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Sleep is comprised of two pieces of music: Dream and Delta. The first piece, Dream, is a variation on a theme by Alexandre Desplat reworked and re-arranged for strings, woodwind, and brass. It was written with the intention of emulating REM sleep. The latter half of the music is written and designed to invoke the sensation of deep sleep, thus the title: Delta.
Selande – Metallic Salmon Remixes
Following up his Faust EP, San Francisco’s Selande joins the roster of New York’s critically acclaimed label: Konque. Metallic Salmon offers us a glimpse of the colors on the palette if this eclectic San Francisco-based producer. The title track Metallic Salmon is a lazy two-step jam with jazzy underpinnings but don’t be deceived, the title tune is hardly characteristic of the rest of release. Selande takes a sharp turn into the shadows with Bus (Concrète). This track features a twisted remix from Detroit Underground labelhead and IDM wizard, Kero.
According to Selande, Bus (Concrète) was a field study in musique concrète. Aside from the kick drum and bassline, all of the sounds were recorded on the San Francisco bus system. They were later organized into a nostalgic look at the sweaty rave days in Detroit, Selande’s former home. Back to Back is a heavily stepped number full of bizarre sound design and tribal flavors. Stony and aphotic, Prometheus and iandai are a lovely pair. A nice set of vintage dub techno tunes perfectly suited for either the dancefloor or the smoke session at home.
Here at Cunei we are offering an exclusive download of some of the remixes. Konque’s David Last, Detroit Underground’s Kero and Two Circles’ Simple bring us 3 mixes that will tide you over until the full length’s release on November 20th.
Cullen Miller’s Stolen Nature
Stolen Nature adeptly bridges the synthetic/organic abyss with uniquely composed granular textures, aleatoric rhythmic patterns and modal jazz structures. The release’s arcane theme is cohesive and conceptual from beginning to end. Miller’s compositional sensibility has reconciled the poles of unadulterated, native sounds and processed, algorithmic music. These two adverse ideas are adroitly synthesized into a hybrid entity that lives and breathes on its own. The stochastic electronics laden deep in Stolen Nature’s structure seem to have a sentient quality that hauntingly reflects recent developments in the field of artificial intelligence. The intricate machinations featured on Stolen Nature are inclined to deep personal sentiments and emotion. Miller’s application of traditional instruments takes the antiquated oral tradition and fuses it into a futuristic context.
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Craque’s Meat Hacker
Craque graces us with his latest work since his acclaimed Supple (2009) on Audiobulb. Meat Hacker delivers a wide variety of tunes that cater to listeners of all persuasions. Craque illustrates his mastery of sequencing and performance throughout the entire record. He plays trumpet, guitar, homebuilt analog synths, metallic hand percussion, DIY sound creation devices, cactus tines, rattlesnake tails, and just about anything else that may happen along. Download Meat Hacker .mp3s or lossless files for free.
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