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The manifold artistic roles of Lisbon Portugal-based usof - producer, DJ, label-runner, visual artist - matches his multifaceted audio output. usof has been at the forefront of the accelerating expansion of "ambient" into an increasingly liminal space, twisting and morphing the genre origins of meditative and background music into unsettling, fantastically detailed compositions. ENXPL is proud to present 𝑾𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝑾𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝑵𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒓, usof's latest album, which draws from 20th century composition, dub soundsystems, 1990s club/rave culture, cinematic sound design, post-cybernetic dreams, and the hauntological ache underlying much of 21st century discourse.

Between the exacting technicality and heady conceptual underpinnings of 𝑾𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝑾𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝑵𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒓, usof also makes room for playfulness and humor. On 𝘉𝘳𝘢𝘵, electronic gurgles and croaks converse above synth pads which would not be out of place on cassettes with titles like "Dolphin Magic" or "The Fairy Ring" that litter dusty corners of thrift stores. The dub bass theatrics on the title track are inflated to an absurd degree. These excursions from more formal and contemplative ambiances demonstrate usof's fully-realized world building skills. While 𝑾𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝑾𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝑵𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒓 may seem brief at approximately 30 minutes, its breadth and depth invite many listenings.

"listening to yourself between kid and future point ideas,
that evolution that obsessive always me

lmaooo looking back on the passing of time, family, friends,
when it was already sometimes good but somehow

when you, us, them, we, where, were, you when we bridged

feeling already like you might be making what I’m thinking" - Seán Being

WISH YOU WERE NICER

PURCHA$E

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23 buffer travel

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ZELIENOPLE 'Everything Is Simple' (SP143)

Recorded by P.M. Tummala
Mixed by Matt Christensen
Mastered by Simon Scott, SPS Audio Mastering
Designed by Bartolomé Sanson
Photography by Mike Weis

“Thanks to Simon for the extra set of ears”

Matt Christensen - vocals, guitar 
Brian Harding - upright and electric bass, b flat and bass clarinets, guitar
Mike Weis - percussion
P.M. Tummala - vibraphone, Fender Rhodes, synthesizers
Eric Eleazer - synthesizers, Fender Rhodes


Side A:
Holy Rollers
Hold It In My Hands
In This Town Again
Wishing Wells

Side B:
Santa Chiara
Orange Capsule
Everything is Simple
Make the Whole Town Decay

Zelienople 'Make The Whole Town Decay' (SP153)

16ft dub (live cut)

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After the album Calques recorded live during a concert, Novembre returns with Encore, a double studio album,
the result of a long maturation in terms of form, composition and playing. As they have been doing for more than ten years, Romain Clerc Renaud and Antonin Tri Hoang have constructed a complex poetic form, made up of multiple back-and forths between simple and gentle themes (Encore, Petit Matelot) or very fast ones (LetCo, Klaxon); between very short pieces (Miniatures) and large developments (Continuum). Everything is arranged by the play of contrasts and resonances: a piece is interrupted to be continued later (Please wait), a motif is metamorphosed by dint of repetition (Encore), a piece is played again, but as quickly as possible (Letco Flash). The second CD of the album illustrates another side of the art of montage. Marc Baron recorded Novembre while they were working on Encore, using the most varied materials and techniques (tape recorder, hydrophone, boom box, spring, tape loops). With this harvest he has constructed an electroacoustic piece that diverts, amplifies and transforms the music of Novembre.

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CD1

Compositions by Romain Clerc-Renaud and Antonin- Tri Hoang
Recording: Antony - July 2021
Engineering and mixing: Erwan Boulay
Mastering: Pierre Luzy, Music Unit

CD2
Electro-acoustic piece by Marc Baron, produced in the studio in the summer 2018 from recordings of the band Novembre.
Design: Galilée Al Rifai

UMFR-CD42 - Novembre Encore "Onii - San"

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Zelienople 'Make The Whole Town Decay' (SP153)

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