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Oceaán - Turned Away
Oceaán EP

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Turned Away

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The first katharsis release of 2025 will be the album "Modular" by danish artist and composer Simon Littauer, known for his live performance on modular synthesizers with a very melodic and almost scientific approach to music. As an experimental approach for the katharsis release-schedule, "Modular" will have a long rollout with singles dropping each month until the final album will release on January 10th (even though bandcamp doesn't allow more than 90 days pre-order).

The album is a culmination of Littauer’s over 9 year-long journey with eurorack modular synthesizers. All the tracks on the album are recorded as one-takes, with no multi-track recordings or editing. Having spent infinitely many hours trying to master the instrument (even taking lessons in hardware design, coding, and electronic engineering to develop custom modules for his setup), Simon Littauer has played over a hundred live concerts on the system, including performances at Roskilde Festival (DK), By:Larm Festival (NO) and Spot Festival (DK).

On ‘Modular’, Littauer explores euphoric breakbeats on club-ready tracks like ‘Phicet’, ‘Swamp’ and ‘Xenon’, which might remind the listener of the universe of artists like Skee Mask, Richard Devine and Lanark Artefax, while calm and soothing atmospheres are introduced on ambient cuts like ‘Melo’. On ‘Jona’ Littauer is joined by J. Ludvig III - the drummer of Erika de Casier, for an ambient trance journey with live drum breakbeats. Overall, the album is a playful and experimental album that travels through many different genres, but with a consistent melancholic tone, that maintains the listener all the way through the 12 tracks.

Littauer explains, ‘‘My vision was to build a portable modular system on which I could perform, and improvise, while being able to recall sequences, samples, and settings reliably during live concerts, without having to re-patch between tracks. I feel like I can confidently say, that I succeeded with that. The sound and structures of the album are formed by how I configured my modular synthesizer, what made sense in a live performance context as well as other artists I heard during the process of making it. The complexity, impressive sound design, and machine-fluency of Richard Devine, whom I was fortunate enough to have as a teacher in the lead-up to the making of the album. And having followed the eurorack scene for many years - artists like Colin Benders and Catharina Barbieri have influenced my work as well’.

Littauer’s modular system is a 208 hp eurorack setup developed throughout 7 years. It is based around a Vector sequencer by Five12, the ER-301, configured as a live-effects engine and mixing console, two Hector modules from Poly, and two Bitboxes - one containing modulation signals and the other one containing oscillators and drums. One reverb module and a single module for macros and transitions developed by Littauer himself. The entire album is recorded on the ER-301 itself, during live performance. 

Full album releases January 10th, 2025

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premiere: Simon Littauer - Melo

Sully - Carrier LP https://www.discogs.com/fr/release/3103349-Sully-Carrier

Dusk + Blackdown - Rinse FM - 12th sept 2011 (With Special Guest Sully)

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Feral Sound with Fox on Sub FM 10th January 2025 - https://www.sub.fm

Feral Sound with Fox - 10 Jan 2025

The laid back, sun-drenched aural aesthetic of @saine's aptly titled 'Leisure Song' is enough to transport us to the sandy beaches of a Pacific island. A perfect getaway track for April's sunshine and the beginnings of summer excitement. Forthcoming on Fools & Fables @fools-4.

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Saine - Leisure Song (STW Premiere)

From a series of (almost) daily ocean glimpses. The music is composed to a video of the sea (photons captured fresh every day). You can experience the full video version here:  https://youtu.be/_cz3ZoGBbU4

Glimpse 1521 (Dec 1 2025)

"This mix is a selection of mostly my own work, including some unreleased sketches and ideas which might become future album tracks, some recent tracks from my new compilation Cosmology, music from forthcoming releases and a couple of older tracks that went relatively under the radar. I also included a beat-less version of "The Lake" from my last EP Torchlight vol.1 which I personally enjoy listening to more than the original.

It is difficult to speak too much about my own work because I believe we are all transceivers of information, and therefore my thoughts on the music won't be the same as yours so why preach about it? The best way I could describe the mix is to say it is threading a line from past to future via the present, and stylistically somewhat skewed to what you might consider "typical" of my stuff...perhaps.

Stylistically I hope to have brought the more etheric side of my work to the forefront for this selection, making it, I hope a good repeated listen. I think the best mixes take their time and fill a space around other tasks rather than demanding your entire concentration for an hour or more.

I hope that you enjoy the journey."

- Om Unit (@OmUnit)

Tracklist + Download

Upfront 047: Om Unit

lullaby for a train

SPBB #212 - Dead Leaves[85]

Watch the official video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwYHkC06600

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I'm Right This Time

My Debut Vinyl Release is out now on Smokin' Sessions!

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