sad bangers to remind us how the good times roll - virtual hugs xx

It starts off so mysterious sounding like a dense fog

Melbourne duo @HTRK (Nigel Yang & Jonnine Standish) have a well-storied history reaching back nearly two decades. From a back-catalogue comprising of significant releases on imprints like @Ghostly International, Mistletone and Boomkat Editions, collaborations with luminaries such as Mika Vainio, Rowland S. Howard & @benfrost, and appearances at numerous key events around the globe (including the legendary @berlinatonal festival, Krakow's @unsound and Vivid at the Sydney Opera House), their impact on a vast array of listeners and scenes is indelible and difficult to overstate.

As a two-piece band, their melancholic, sensual music lies roughly at the intersection of post-punk, no-wave, shoegaze and art-rock, with influences from IDM, industrial, noise, dub-techno, pop and beyond. Indeed, it is this eclectic palette, combined with deep knowledge and curiosity that has recently seen them contribute a captivating ambient score for Jeffrey Peixoto's documentary "Over the Rainbow" and regularly deliver genre-defying mixes on platforms like @secretthirteen and NTS.

A starting theme and departure point for HTRK's Patterns of Perception 74 is the ocean. This intricately assembled collection of music finds a natural ebb and flow amongst rich, organic synths and delicate abstract melodies. Building from a slow and introspective beginning, the duo intuitively and carefully guide the narrative to also incorporate gentle energy and a sense of strangeness. 
Viewed holistically, this mix is invigorating and luxuriously diverse, with a true chameleonic quality that allows the listener to take something different from every listen. 

Tracklist:
1. Madalyn Merkey - Besançon (Self-released via Bandcamp, 2020)
2. Kate Carr - Perhaps it was a dream about Water Lilies (Tiny Portraits, 2015)
3. Jasmine Guffond - Yellow Bell (Sonic Pieces, 2015)
4. Vox Populi! - Trois Gouttes De Sang (Vox Man Records, 1985)
5. Joe McPhee and John Snyder - Windows in Dreams (CjRecord Productions, 1974)
6. People Skills - Zoom Meeting (Amplify 2020, 2020)
7. Terry Riley and Don Cherry - Sunrise of the Planetary Dream Collector (bootleg, 1975)

Links:
https://soundcloud.com/htrk
https://www.facebook.com/htrkrtio
https://www.instagram.com/psychic9to5club/
https://htrk.bandcamp.com/
https://open.spotify.com/artist/06sdJwlggq0PKOe4LPZWCg
https://twitter.com/htrk_
https://yourcomicbookfantasy.com/

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