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Swiss producer @felixfelixrobin inaugurates @delaubelabel with a beautifully crafted 4-track EP named 'Senselessness 1/2' - an exquisite ode to the art of field recording, IDM and experimental electronica. Our pick from the release is 'Swarm' thanks to its atmospheric sound design, swirling radial ambiance and intricate IDM drum work, recordings of insects rubbing their wings together. One for the headphone commute. File alongside Huerco S, Jan Jelinek and Skee Mask.

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Senselessness 1/2

Robin Félix - Swarm [De l'aube]

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@antepop returns with the fifth instalment of the Inverted Audio Store Mix Series, delivering an eclectic blend of the finest records spanning ambient, classical, deep house, dub techno, experimental, neo-classical and spoken word.

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STORE MIX #5

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Swiss producer Robin Félix (@felixfelixrobin) steps up to deliver the 377th edition of the IA MIX Series, interweaving a multi-rhythmic mix of textural ambient, breakbeat, IDM and experimental electronica.

Based out of the Swiss town of Biel/Bienne, Robin Félix is a self described audio naturalist, employing found sounds as the basis of his productions upon which he implies a strict rule to use at least 80% of field recording in his music. He then twists, skewers and manipulates these sounds to create the most mesmerising of sculptural sound-fields incorporating swirling radial ambiance and intricate drum work.

Mastered by Italian producer Neel, 'Senselessness 1/2' EP is a beautifully crafted vinyl, presented in gold Risograph artwork designed by Lisa Vatan - inspired by the ancient Japanese paper marbling technique of Suminagashi. With such a bold debut effort, we just had to find out more about the makings of it.

In our interview, Robin sheds light on his musical background and penchant for field recordings as well as his minimalist production technique. We also find out more about his partner's process behind the artwork and what they have planned in the near future for their freshly established record label De l'aube.

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IA MIX SERIES

INTERVIEW

IA MIX 377 Robin Félix

Live performance recorded at La Station, the former waterworks of the City of Neuchâtel (CH), has been converted into a creative space where ‘Intra’ events take place.

https://la-station.info/intra/

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'Senselessness' live @ La Station, Neuchâtel – Sept. 8, 2024

For his second output on his own label, the Swiss electronic composer Robin Félix, takes this time the listener to West-Africa ; that said, Incantation is light-years away from “world music”, but closer to the first  “Fourth World” LP Jon Hassell recorded with Brian Eno. Moreover, Robin has teamed up with fellow Swiss sculptor, Christian Pauchon, who makes “woodoorina”, inspired by “bolis”, some rather objects used by the Bamanas in Mali and neighbouring countries, that ethnologists view as “fascinating mediators between man and his environment” ; a topic that led the Mauritanian Abderrahmane Sissako and Damon Albarn to compose the opera, The Theft of the Boli. Right from the outset of Goat Skin, one realises that Robin has applied his idiosyncratic way of (mis)treating field-recordings, to dissect and re-model an array of woodoorina calls (sometimes close to drones) entwined to a rhythmic pulse, conjuring up a starry night under which a shaman, adresses his incantations to the spirits of Nature. Robin Félix being who he is, as soon as Corten, his form of quiet electronics show that he is no stranger to Throbbing Gristle or Cosey Fanni Tutti, the self-explanatory Ritual Smoke taking it a little further. The spellbinding organic basses of Rains and Cauris, fused to textures that remind the experiments of David Toop and the electroacoustics of Pierre Henry, lead the listener even deeper into a contemporary avatar of a spiritual journey. In tune with the “call and response” mode, ubiquitous in African music, Pangi brings the EP even closer to the beating heart of the continent, the interactions of the sculptor and the composer blending to such a point that one may wonder if they have exchanged roles. As a meeting point of disciplines and art forms which are not supposed to meet, Incantation is also a convincing demonstration of what the word “inspiration” means, the superb visuals included ; of course, it requires a lot of finesse and respect on all sides. 

A2 Corten (snippet)

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