Taken from theUse - Time Pieces (MGEP0007)
Street date: April 21st, 2015
Pre-release on Beatport: March 23rd, 2015

"Kiss the Dark" —words borrowed from an ancient Irish Poem by artist L. Mylott Manning, who created a piece of the same title- essentially a dress, covered in various watches set to different times. In Manning's words, it is about taking steps into the unknown, leaving comfort zones and having faith in one’s own success.

Michael Durek aka theUse, created “Time Pieces” for the opening of “Kiss the Dark” at a boutique watch store in Manhattan called House of Horology. It was performed with an accompanying video from Jim Tuite.

In creating the track, “Time Pieces”, theUse shirks structures found on his debut release, and ditches looped drum clips in favor of hand programming and playing every note. The ghost-like manipulated voice of his sister-in-law can be heard teaching his nieces to say “Shu Shu” - which means "Uncle" in Mandarin. Durek recorded a sweet moment in a rose garden, by some wind chimes - those too can be heard on the release. Elements of jazz, synth-wave, and dark ambient grace the recording. And as always, wistful theremin carries the melodies of the track.

theUse wasn’t held back by the need to create crude drops and 8bar structures, but rather was drawn into the process of creation that Manning described when she took that title “Kiss the Dark”. It is better to enter the cave and take the road less traveled.

Enter the Cave — Milligrid Records presents Time Pieces, complete with two remixes of Bloodwork, a recent favorite from theUse feat. Black Saturn, by mNIPK and FluiD.

Tracklist:
1. theUse - Time Piece (Original Mix)
2. theUse - Bloodwork (mNIPK Remix)
3. theUse - Bloodwork (FluiD Remix)
Mastered at All Real Sound
http://www.allrealsound.com


theUse - Time Pieces (original mix)

"Actually, I'd describe it more as future-jazz..."

Cursed Sounds For Lovers

Night Rain (Naviarhaiku 323)

Touch

An arpeggiator walks into a bar. It was reverb night.

Slow, sombre and atmospheric.

Somewhere a sun is rising.

Sophism

Illuminate

A live jam. Guitar & beats.

Pictured: National Theatre, Southbank Centre, London Borough of Southwark, ca. 2012

Enjoy!

Width (Narrowed Version)

The Land bridges the gap between between "Part 2" of Simon McCorry's 20 Transmissions From The 20th Century and "Burds" from Tay_ploop's Dish of Orcas.

The Land is:
Judith Klassen (Viola)
Simon Neufeld (Guitar)

More on this 448th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Seamless Bridge (The Assignment: Create a 20-second piece of music to connect two preexisting 20-second pieces of music), at:
https://disquiet.com/0448/

Major thanks to 20×20’s Neil Stringfellow for proposing this project. More on 20×20 at:
https://20x20project.bandcamp.com/

More on the Disquiet Junto at:
https://disquiet.com/junto/

A bridge of sorts, by The Land (with Simon McCorry and Tay_ploops) [disquiet0448]

All Nightmares End

Mastered By exm
Artwork & Design by Grid Pattern (www.gridpattern.co.uk)
Photo by Matthew Hampshire (www.matthewhampshire.com)
Music By Keiss

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theUse - Time Pieces (original mix)

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