ADR — Deceptionista 
Cat.No: PAN 68
Format: Digital / SD Card
Release date: 11 December 2015
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Released through PAN via digital and a limited edition SD Card as well as a series of live performances, Deceptionista combines the relentless unknowability of the real-time internet with ADR's distinct compositional approach, seeking to accelerate detailed, high-definition visions of public intimacies into a form of 21st century psychedelia; which embraces the cognitive derangement of the senses that defines the habits of today's internet browsing constituency.
 
As a classically trained musician with a propensity towards contemporary art & technology practices, ADR's work has distinguished itself through its formal deliriousness and playful tenor. In addition to his work as one half of the critically acclaimed Gatekeeper duo, ADR releases solo recordings, composes bespoke music for film, TV and advertising, and hosts an array of ongoing collaborations and maintains a practice of live performance and sound installation.
 
The project's visual representation takes the form of a playable video game-like environment where users can explore various geometries and particle systems, all skinned entirely in video texture maps sourced from Vpeeker. The dynamic color palettes and ephemeral energy that emerges from the onslaught of these randomly selected clips creates strings of incongruous alternations; where real conflates with virtual, irony conflates with true belief, and human emotion and spirituality conflate with the limitations of broadband upload speeds. Deceptionista seeks to dramatize these dichotomies by traversing the deep chasms between them.

ADR — Deceptionista (PAN 68)

Label based in Berlin, est. 2008. http://www.p-a-n.org