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Four Tet x Grimes - Human Once Again

Burial/Four Tet - Moth

Wildfire - SBTRKT feat. Little Dragon

Ryan Lee West reinforces his unique style of minimal electronic arrangements with a new 6-track EP – 'Sonne' out on Erased Tapes.

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Continuing on from his Odyssey EP released in 2013, Ryan Lee West aka Rival Consoles creates atmosphere and space whilst exploring waves of sound and rhythm, and the power of colour. With Sonne Ryan creates music to structure itself around a pulse, rather than the pulse being the defining point. 

The title track begins with “a very subtle set of melodies that repeat almost without confidence, and then gradually give way to a huge collage of colour and power”, as Ryan describes it. Not relying on a conventional beat, it’s a prime example of how an analogue synthesiser can create the power and momentum of a rhythm section. From the distorted waves in 3 Chords, growing and shrinking, to the rhythmic waves of constant speeding up and then slowing down in Recovery, it’s the Moog Voyager, Prophet and tape delay that make up the core sound of the EP. Whilst tracks like Helios, Haunt and Think Tank see West play live drums and acoustic guitar.

“I’m often looking at art in exhibitions and I always think to myself ‘why the hell don’t I have this much colour in my work?’ The answer in part I think is down to synthesis. It is very difficult to create colour without it sounding plastic. Colour in music is both the note combinations and the actual timbre of the sounds. There are lots of instances of very colourful ambient sounds, which I took great care to create for each song, using various methods – from passing analogue synths through chains of effects to chopping up random sequences of recordings and forming tiny collages." – Ryan Lee West 

ABOUT THE ARTWORK:  

Resembling the colour and vibrancy in his music, the cover art was created by South London artist Supermundane, who was also responsible for the artwork of the Odyssey EP.

TRACK LISTING:  	

A1. Sonne  A2. 3 Chords  A3. Helios  B1. Haunt  B2. Think Tank  B3. Recovery 

PRESS FOR ODYSSEY EP:

'Glorious...unabashedly epic...’ – Dummy
'Atmospheric synths swell victoriously' – XLR8R
‘Rival Consoles, is the likes of Nils Frahm and Olafur Arnalds' glitchy, electronic cousin’  8/10 – The 405


ABOUT THE ARTIST:

Some might be surprised that London based electronic producer Ryan Lee West, the man behind Rival Consoles, shares a home with contemporary classical composers such as Nils Frahm, Ólafur Arnalds and Peter Broderick. And yet they have a lot more in common than expected. Fascinated by sound from an early age, Ryan chose to dedicate his time to studying, experimenting with and producing sound graduating from De Montfort University in Leicester. One consistent element in his musical journey has been his desire to create a more organic, humanised sound. Ryan often drafts early ideas on piano, violin and guitar, although the end result is much more electronic-laden. As an accomplished sound designer he has repeatedly performed at the Tate, and recently created a bespoke audio-visual performance for Boiler Room at the V&A. Ryan is currently composing music for a soon to be announced BBC production.

LIVE:	
	
After supporting Luke Abbott on his recent UK tour and I Break Horses on their North American tour in spring, Ryan will debut his new live set with a special release show in London, followed by a string of West Coast U.S. dates culminating in Decibel Festival in late September – more details to be announced soon. 

OFFICIAL WEBSITES: www.facebook.com/rivalconsoles · www.erasedtapes.com

Sonne

Recovery

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Rival Consoles - Recovery

Royksopp - Sordid Affair (Maceo Plex WL Remix)

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Premiered on Four Tet and Jamie XX's Essential Mix 
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Cloud Boat - Lions On The Beach 

Cloud Boat - Lions On The Beach

From the forthcoming 'In Return (Deluxe Edition)' album.  Out September 18th on Counter Records.

Also available in limited edition 10" vinyl, out November 1st.  

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Lyrics:
I gave my cards away, would lose the game for you
each second slipped away did not know what to do
was always drawing secrets on your wall
my clothes were always falling on your floor
a reckless heart could never be much more
I always snuck in late
running through the front gate

Light, floating on a feather
Light, landing on forever
Light

Our trip surreal, so high
we flew right through the roof
those nights you never came home
I stayed up needing you
was always writing poems in math books
my idols were the clever fast crooks
This reckless heart could never be much more
I always snuck in late
rushing through the front gate

Light, floating on a feather
Light, landing on forever
Light
Float on a feather, land on forever

Light

Light (feat. Little Dragon)

in the rice trap wit my dreamcast

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Burial + Four Tet - Nova

Back in January, UK producer and RBMA alum Throwing Snow announced that he would be dropping a four-part series of dancefloor-oriented releases over the next several months via the Houndstooth label. The cracking rhythms and bleeping synths of "Subtitles" are from the series' second installment (which is dropping soon but hasn't even been announced yet), and the track debuted on Red Bull Radio's First Floor, our weekly look at what's new in electronic music.

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Throwing Snow "Subtitles" [First Floor Premiere]

Burial and Four tet - Moth

Modeselektor - Blue Clouds

Hand stamped vinyl and sleeve - The 'In Brackets' EP on Mister Saturday Night is now available to purchase from all good record shops

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