https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPPuwFg2SvU
http://smarturl.it/RichardDevineRevsic
http://smarturl.it/RDSortLave
http://planetmu.bleepstores.com/release/1079…ine-sortlave
http://richarddevine.bandcamp.com/album/sort-lave

After a break of 6 years, Atlanta based electronic musician, producer and sound designer Richard Devine returns with a new album ‘Sort\Lave’ on Venetian Snares‘ Timesig imprint. Recorded between 2016 and 2017 using Richard’s custom built Eurorack modular system and two Nord G2 Modular units, Sort\Lave features 12 tracks of intricate electronica that ranges from abrasive percussive experiments such as ‘Revsic‘ to ‘Astra’s dazzling juxtaposition of sounds and onto the radiant ambience of the album’s closer ‘Takara‘.

Talking about the album’s genesis Devine explains “I’ve been using modular synthesizers since I was 17, but have never written complete tracks using these newer systems. This was my first experiment to see if it would be possible and I probably spent about 5 years building up the systems that I used on this album.”

“I wanted the record to sound very different to my previous works which had been more cold, digital, clinical even, and had all been made using computers. The aim here was the complete opposite, to create something that felt very organic, detailed, spacious, big and warm and just as importantly, a record that you could put on and play all the way through that flowed in a seamless way.”

This new approach was to prove fruitful and enabled Devine to create music in an entirely new way. “I really wanted to break free from timeline-based music creation and do things with my hands on the fly,” he explains. “So the tracks are more like captured snapshot performances where I could experiment and play around with the idea of probability-based sequencing for every patch, string multiple sequencers together that would feed other sequencers to come up with interesting rhythms and melodies. It was really fun coming up with new sounds this way too, I felt like I created several I haven't heard before with this album. Some of the tracks on the album were complete accidents and evolved from something that happened spontaneously. In the end I feel this is one of the best records I have released to date, so I’m very excited to share it with the world.”

Making his debut in 1995, Devine’s releases for labels including Schematic, Warp Records and Detroit Underground have established him as one of the leading figures within the electronica community. In addition to his musical productions, Devine has enjoyed a lengthy and successful career in sound design, developing patches for many of the world’s leading music technology businesses and working with companies such as Google and Nike.

Sort\Lave

Richard Devine - Revsic (TIMESIG009)

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Brighton based Producer/DJ Crofton Bonney AKA Pocket Wisdom has been making electronic sounds since 1996, when he first fell in love with the music of fellow Essex stalwarts, The Prodigy. He was quickly indoctrinated into the underground music scene of his then home, Southend -on -Sea and was a regular appearance on the lineup at the infamous ‘Megabyte,’ club night held at the Palace Ballrooms. From there he gravitated to London and crafted his skills, DJing at underground dance events at Camden Palace, The Office and The Fridge. 

In 2009 he moved to Brighton and has been quietly forging a vast canon of over 150 hours of music which wasn’t ever going to see the light of day until the pandemic hit in 2020. It seems now is a better time than ever, to finally reveal his life’s work. His sound is meditative, other worldly and ethereal. A mix of lush orchestral samples, ambient synth-work and chopped breakbeats, its difficult to shoe-horn Bonney into a definitive style, but it’s one that is full of colour, texture and scope. His debut album ‘A Space Between,’ is due for for release on 26th March 2021.- Crispan Topaz (Feb 2021)

My debut album, A Space Between,’ is due for release on Friday 26th March 2021, you can Pre-Order it here >> http://bit.ly/a-space-between

Richard Devine - Revsic (TIMESIG009)

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