SUB_tl 081
Rude Solo
Exercises Vol.3

RELEASE DATE 20/11/2023

The infamous duo comprising label co-owner Hd Substance and scfi master A4 collide again in the studio for the third installment of their renowned exercises series. Previously released on this very label and on Inguma Records.

For this EP they want to be aside of the current fast paced trends creating five exercises of ambient, breaks, acid and the compulsory bleep portion.

Release starts with Exercise Nine, crunchy hi frequency noises, wavetable dreamy pads made on a rusty old Korg Wavestation and some spoken word action by an old scientist explaining how waveforms behave sampled from Youtube.

Second cut is the bleepy Exercise Ten, abstract asymmetrical sequences, 808 raw rhythms and a minimal approach in an ode to hyperspace. On Exercise Eleven, the 808 is starring again with a broken groove setting the pace for a Korg ms 20 sequence galore and white noise twisted live during the recording. The spoken word comes from the first cut as well as the Wavestation pads.

Exercise Twelve goes straight to the dancefloor bringing the System 55 modular system on the sequenced lines plus the odd 909/808 combo again on virtual drumming duties.

Closing the release Exercise Thirteen return to broken rhythms and Fm metallic hits plus some tb 303 blurbs to add the citric element to the equation.

With thirteen tracks already released the duo is working on a live set together that will see the light somewhen in 2024 if planet earth is still alive.

All tracks written and produced by Hd Substance & A4
Recorded @ Hd Substance Lab
Mastered by Leandro Gámez @ The Quiet Room
Art by Nuria Estúñiga

SUB_tl 081_ Rude Solo_Exercises Vol.3

BIO
1981 an eleven year old kid gets a gift, that is the New Life 7 inch by Depeche Mode, from that very moment the cold beats of drum machines and the alien sounds of synthesizers are the soundtrack of his life, until today.Living the eighties as a teenager, he absorbed every futuristic and dark sound as a fan, new wave, goth, proto EBM, classics like Kraftwerk or Tangerine Dream ...1987 marks the switch from being passive to being active, he gets his first synth and drum machine combo as a christmas gift from their parents, a second hand Kawai Sx 240 keyboard and a Korg kpr 77 drum machine, and starts making his own noises and beats from scratch. Soon he formed his first music project, called Ballet Mecánico, with his two fellows Groof and Daniel Erbe.Heavily synth pop influenced in the beginning, their sound soon moves to darker territories after discovering Front 242 and Nitzer Ebb and later moving into proto rave sounds via the Frequencies album by LFO or the Yellow album by Orbital, as well as those lovely Detroit compilations released in the UK by Network records: Bio Rhythm and Retro techno among others. This project last until the mid nineties and left two vinyl releases.1995 is when his solo career as Hd Substance starts, releasing a track on the Electronic Generators compilation, a showcase of spanish techno pioneers at the moment, on Geometrik records, home of the seminal industrial cult band Esplendor Geométrico a stepping stone to his debut album Eleven on the also cult label Elefant Records.After more than 30 years in the business, more than 30 Ep’s and six full length albums, Hd Substance is still here as a full actor in the scene, writing, composing, remixing and playing electronic beats all over the globe, as live performer or as traditional beatmatching dj. An entire life devoted to electronic music in any form.

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