For the fourth installment of our Smirnoff Sound Collective mix series, Turkish producer Oceanvs Orientalis takes the reigns. ​

Track List: 
1- The Doors - Ghost Song (Oceanvs Orientalis Edit)
2- Oceanvs Orientalis - Three Lies Before Sleep ft. Idil Mese
3- Oceanvs Orientalis - Lycian Waltz
4- Oceanvs Orientalis - Television ft. Idil Mese
5- Gaye Su Akyol - Berdus (Oceanvs Orientalis Rework)
6- Blondie - Rapture (Oceanvs Orientalis Remix)
7- Oceanvs Orientalis - Post War ft. Idil Mese
8- Oceanvs Orientalis - Mercury
9- Oceanvs Orientalis - Yol (Edit)
10- Oceanvs Orientalis - Lex III

SSC Mix 004: Oceanvs Orientalis

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Ahu - To Love (Dimlite version)

Ryan Lee West aka Rival Consoles has announced his fourth full length album 'Persona' will be released on 13th April via Erased Tapes.

The title 'Persona' was inspired by Ingmar Bergman’s film of the same name, specifically a shot in the opening credits of a child reaching out to touch a woman’s face on a screen, which is shifting between one face and another. This powerful image struck Ryan and it inspired the album’s main theme — an exploration of the persona, the difference between how we see ourselves and how others see us, the spaces in between; between states, people, light and dark, the inner persona and the outer persona. 

"My music is generally is generally inward looking. I like finding something about the self within music, that doesn't have to be specific but maybe asks something or reveals something. This record is a continuation on the self through electronic sounds. Like Legowelt once said ‘a synthesiser is like a translator for unknown emotions’, which I think sums up what I am trying to do. I think all these emotions we have make up our persona. So in a way by finding new ones you alter or expand your persona. And that is what I want my music to try to do. I deliberately aimed to be more sonically diverse with this record. I wanted to experiment more. I wanted to create new sounds and new emotions.”

Recorded at his studio in south-east London, ‘Persona’ benefits from Ryan’s exploration of a dynamic production process that combines analogue-heavy synthesisers, acoustic and electric instruments with a shoegaze-level obsession with effect pedals. A greater depth of emotion and confidence can be heard across the album. From the deconstructed movements on ‘Unfolding’ that starts the album with a snap of delayed snares, the apocalyptic drones of the title track and thundering drums in ‘Phantom Grip’ to more  restrained ambient feels of ‘Dreamer’s Wake’, ‘Rest’ and ‘Untravel’. The latter transverses six beatless minutes of undulating melodies representing “a limbo space, a feeling of ennui, of not really ever being known to others and others not ever really being known to you”.

'Be Kind' reveals a musical connection with fellow Erased Tapes artist Nils Frahm, with its minimal approach and improvisational nature. On the more complex sounding ‘I Think So’ Ryan aims to replicate a colour collage with sound. Like a musical kaleidoscope, a flashing and convoluted mass. Written after he saw Slowdive perform live last year, ‘Hidden’ builds from whispers to landscapes of controlled noise. In an interview with XLR8R magazine, Ryan explains: “once you start trying to make a sound loud, then you turn your back on thousands and thousands of sonic possibilities. One of the best things to do is to start a track with a really quiet, weak sound.” Taking this idea to its ultimate conclusion, ‘Fragment’ closes the album as an innocent sounding ambient piece, almost nursery rhyme like, yielding time for reflection on how the persona has changed.

'Persona' follows the success of a series of releases — the ‘Odyssey’ and ‘Sonne’ EPs, long player ‘Howl’, and 2016’s mini album ‘Night Melody’ — that saw Ryan mature into what Pitchfork has called a “forward-thinking electronic musician with his own ideas about sound”. Atypical of instrumental-electronic music, Ryan has achieved a signature sound that’s unmistakably identifiable as Rival Consoles. Going beyond typical electronic music production, Ryan defines it as “songwriting with an electronic palette of sounds”.

The increasingly dynamic live audio-visual show, born from bespoke performances at the Tate and for Boiler Room at the V&A Museum featuring self-programmed visuals in Max/MSP, has propelled him to play around the world. Ryan launches ‘Persona’ at London’s XOYO on 12th April with further dates to be announced.

Persona

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Following two acclaimed releases from Wold and Bercana, emerging duo Monality are releasing their third EP. "Bad Time Stories" from the mysterious and fresh label Ladino Romance; accompanied by remixes from talentead German producer Timboletti and Turkish synthwave outfit Mindshifter.

The original mix comes with a clean and strong iteration of deep tech vibes. Blending ethnical instruments into the mix, Monality uses Baglama (Turkish Saz) for the first time in their productions. The deserty echo of the track also carries a trippy psychedelic feeling. With its strong kicks and deep production, Bad Time Stories original mix is a definite candidate to be a dance hit

Timboletti's relatively dubby and atmospheric touch creates an alternative and multicolored atmosphere that uses the full tracks full potential energy and like the original is a dj friendly track. Turkish act Mind Shifter add an upside down touch turning the track into a synthwave tune with the synths/pad textures and the Dave Gahanesque treatment of the vocal.

The original mix adds an alternative approach to deep tech norms with its ethnic elements and two unique remixes from Timboletti and Mindshifter, Monality's third EP "Bad Time Stories" out from Ladino Romance.

Monality - Bad Time Stories ( Mind Shifter Remix)

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