Soundtrack used by the Omnika in Motion (https://www.omnikainmotion.com/) for their "Echoes" performance.

Omnika in Motion - Echoes soundtrack

Apex, Song # 6 from the Hunters Moon EP.
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'Howl' is the new album by Rival Consoles, London-based electronic producer Ryan Lee West, set for release through Erased Tapes on 16th October 2015.

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Foremost a guitarist, growing up listening to rock rather than club music, West continues to strive towards finding a more personal balance between music for home listening and larger spaces. The title track was inspired by the howl-like tones he developed by running synths through guitar pedals.

"By slowly drifting the pitch through distortion and delays, the result sounded like vocal cries – something which was perfect for the song and this inspired me to take on a darker set of tones across the whole album. It was made over the past few years, inspired by capturing small performances on synths, touring with some of my musical heroes, playing with feedback when I should have been catching a train, sampling my voice in unexpected conditions and recording textures in different countries.”

The album explores a wide range of emotions; from the dissonance eruptions and primal rhythms in 'Howl', to the mournful improvisations of '3 Laments', which features a sample of his own voice. Alongside his performances on Moog, Prophet, tape delay and guitar, West enlisted the help of drummer Fabian Prynn for ‘Low’ and cellist Peter Gregson for ‘Walls’, both long-time collaborators of Erased Tapes peers Douglas Dare and Michael Price.

"This album features a lot of my own recordings, rather than simply using samples that I have sitting on my computer. This gives the album a more personal feeling, which is very important to me because I think we live in a time where there is just so much recorded material out there, and accessible at a click of a button, that the joy of recording your own drum sounds, your own percussion, your own claps, seems redundant – but it’s not! That should be a priority because its often more interesting and makes you choose a different creative path."

It’s rarely reported that Rival Consoles was Erased Tapes' very first signing, with a CDR of early demos under the name Aparatec that inspired founder Robert Raths to start the label. Indeed West has more in common with his contemporaries Nils Frahm and Peter Broderick than some might think. His consistent desire to create a more organic, humanised sound sees West often draft early ideas on traditional, acoustic instruments like the guitar or the piano; forming pieces that capture a sense of songwriting behind the electronics.

"I try to create atmosphere and mood throughout with a less-is-more approach to composition. I'm always trying to find an exciting reaction from a few ingredients, because that is magic to me. To make something interesting with tons of layers of effects just doesn't excite me. But to make something interesting with just three layers requires a special alignment of sounds, ideas and timing. This is my most personal work to date, following on from 'Odyssey' and 'Sonne' which gave me the confidence to continue exploring my own ideas and approach to sound. The essence of this album was made with a few synths, some guitar pedals and lots of cups of tea. I hope you’ll enjoy it."

Having repeatedly performed at such prestigious venues as the Tate, and having created a bespoke audio-visual performance for Boiler Room at the V&A Museum, the blueprint for West’s current live A/V show was formed. Featuring self-programmed visuals in Max/MSP has earned him appearances at music festivals around the world including Mutek, Decibel, Big Ears and Berghain’s Pop-Kultur Festival, as well as tours in support of Clark, Nosaj Thing, Luke Abbott and Kiasmos.

Howl

Walls

Rival Consoles - Walls

ROBOT KOCH FEAT FASSINE - SPINE

Taken from Robot Koch's album "Hypermoment"
(MTR061).

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Spine (feat Fassine)

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Born in Croydon, Deft's definitely chucked the south London area's dubstep heritage into 'For Sudden', packing it with devilish low-end bass and combining that with a wondrous vocal you'd expect to hear while strolling through the streets of urban India.

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Taken from the Changes Remix EP forthcoming on Apollo Records 15/07/2016

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Synkro X Lyves - Body Close (dBridge remix)

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Weighty sub-low halftime bass-line business incoming! The Ivy Lab trio return to Critical for their first full solo EP release since ‘20 Questions’ back in 2015. Since then the Lab sound has been breaking down even more doors across the globe. They prove why with a new EP full of cuts of proper half-time groove. Preview the second track off the EP, 'Magikess'.

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Magikess

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[p*dis] distribution sampler for February 2012.

Dictaphone - Poems from a Rooftop - Maelbeek (sonic pieces)

Evenings "Babe" Shigeto Remix off his LP "Yore" on Friends of Friends.
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Omnika in Motion - Echoes soundtrack

Mike Da Simian