2017

Electronic innovator Max Cooper steps up to Atomnation with one of his standout remixes.

https://atomnationrec.lnk.to/EveMaxCooperRemix

Cooper is someone who combines his academic background and science PhD with high concept electronic music-making. He has worked with machine learning specialists, often uses video to enhance his music and is someone who brings personal emotion as well as technical skill to his work. It comes on his own Mesh label as well as Fields and most recently in the form of his acclaimed Unspoken Words album back in March.

His take on Awe Kid's 'Eve' is built on breakbeats that float through space. Plunging bass dives down deep as the celestial ambient pads float up top. There is tension in that duality that tugs at you both emotionally and physically as well-crafted synth patterns unfold in their midst.

This is a heady, pensive track that is perfectly suited to those late-night moments on the dance floor and compliments Awe Kid's lush debut LP 'Body Logic' that was released in April this year.

Awe Kid - Eve (Max Cooper Remix)

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

ORDER 'Sonne' on 12"/DL: http://www.erasedtapes.com/store/index/ERATP059
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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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Planète - Visions

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From The Notwist live album (release date 10/14/16) Superheroes, Ghost-villians & Stuff
Preorder / Europe from Alien Transistor
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Preorder / North America from Sub Pop
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This new album documents the latest live incarnation of this very band, which also features Andi Haberl, Max Punktezahl, Karl Ivar Refseth, and Cico Beck. Recorded on December 16, 2015 on the second of three consecutive, sold-out nights at UT Connewitz in Leipzig, Germany, "Superheroes, Ghost-Villains & Stuff" indeed feels like a first-hand live experience caught on triple vinyl. That’s why it’s the definitive album of The Notwist’s career.

Superheroes, Ghost-Villains + Stuff

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The Notwist: Pick Up The Phone (Live)

Before Tigers - Versus

=RADAR RADIO= ECIV_TAKIZUMI Guest Mix

Ocoeur - Progression (Field Rotation Rework)

THUMP Mix #12 - January 4, 2017 - https://soundcloud.com/toroymoi &
https://soundcloud.com/the-mattson-2

Read More on THUMP: http://thump.vice.com/en_ca/track/thump-mix-toro-y-moi-the-mattson-2

TRACKLIST:
Kathy McCord - Rainbow Ride
Jacqueline Taieb - Le Coeur Au Bout Des Doigts
The Sandals - Coming Down Slow
Gary Pacific Group/Wolfram Brunch - Knitting
Sensations’ Fix - Fragments Of Light
The Deirdre Wilson Tabac - I Can’t Keep From Crying Sometimes
Eddie Fisher - Either Or
Dungen - Jamna Plagor
Gabor Szabo - Dear Prudence

THUMP Mix - Toro Y Moi & The Mattson 2

praeteritum ep

Blanc - Opal

Taken from ’Outer Edges Remixes’ available on CD / Digital / Bundle: https://outer-edges.noisia.nl
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Noisia - The Approach (Rival Consoles Remix)

MESH presents the remixes of Rob Clouth’s Transition EP, due 16th March. 

Berlin based sound designer Ben Lukas Boysen offers an immersive, glitchy take on ‚Transition’, whilst Brecon presents a steppers remix of ‚Silica’.   Max Cooper turns ‘Shedding Layers’ into a funk driven swirl of harmonies, followed by Tokyo sound artist Chihei Hatakeyama’s ethereal ambient take on ‚Silica’.

Transitions

Silica

Rob Clouth "Silica" (Brecon Remix)

My remix for the amazing Rob Clouth on Max Coopers Mesh Label.
Listen to the EP and the other great remixes here:
https://store.meshmeshmesh.net/products/rob-clouth-transition-remixes-ep

Transtion EP

Rob Clouth - Transition Ben Lukas Boysen Remix

Flux Remixed Album Available December 7th, 2018
Listen: smarturl.it/FluxRemixed

Label: Diving Bell Recording Co.
Distribution: Fat Beats [Worldwide], Cadence [Canada]

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Merla (Alex Banks Remix)

Anomie Belle - Flux Remixed - Merla (Alex Banks Remix)- DivingBellRecordCo

The next preview of my new album is out today. It is repetition, that seemingly boring thing which gives us all the magic of music, with its repeats inside repeats.

The track was written for a video chapter of the new AV show story "Yearning for the Infinite". The visualisation shows our cities as duplicated animated structures stretching off into the infinite distance (which I'll post very soon), and tells the story of our endless societal growth, with the music telling the same story by what means it can. Perhaps you'll find it a maddening listen, I hope not. For me there's always been something special about musical simplicity, like there's nowhere to hide, and if there's only two chords, they better be good ones. Also the track is for escaping the 5 second socials attention span thing, it needs a few minutes to work, ideally eyes closed headphones on, if you can spare me the time I promise it will be worth it!

Listen to Repitition here: https://ffm.to/pdn5ban

Artwork by Renick Bell

Noisia - The Approach (Rival Consoles Remix)

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