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This track is about emergence from the combination of polar opposites. Fragments of self from very different places, but part of the same whole.

Combining classical and computational elements is something I've been experimenting with for some years, but this attempt to combine the extreme opposites of each was spurred on by some chance DJing experiments, a fortuitous collaboration opportunity, and the amazing work of my friends Olafur Arnalds and Vaetxh (Rob Clouth). I found that I could mix the most beautiful and delicate piano solo of Olafur, with the most hyper-edited and jarring glitch of Vaetxh, and that the result actually worked, well, for me anyway, even if half the people in the club stood confused about how to dance. So when the opportunity arose to work with the pianist and composer Tom Hodge, I wanted to try and create this form of merger of extremes for a release, rather than it being confined to my DJ toolbox (also on the classical meets glitch history from a slightly different angle, check out "Rossz Csillag Alatt Született" from Venetian Snares 2005!).

After some discussion of ideas and approach with Tom, he sat and played and made some recordings for me, which I then chopped and build chords and structure around, sent them back to him to play over the top of again, and then back to me to edit and glitch the playing along with the nasty noises. My detailing process was that of finding some interesting sound sources (binaural recordings, drum hit samples, clangs and slams etc) and using some Max for live randomisation chains to generate lots of partially random complexity which I could then edit as audio before repeating the process with additional layers, eventually bringing the recorded piano audio in to the editing too.

At completion of the audio I was really happy to find out that Nick Cobby, one of my favourite video artists and long standing collaborator, was available and interested in working on the visual side of the project. He took the combination of seemingly incompatible opposites, and applied it visually with his beautiful generative forms, smooth and organic for the melodic sections, and jagged and abrasive for the percussive sections - big thanks to Nick for his amazing work as always!

So, that's probably enough ranting about this track from me, aside from why it is like it is, I hope it's something that you can enjoy irrespective of the conceptual faff.

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Fragments of Self - with Tom Hodge - Out Now on FIELDS

Taken from the forthcoming album 'The Devil's Walk'

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Track 5 from my last album Insides. Get it here http://www.dominorecordco.com/uk/albums/26-03-09/insides/ or on iTunes etc

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The title track from my 2009 album. Available from the label here : http://www.dominorecordco.com/uk/albums/26-03-09/insides/ or on iTunes etc.

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This is Banks' second appearance on Solid Steel and starts with one of two remixes for Ninja Tune. First up it's his transformation of The Keeper by Bonobo and then it's onto Deco Child, the excellent Anti-Pop Consortium from their album on Big Dada, before dropping his second remix which is a sublime rework of 'Lost where I belong' by Andreya Triana. The mix continues to flow with Modeselektor, Orbital from '94, Lusine and the collaboration between Four Tet, Burial and Thom Yorke. It's uptempo in the second half with Dauwd, another Bonobo remix, our guest in hour 1 Martyn and a remix for the Carl Craig classic 'At Les', before closing the show with his unreleased remix of 'Strong the root' by Lamb.

TRACKLIST:

Bonobo	_	The Keeper (Banks Remix)	_	Ninja Tune 
Deco Child	_	Diamond Drops	_	Ninja Tune 
Anti-Pop Consortium	_	Volcano	_	Big Dada 
Andreya Triana	_	Lost Where I Belong (Banks Remix)	_	Ninja Tune 
Modeselektor	_	Grillwalker	_	Monkeytown 
Orbital	_	Sad But True	_	London 
Marcos Valle	_	Escape	_	Far Out 
Jackson & His Computer Band	_	Utopia	_	Warp 
Lusine	_	Thick Of It _	Ghostly International 
Hol Baumann	_	Handwritten Notes	_	Ultimae 
Deco Child	_	S&G	_	Ninja Tune 
Four Tet/Burial/Thom York	_	Ego	_	Balance Music	
Mikkel Metal	_	Bodium	_	Echochord 
Benjamin Damage & Doc Daneeka	_	Juggernaut	_	50 Weapons 
Dauwd	_	Acireams	_	Pictures Music 
Bonobo	_	Kiara (Cosmin TRG Remix)	_	Ninja Tune 
Max Cooper	_	Raw	_	Traum 
Carl Craig _	At Les (Christian Smith Hypnotica Remix) _	Tronic 
Martyn	_	We Are You In The Future	_	Brainfeeder 
Throwing Snow	_	Shadower	_	Sneaker Social Club 
Guy Andrews	_	The Wait _	Hotflush 
Lamb	_	Strong the Root (Banks Remix)	_	Unreleased


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Solid Steel Radio Show 19/10/2012 Part 3 + 4 - Alex Banks

The first two tracks from my 2009 album Insides. Intended to be listened to together.
Get it here http://www.dominorecordco.com/uk/albums/26-03-09/insides/ - or on iTunes etc.


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