Octothorpe, by Chaircrusher

Octothorpe

by Chaircrusher

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gtlokeb (aka: Hverheij) Enriched electronic sound delivers a mature perspective, which leans towards the urban edges. Complex structures easily showcase the creative mastery at work. And did I mention the great mix? Now I have. Favorite track: Archipelago.

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1.	Rhodes Dub 05:36	buy track
2.	Zyzzyx 06:50	buy track
3.	Attatekini 05:58	buy track
4.	Disphemism 06:11	buy track
5.	Octothorpe 10:20	buy track
6.	Archipelago 06:08	buy track

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Tracks made summer/fall 2021

"Rhodes Dub" - actually a playing a virtual Rhodes emulation (AAC Lounge LIzard as it happens) through a particularly gnarly space echo.

"Zyzzyx" - ends up kinda being techno but also ... something else? All I really want is a lead sound, some drums and a bassline.

"Attakenini" - hectic techno drums drive a bouncy polyphonic ostinato, with a really rude bassline.

"Disphemism" - Beatless, meandering, glitchy ambience, fractally disassembled by an abused live sampler.

"Octothorpe" - trying to hit that Fennesz sweet spot where something really musical and meditative rubs against an undomesticated, chaotic sound that ebbs and flows beneath it.

"Archipelago" - an exploration in sequencing chords to a slowed down house beat. The treble sound that dominates the second half of the piece that swoops and dives comes out of an interaction between chaotic chord changes constrained to a scale by a quantizer. It was a sound that came as a complete surprise. The best kind.

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released December 3, 2021

Synthesized, sequenced & realized Kent Williams

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