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A Winged Victory for the Sullen – 'Atomos' out on October 6, 2014.

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After releasing a first glimpse in the form of the ‘Atomos VII’ EP earlier this year, A Winged Victory For The Sullen finally reveal their second full-length album entitled ‘Atomos’, which besides familiar piano, string and drone sounds also sees the duo introduce flurries of electronics, harp and modular synthesisers.

Wayne McGregor, founder of Random Dance Company and resident choreographer at the Royal Ballet, chose to play the album repeatedly during practices with his core group of dancers. After noticing the group's reaction with the music, he contacted Adam and Dustin to see if they could write the score for his new oeuvre. The duo were given complete artistic freedom and they treated the score with the same care and attention as their debut album. They recorded more than sixty minutes of music over a four-month period during the summer of 2013 across studios in Brussels, Berlin and Reykjavik, with the help of their long time collaborative sound engineer Francesco Donadello. During the recording process they realised, that this would become their official second studio album. McGregor provided them with the inspiration to expand their sound palette into more electronic territory, whilst keeping their signature chamber sound, resulting in a very unique record.

“As a wise man once said, one who procrastinates their own choosing will inevitably have their choice served to them by circumstance. We had virtually no time for second guessing ourselves. That being said, we tried to balance the discordance between being creative, and fulfilling our duties for a commissioned soundtrack with a very strict deadline, and all the while staying true to our collective melancholy.‘’ – Adam Bryanbaum Wiltzie

“We never imagined 2013 would be such an explosively creative year. The first record took us two years from start to finish, but in the micro span of time over last summer we were able to change the formula for the way we write, record, and let go. It was incredibly liberating.” – Dustin O’Halloran

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Inspired by Haruki Murakami’s book of the same name, DANCE. DANCE. DANCE. sees flica taking the same journey as the protagonist of the book. Just as the unnamed hero of the book felt abandonment before finally relieving himself of the feeling of alienation by establishing human connection, flica’s musical sojourn strips himself of his rigid song structure by crafting something that reveals itself as, well, danceable. At 23 minutes long, it begins in a typical flica disposition – moody, atmospheric, melancholic, lost – before slowly unravelling itself in a catharsis of involuntary body movements via aural triggers, then ending in a symbiosis of ambience and dance. 

It is not the happy record – or novel – the name would suggest, but neither is it the opposite of that. DANCE. DANCE. DANCE. is as relatable and danceable as it is emotionally taxing – and not always of the dejected sort. A little joyous, a little revelatory, a little forlorn, flica composes 1s and 0s-borne music that musters emotions organically, as complex as human interaction can be. So listen and dance, dance, dance, regardless of what you are feeling.

Mixed, Writen, Programmed & Sampled by Euseng Seto.

Vocal by Adeline Chua of Halfway Kings.

Cover Art by Euseng Seto.

flica - DANCE. DANCE. DANCE.

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