The Sound of Ambient IDM

tokee

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Taken from "ΠΟΛΙΣ"
Released October 2020 on Denovali Records

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Daughter (feat. Hecq)

CITIES OF CEDAR
BOLTLP003 / Boltfish / 2008

Sounds From Shattered Seashells

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
ORDER 'Odyssey / Sonne' on CD: http://www.erasedtapes.com/store/index/ERATP069
ORDER via iTunes:
http://snip.ftpromo.net/sonne
GET TICKETS:
http://www.erasedtapes.com/artists/events/5/Rival+Consoles

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

Buy 12"/DL

Rival Consoles - Recovery

Eedl Slumber

The album is a collaboration between The Pixel Door and Tokee.
A good friends for a long time Anatoly and Miloslav found their point of contact and bringing you this unusual 6 track EP.

Release date: next week

The Pixel Door Vs. Tokee - Teaser

Drk Vc F Slnc — Pure (part1) 2015
Genre: ambient, drone, experimental
Country: Russia
Label: RUSpiral
tracklist:
01 - PURE MBNT
02 - PURE XPRMNTL
03 - PURE DRN
04 - PURE XPRMNTL VER2.0
Download album mp3: https://yadi.sk/d/lcwwL4pHhti7Z
Download album flac: https://yadi.sk/d/gsVciuRFhtkBF
Drk Vc F Slnc - is one of the alter egos of the Moscow based composer and producer Tokee (Anatoly Grinberg) also known as Tokee, Bouquiniste, Massaith and many more.
This release represents the first part of the cycle, which will tell us a story about silent and secret world of Anatoly's dreams.
Each of the compositions of the album reflects different states of man during sleep, the processes occurring in the brain. The results of all this we will hear in sound compositions.

Drk Vc F Slnc - PURE MBNT

UDPWNF full length album is coming very soon ... 

UDPWNF - PA (Noise Remix)

UDPWNF - this abbreviation means Useless Drunk Person With No Future 
UDPWNF is another full length album from Tokee's side projects. 
This one is a 'goodbye' to one of the hardest periods of Anatoly's past - the time that he spent with alcohol. 
That's because the main music base of this album is similar to a heavy state of intoxication. 

To download the full release go to: 
tokee1.bandcamp.com/album/m-f-l
credits
released September 15, 2015 

All tracks composed and performed by Anatoly Tokee Grinberg 
Cover art by Eugene Arzamastsev. 
Mastered by Anatoly Tokee Grinberg

Tokee - PA (UDPWNF noise remix)

The sky out of your window

Tracklist:

01 - Bouquiniste - Untitled 3
02 - Bouquiniste - No Place To Hide (M.C.D.EAD remix)
03 - Bouquiniste - Awakening (Hezzel remix)
04 - Bouquiniste - Fields Of Silence (Mind.Divided remix)
05 - Bouquiniste - N.N.N (V21 by Lucidstatic)
06 - Bouquiniste - Stormtrooper Waltz (I Am Your Father remix By Dirk Geiger)
07 - Bouquiniste - Untitled 2
08 - Bouquiniste - Awakening (KrimsonKid remix)
09 - Bouquiniste - Fields Of Silence (Dada-Damaged remix by Conjecture)
10 - Bouquiniste - No Place To Hide (Renoized by Waldrick)
11 - Bouquiniste - Awakening (MoHoK remix)
12 - Bouquiniste - Fields Of Silence (r.roo remix)
13 - Bouquiniste - Awakening (Kolanek remix)
14 - Bouquiniste - N.N.N (Thlaaflaa remix)
15 - Bouquiniste - Awakening (Lizard Yam remix)
16 - Bouquiniste - Fields Of Silence (Nobodisoundz remix)
17 - Bouquiniste - Awakening (Baterist Sintetic remix)

Bouquiniste - 2016  Remix Album Promo

VIDEO // vimeo.com/31479660

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"Late to the game on Slow Magic, but this kid is on fire. These three tracks are total ear honey." Teen Daze

"We don't know who Slow Magic is, but we like them." altered zones

"...impressively dense, intriguingly layered, beautiful music. And I’ve got to be honest, if you’re going to make chillwave in 2011, or 2012, make it sound like this." IGIF

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Feel Flows

Devil Eyes- Hippie Sabotage(Ryan Gorecki BassBoosted)

lyrics: goo.gl/21D7oK
prod. by @23zayrdgt2x2

phantom [prod. by Blackened Valley]

Watching You Go

Crystal Castles - Affection (hugsnotdrugs edit)

https://soundcloud.com/hugsnotdrugs

Crystal Castles - AFFECTION (hugsnotdrugs edit)

Born in a formerly known Empire of Evil and currently residing in the Holy Land, classically trained Аnatoly Grinberg а.k.a. Tokee started composing music in the early 00’s and released his first works in 2004 on US based experimental netlabel BedroomBrain Records under alias ARG. Although the first recordings can be described as dark ambient mainly, Tokee constantly explores the multiple range of electronic genres. Fascinated with various currencies of electronic music and inspired by dinosaurs like Kraftwek, Depeche Mode, Skinny Puppy, Can etc, his latest efforts combine tight mechanical-sounding IDM and industrial beats, cinematic-like ambient themes, psychotic trance shockwaves, evolving into incredible melodic soundscapes both aggressive and melancholic.

UDPWNF - PA (Noise Remix)

TOKEE