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Sound Synthesis – Orbital 107
Orbital Mechanics ‎– ORBITAL 107
Vinyl, 12", White Label
2023, Spain

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Sound Synthesis - Memorable Nights

Taken from: VC-118A - Waves of Change - Delsin Records - 157dsr

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On his fifth album as VC-118A, Samuel van Dijk (@mohlao) is using his evolved electro practice to explore the notion of change - a universal constant which keeps us barrelling towards unknown futures.

With 2021’s Spiritual Machines, van Dijk presented a new approach which took his established (and celebrated) sound into downtempo and experimental pastures. Now the Dutch artist builds on that premise with a clear-sighted focus on the idea of change, as forces and factors in our present moment accelerate the states of flux within our lives.

Crooked machine rhythms remain the driving force behind VC-118A, but it’s the treatment of the drums and the richly developed layers around them which tell the story. The sources are largely analogue, from a trusted bank of outboard tools ranging from 606s and 101s to ample modern and vintage effects and various modular systems, but these sounds are carefully sequenced and shaped with digital processes to create the nuanced tones and textures which envelop Waves of Change. Crucial to the spatial immersion of the album is the subtle drop in tempo, widening the rhythms and leaving room for the atmospheric sound design to have a greater impact.

The fluid synthesis and sound design which permeates tracks like ‘The Deep’, ‘You’ and ‘Replace Image’ might well be considered a sonic metaphor for the ever-shifting state of the universe, while the reliably crisp rhythmic structures applied to the likes of ‘Heat’, ‘Club’ and ’Elektri’ have a metronomic quality as steadfast as time itself.

It’s the extended immersion of ‘Motherboard’ which offers the most complete summation of the album’s qualities at the midway point, coursing through subtly vivid soundscapes guided by elegant, constantly probing drums. The snatches of voices which emerge through the mix are those of van Dijk’s parents, sampled from a discovered box of tapes from the mid-80s when they were both sound artists. Thematically, the samples also embody the sense of change van Dijk was striving for making this album, capturing a moment in time for his now-separated parents when their lives were very different.

Balancing the disciplines of machine-powered sequencing and hand-shaped sound to render his ideas in sonic form, the continued evolution of VC-118A results in another mesmerising record steeped in craft and loaded with intention.

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VC-118A - You (taken from 'Waves of Change' 157dsr)

OK EG's latest single "Radial" is out today on all platforms! The track offers a glimpse into the Melbourne duo's upcoming release, Heatwave, set to drop via Midgar in mid-October.

Heatwave is an exploration of techno’s deepest layers, where each sound folds in on itself, revealing new dimensions. Mirrored by the mind-bending artwork, this record is a trip through refracted techno at it’s most intricate.

Written & Produced by https://soundcloud.com/okegmusic
Release Date : Mid October
Mastered by Stefan Betke at Scape Mastering
Pressed at AFG Record Manufacturing
Distributed by Ready Made Distribution
Label Curation & Artwork Design by Jacopo Severitano aka https://soundcloud.com/severja

Heatwave

Radial

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OK EG - Radial

.VRIL’s first EP for Kynant Records explores his trademark style of euphoric dub techno, whilst also diving deeper with spoken-word pieces in collaboration with two critical thinkers in the world of soundsystem culture and experimental music: Edward George and Isis Semaj-Hall AKA Riddim Writer. Acclaimed Dutch techno artist Steve Rachmad also dons his Parallel 9 alias for a remix. 

Written & Produced by .VRIL
Additional Production on B2 by Steve Rachmad
Vocals on A3 by Edward George
Vocals on B3 by Isis Semaj-Hall
Artwork by Irakli Kedia, Layout by Grant Gibson 
Distributed by N.E.W.S

B2 VRIL - Bruch Im Nullpunkt (Parallel 9 Remix by Steve Rachmad)

A1. Phase Fatale - Kekkai

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Support: kikatechno.bandcamp.com/

Mastering: @michael-ius-techno
Artwork: fakegraph
Artist: KIKA (MD)
Remix by: TVNG @tvngg
Label: Bandcamp Self-Release
Catalog Number: [KKA05]
Format: Digital & CD

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