There was rain » Sounds http://therewasrain.com A collection of Architecture, Photography & Sounds Fri, 12 Aug 2011 15:32:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 Room(s) by Machinedrum http://therewasrain.com/2011/07/14/rooms-by-machinedrum/ http://therewasrain.com/2011/07/14/rooms-by-machinedrum/#comments Fri, 15 Jul 2011 05:08:13 +0000 Cory Gibbons http://therewasrain.com/?p=4423 The tracks on Room(s) were started on the spur of the moment, often whilst traveling and finished in the studio, with the notion in mind that great moments of inspiration are fleeting so it’s best to grab on to that moment when it happens and squeeze it for all its worth. Travis says of this process; “I feel like the energy of a song is lost the longer you spend working on it. This experiment in becoming less attached to my work essentially lead to a lot of songs that are connected sonically and aesthetically.”

On Room(s), this ‘spur of the moment’ energy meant that Travis’ productions have turned the 160 bpm footwork conventions inside out. Here he fills the usually fierce, stripped down form with elegant sun kissed and impressionistic songs, built from r & b, autotune and dance music history’s most exuberant stabs and kicks. Building on his background as a hip hop producer, he casually creates a beautiful new kind of high-speed detail-packed mutant pop that, like the early post-rave sounds of ambient jungle, is psychedelic, exhilarating and strangely relaxing in it’s fast-paced washes of synths and drums.

1. She Died There
2. Now U Know Tha Deal 4 Real
3. Sacred Frequency
4. U Don’t Survive
5. Come1
6. Youniverse
7. GBYE
8. The Statue
9. Lay Me Down
10. Door(s)
11. Where Did We Go Wrong?

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1. Escape
2. Bedtime
3. Pressure
4. Bricks
5. Already
6. Frosting Packets
7. Kitties
8. Where Am I
9. Cushion
10. Turtles
11. My Buddy
12. No Dinner
13. Understanding
14. Wonton Special
15. Taco Delay
16. Lifesized Stuffed Animal
17. Sometimes

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1. Quiet Gray 1 feat. Moskitoo
2. Skating Azure
3. Bleach Black
4. Frosted Mint
5. Carmine Fall
6. Ecru Driver
7. Snow Petal
8. Iris (Familiar) feat. Moskitoo
9. Canary Breath
10. Quiet Gray 2

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1. A Moment of Grace
2. Nostalgia
3. Through Blood and Fire
4. Endless Whisper of the Old Brigade
5. Shadows / Waltz
6. Sweet Sweet Longing
7. Kunderas Dream
8. Sleep My Bother, Sleep

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The name of the artists’ fifth collaborative release Summvs refers to the latin word ‘summa’ (engl.: sum) and ‘versus’ (engl.: towards) serving as a metaphor for the work being oriented towards a collarorative whole.

Passages of sparse yet emotionally charged and passionate piano solos are embedded in sine waves or reworked to establish new aesthetics of piano sound. Sparse percussions and throbbing bass pulses hover above and below – the music being contemplative and minimal at the same time.—Raster-Noton

1. Microon I
2. Reverso
3. Halo
4. Microon II
5. Pioneer IOO
6. Ionoscan
7. By This River
8. Naono
9. Microon III
10. By This River – Phantom

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1. Fallen Arches
2. Little Pleasures (feat. Gavin Turek)
3. Bright Shadows
4. Moving Forward
5. Stigmatizing Sex
6. Darkest (Dim) (feat. Gavin Turek)
7. Day Job

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