@jlsegel

Out via squareglass October 23

https://smarturl.it/JLSegelSKIN

Written and produced by Rotem Haguel

London based record label and artist collective squareglass are proud to present their latest offering, the intriguing and absorbing debut EP from London based electronic music artist JL Segel.

An art-school-graduate-turned-composer, he has collaborated with acts such as Lapsley and Stubbleman (Pascal Gabriel). JL Segel (real name Rotem Haguel) utilises a modular approach to production, marrying ambient and dance music-inspired motifs with experimental and conceptual textures, calling to mind the works of Four Tet, Skee Mask, Floating Points and Rival Consoles.

His latest project “SKIN” is a 4-track EP that explores the idea of tactility and sonic experience through sound synthesis. Haguel explains: “The sense of touch is really interesting to me. That’s because it doesn’t only give one the awareness of the objects touched, but also of one’s own body. Being this thing that stands at the crossroad of oneself and the world, I felt compelled to talk about it in musical terms. Using synthesizers as metaphors for bodies, being alive and modifiable and each having its own DNA, I wanted to convey how sensations ‘move’ and oscillate in our body and in our mind, revealing slowly unfolding processes and the very potential for transformation”

From the grainy, angular notes of “Symptoms of Contact”, through the calming, delay soaked arpeggios of “Interior Marks”, shifting oscillations of “Origins of Desire” and rippling vibrations of “Kinesis”, JL Segel uses his modular synths as a tool to replicate ebbs and flows of life, mimicking the way in which we experience the world around us through touch and feel.

In a time characterized by the distance between us, Segel’s ode to tactility provides a beautiful and reinterpretation of one of the most personal human senses.

JL Segel - SKIN

She'd caught his eye on the train home a few times now, which had advanced to a passing smile; a game of back and forth. Neither had plucked up the courage to say hello yet, perhaps it was the excitement of this mysterious exchange. The worry that if one of them opened their mouth that would evaporate in an instant. But something had to progress. This time as she stepped off the train, she brushed her hand softly against his, feeling the hairs bristle on her neck almost immediately. This sensory touch was enough to keep her wondering until their next chance meeting.

The next record on London-based label and artist collective squareglass comes in the form of a debut EP from JL Segel. Having collaborated with the likes of Lapsley and Stubbleman, Segel now turns his attention to his solo pursuits with the release of SKIN: a four-track EP that blends ambient atmospheres and electronic motifs with abstract textures.

The EP seeks to explore the relationship between sound and the body, drawing on how sensations stimulate the senses. JL Segel expands on this idea: “The sense of touch is really interesting to me. That’s because it doesn’t only give one the awareness of the objects touched, but also of one’s own body. Being this thing that stands at the crossroad of oneself and the world, I felt compelled to talk about it in musical terms. Using synthesizers as metaphors for bodies, being alive and modifiable and each having its own DNA, I wanted to convey how sensations ‘move’ and oscillate in our body and in our mind, revealing slowly unfolding processes and the very potential for transformation.”

SKIN

PREMIERE: JL Segel - Symptoms of Contact [squareglass]

JL Segel - Interior Marks

JL Segel - Kinesis

JL Segel - Origins Of Desire

squareglass is an artist-led record label and collective, founded in 2014 in South East London and run by @athlete-whippet and @semi_precious.

The label focuses on emerging artists from South East London and beyond, having released original works and remixes by artists including Athlete Whippet, Semi Precious, Le Son, Olugbenga, Ross From Friends, Baltra, Max Graef and Seb Wildblood. 

Contact: info@squareglass.co.uk