PF06: Lapien / Metropolis - Marchland EP
Format: 12 inch vinyl 
Release date: 10-06-2014 
Mastered by Alden Tyrell
Distributed by Clone 
Artwork by Another Day 

Nick Lapien has been sharpening his music sound a number of monikers; Metropolis, Nepal and his own name.  On labels like Other Heights and Sequencias the Dutch man has moulded smoke stained Chicago, textured Techno and drifting Ambient. For Photic Fields this homegrown talent brings together two of his nom de plums under the banner of Marchland. 

Basslines bulge, pressing against dampened claps for “Ballad of a Man.” Banks of harmony drift off an analogue ocean, arcs of string dawning into a rich radiance. Submerged notes bend and blur with “Bobby Konders”, streams of synth flowing past columns of carved percussion. Rolling chords see Lapien don his Metropolis mask for“Black Motor Boogie.” Acid vultures circle with beady eyed intent, claws  writhe and flex amidst a flurry of beat and pad. The shimmering keys of “The Gatekeeper” takes the listener throw a winding pass. Curving 303 contortions fold and reform under pressurised bursts of tom, cymbal and snare to end this journey into Marchland.

A1. Lapien - Ballad of a Man
A2. Lapien - Bobby Konders
B1. Metropolis - Black Motor Boogie
B2. Metropolis - The Gatekeeper

PF06 Lapien / Metropolis - Marchland EP

Defunct record label from Nijmegen, Netherlands. Ran by Micha Venderbos (Merites/MV). Released records from 2012-2017. www.photic-fields.com

Distributed worldwide by Clone Records. 
www.clone.nl

/Releases (2012-2017)
PF01 Perseus Traxx / Aroy Dee 
PF02 Automatic Tasty 
PF03 Leonid 
PF04 Lerosa 
PF05 V/A 
PF06 Lapien / Metropolis 
PF07 Perseus Traxx 
PF08 Vertical67 (CD)
PF09 Submersible Machines 
PF10 Vagon Brei (CD)
PF11 Tagwell Woods 
PF12 Cinematic 74 (CD)
PF13 The Valley and the Mountain (CD)
PF14 Contra Communem Opinionem