"We’re already drenched in beauty, predisposed to like these tracks; and like them we do."

"The music becomes a living object. The synthesizers wrap around the field recordings like tree trunks growing over embedded objects. Everything is mutable."

A Closer Listen (acloserlisten.com/2018/04/20/ebauche-mutable/)

Three years after the release of Adrift, Ebauche (aka Alex Leonard) returns with a beautiful new ambient LP. It is inspired by a strange disconnected dream during a long cross-country journey through Poland in the depths of winter in 2014. Mutable reflects the rhythms of that journey and the ethereal dreamscape which enveloped him.

Each track on Mutable pulsates and wraps around itself, gradually evolving its soundscape and encasing the listener in a deep and rewarding world. There is careful exploration of polyrhythmic variations within juxtaposed morphing drones bubbling out from stacks of synthesisers. The pieces are densely layered with fine detail, often only revealed on repeated listens, and are subtly backed by field recordings from locations around Poland.

Each piece on the album is accompanied by a unique painting created by Polish artist Adrianna Snochowska. The paintings are 50 x 35 cm mixed media (texture & oil paint) on canvas. Adrianna spent many hours listening to the draft mixes whilst creating these paintings and moulded the texture effects to the sounds on each track.

Additionally, long-time producer Arovane has provided a remix of Chwiać which is included on the release. The remix picks up on Chwiać’s pulsing polyrhythms and wraps them in layers of gritty distortion and subtle melodic nuances, underpinned by driving beats. 

Ebauche - Mutable

Ebauche - Drgać

Ebauche - Chwiać AMX (Arovane Remix)

Ebauche - Powolny

Ebauche - Chwiać

Ebauche - Zmienny

Ebauche - Rozwijać

We are a small record label and audio studio based in Berlin, Germany.

We release unique and experimental electronic music in a beautifully crafted package.

We also provide various audio services: mixing, mastering, as well as film-sound services.

Ebauche - Mutable

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