DeepChord & Echospace

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Before dance music (and techno specifically) established its universal grip, the late '80s saw an outcrop of musique concrete-influenced experimental artists who produced ambient and experimental music incorporating intentional noise and field recordings. Lazily dubbed "industrial," the likes of Hafler Trio, Cindytalk and Zoviet France pioneered challenging works that played with the sonic balance between quiet and clamor, repetition and random resonance while leaving emotional interpretation up to the listener. The industrial music era was thrown asunder when participants like Psychic TV and KLF embraced acid house and spooky acts like Current 93 delved into folk. Fast-forward to 2010 and Echospace's new album Liumin, which incorporates field recordings, atmospheric ambience and altogether battered and distressed sounding analog machines on its nine evocative tracks. Echospace's Stephen Hitchell and Rod Modell defined the depths of dub techno on their 2007 release The Coldest Season. The duo's new work extends and expands the genre. Based around street recordings made in Japan, Liumin's songs weave delicate synthesized loops and faint rhythmic sketches with random chatter, subway rumblings and other natural sonorities. The submerged kicks that guided The Coldest Season through the reverberating synth fog are now but ghostly apparitions, barely audible outlines on songs like "Firefly" and "Maglev." Liumin's subtle compositions encourage active listening. It takes concentra

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Liumin

The Coldest Season (Deepchord Presents Echospace)

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Vibrational Studies (In Echospace) / Symbolism In Transition - Single

The Coldest Season

Silent World (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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Vibrational Studies (In Echospace)

[LIVE]

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Untitled

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Spatialdimension

Live In Detroit

Silent World (Official Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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Silent World

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