Montreal-based producer Priori shines with a powerful EP on the horizon of Midgar Records. ‘Pareidolia’ is inspired by the phenomenon of recognizing familiar patterns in random objects, which Priori artfully incorporates into his sound design on four versatile tracks. Imagine water droplets personified as living creatures, rising to an elevated plane of existence.

Find the full read here: www.minimalcollective.digital/editorial/premiere-priori-hazard

Pareidolia will be out on April 17th, 2023. Order a copy via https://midgar-records.bandcamp.com/album/priori-pareidolia

Premiere: Priori - Hazard [MDG021]

I want to share another piece which I produced for the recent 'Compendium Vol.1' VA on @deflection-music. It's called 'OvO', another symmetrical name...discovered that it's quite fun playing with letter to build a little picture. 🐦
I worked heavily with my vocals on this production, it turned out to have some acid influences, dubby parts and also some jazzy vibes. 🎶

You can support the release right here:
https://deflectionmusic.bandcamp.com/album/v-a-compendium

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Polygonia - OvO [Deflection Music]

Taken from: VC-118A - Waves of Change - Delsin Records - 157dsr

buy vinyl: https://www.delsinrecords.com/release/7731/vc-118a/waves-of-change
buy digital: https://chaindata.bandcamp.com/album/waves-of-change

On his fifth album as VC-118A, Samuel van Dijk (@mohlao) is using his evolved electro practice to explore the notion of change - a universal constant which keeps us barrelling towards unknown futures.

With 2021’s Spiritual Machines, van Dijk presented a new approach which took his established (and celebrated) sound into downtempo and experimental pastures. Now the Dutch artist builds on that premise with a clear-sighted focus on the idea of change, as forces and factors in our present moment accelerate the states of flux within our lives.

Crooked machine rhythms remain the driving force behind VC-118A, but it’s the treatment of the drums and the richly developed layers around them which tell the story. The sources are largely analogue, from a trusted bank of outboard tools ranging from 606s and 101s to ample modern and vintage effects and various modular systems, but these sounds are carefully sequenced and shaped with digital processes to create the nuanced tones and textures which envelop Waves of Change. Crucial to the spatial immersion of the album is the subtle drop in tempo, widening the rhythms and leaving room for the atmospheric sound design to have a greater impact.

The fluid synthesis and sound design which permeates tracks like ‘The Deep’, ‘You’ and ‘Replace Image’ might well be considered a sonic metaphor for the ever-shifting state of the universe, while the reliably crisp rhythmic structures applied to the likes of ‘Heat’, ‘Club’ and ’Elektri’ have a metronomic quality as steadfast as time itself.

It’s the extended immersion of ‘Motherboard’ which offers the most complete summation of the album’s qualities at the midway point, coursing through subtly vivid soundscapes guided by elegant, constantly probing drums. The snatches of voices which emerge through the mix are those of van Dijk’s parents, sampled from a discovered box of tapes from the mid-80s when they were both sound artists. Thematically, the samples also embody the sense of change van Dijk was striving for making this album, capturing a moment in time for his now-separated parents when their lives were very different.

Balancing the disciplines of machine-powered sequencing and hand-shaped sound to render his ideas in sonic form, the continued evolution of VC-118A results in another mesmerising record steeped in craft and loaded with intention.

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VC-118A - You (taken from 'Waves of Change' 157dsr)

bandcamp: https://sohaso.bandcamp.com/album/nacreous
clone: https://clone.nl/item75664.html

https://soundcloud.com/shoall - Nacreous (NOWHERE05)

12“ Vinyl / Digital (10-05-2024)
Artwork by Bas Dobbelaer
Worldwide distribution: Clone

Deep, trippy and hypnotic. That pretty much sums up the new Nacreous-EP by Shoal on the Dutch imprint NOWHERE. The title refers to a certain glow or color that mother-of-pearl radiates. Shoal is the alter ego of Utrecht-resident Kenny Dean Kneefel. When you have a name that sounds like a famous stuntman, you are probably prepared to take more risks.

And indeed that's exactly what this producer from the lowlands does on Nacreous. Shoal's four track EP combines hallucinant grooves with delicate sound design. Like on Bygone Drums, where ominous distant sounds from a nearby factory creep between the shadows. The same can be said of the title track, a tribalistic tune with a delicate dark undertone.

Never Endings is more uplifting, with its dubbed out basslines and crispy hi-hats. Dubtechno that reminds us of both Monolake and Fluxion. Closing track Morning Float is indeed that, a trip in a blue tank filled with warm water, where you are comforted by beautiful strings and sounds of nature.

Shoal - Bygone Drums

𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒆𝒓𝒆: Soop - Sun Never Rose (Vishal Unni Remix) [CIR162]

We are excited to present the debut of a new promising on Circular Limited.
SOOP delivers us an EP full of nuances and depth that make his ears an authentic delicacy deep techno.
The album features remixes by two great artists in the field, 'Polygonia' and 'Vishal Unni' that complete an exciting journey.

𝑺𝒐𝒐𝒑
Soundcloud : https://soundcloud.com/soopsounds
Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/soopsounds/

𝑽𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒍 𝑼𝒏𝒏𝒊
Soundcloud : https://soundcloud.com/vishal_unni
Bandcamp : https://vishalunni.bandcamp.com/
Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/vishalunni/

𝑪𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒓 𝑳𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒅
Soundcloud : https://soundcloud.com/circularlimited
Bandcamp : https://circularlimited.bandcamp.com/
Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/annull_circ/

Shadow Man [CIR162]

Sun Never Rose (Visual Unni Remix)

𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒆𝒓𝒆: Soop - Sun Never Rose (Vishal Unni Remix) [CIR162]

Ntogn - Root 7 (Hidolas Remix) [AEDI018]

Eugen Grieg & Gisella Engel-The Other (jE jE Music Recordings)

Spectral Union, Nomiind & Ocean Space-Home [Mellon Place Records]

After Kollaps - Above (Mellon Place Records)

Kiran Remixes

Bandcamp

Konduku - Güneş (Forest Drive West remix) - NOUSLP002RMXS

Lucy Reworks

Sotto Ma Sotto (Lucy Remix)

post-genre love ~ diversity in sound.

Label head at @qeone
Label head at @iorecs
Resident at @blitzclub
Part of @lyderlyderlyder
Part of @harmony-rec


Booking & General requests (Management):  laura@onboardmusic.net
Press contact: chanel@dawncreative.agency
Promo Gifts: promo [at] polygonia-creations.com

Polygonia - OvO [Deflection Music]

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