangstrom
31 Salt of the Sea by The Gentleman Losers
32 Overtime by Den Sorte Skole☜
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Jordan Jessep - Twilight

summer 2k16 party mix

Actress - Time 
Nye Bevan, Traf Sq. 1952
Tony Benn, founding principles of our National Health Service
Daniel Alexander - Saudi Drifters 
Arca - Snakes
Clams Casino - Blast
Anohni - Crisis
Joseph Brodsky - Almost an Elegy
MssingNo - Fones
LUH - I&I

HEIGHTENED POLICE PRESENCE MIX

The first one-and-a-half hours of my Carambolage warm-up set at :vorWien's basement from November 2012. 

Carambolage [November 2012]

Recording of my warm-up DJ set at :vorWien's basement from 9 March 2013.

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