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░█▒ 01│ Altitude │ 05:48 ▒█░
░█▒ 02│ Closer │ 04:08 ▒█░
░█▒ 03│ Neverending │ 05:02 ▒█░
░█▒ 04│ Freaks │ 05:50 ▒█░
░█▒ 05│ Immaterial │ 05:26 ▒█░
░█▒ 06│ Bencq │ 03:35 ▒█░
░█▒ 07│ The Sun │ 05:40 ▒█░
░█▒ 08│ Set My World on Fire │ 07:35 ▒█░
░█▒ 09│ The Mountain Top │ 05:36 ▒█░
░█▒ 10│ Hummingbird │ 05:36 ▒█░
░█▒ 11│ Altitude Feat. Comaduster │ 05:42 ▒█░
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░█▓ │ TOTAL PLAYTiME (MiN):│ 59:58 ▓█░
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▒█▓ ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙ ▓█▒
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░█▒ Daniel Myer enjoys a special reputation within Our Thing: the ▒█░
░█▒ rarified and nigh universally agreed upon title of bonafide ▒█░
░█▒ genius, at least insofar as tastemakers and other musicians ▒█░
░█▒ would have it. Between his seminal work with Dejan Samardzic as ▒█░
░█▒ Haujobb, his stint as member and then sole proprietor in ▒█░
░█▒ Cleen/Cleaner/Clear Vision, his broader club moves in ▒█░
░█▒ Destroid/DSTR, his various one offs and collaborations, his ▒█░
░█▒ stint in Covenant, and work as a remixer he's had an enviably ▒█░
░█▒ consistent career. The mark of his work is and has always been ▒█░
░█▒ the combination of deep production chops and songwriting ▒█░
░█▒ aptitude, the musical auteur skillset where each tool becomes ▒█░
░█▒ completely intractable from the other. ▒█░
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░█▒ While not the the most well-known, the most ôMyerö of all the DM ▒█░
░█▒ projects is Architect, a mostly instrumental entity that has ▒█░
░█▒ pinballed between stately IDM, drum and bass, abstracted techno, ▒█░
░█▒ and whatever other sounds were interesting him at the time. ▒█░
░█▒ While never as focused or as conceptual as some of his other ▒█░
░█▒ endeavours, it's always felt like a fairly pure expression of ▒█░
░█▒ where he was at musically, and what he was interested in ▒█░
░█▒ creating at a given moment in time. 2010's Consume Adapt Create ▒█░
░█▒ found him at a seeming peak, restlessly flipping between breaks, ▒█░
░█▒ cinematic textures, and intricately programmed sequences shaped ▒█░
░█▒ as much by instinct as design. It was a great record, and ▒█░
░█▒ arguably the most important in his solo catalogue: a statement ▒█░
░█▒ about where he was and what he was capable of. ▒█░
░█▒ ▒█░
░█▒ Enter 2013's Mine. Still a product of Myer's ongoing dialogue ▒█░
░█▒ with various forms of electronic composition (and notably bass ▒█░
░█▒ music), the record explores one important part of Architect that ▒█░
░█▒ has always been alluded to rather than openly addressed. Namely, ▒█░
░█▒ soul. Far more than anything, anything Daniel Myer has ever been ▒█░
░█▒ involved with, Mine bypasses digital and analogue concerns, ▒█░
░█▒ plumbing deeper currents of musicality then we've ever heard ▒█░
░█▒ from him. That isn't to say that Daniel hasn't always been a ▒█░
░█▒ capable creator of songs; moreso it's to point out that the ▒█░
░█▒ album is uniquely and unquestionably different than anything ▒█░
░█▒ he's done before, in the best and most intriguing way possible. ▒█░
░█▒ ▒█░
░█▒ It's tempting to ascribe this change in Architect's effect on ▒█░
░█▒ the listener to the addition of vocals, an element which had ▒█░
░█▒ previously been largely absent (Maurizio Blanco from Klangstabil ▒█░
░█▒ provided some vox on Consume Adapt Create). While Emese Arvai- ▒█░
░█▒ Illes' vocals do bring something wonderful and new to the table ▒█░
░█▒ (more on that later), it's apparent right from instrumental ▒█░
░█▒ opener ôAltitudeö that something about Mine is very different. ▒█░
░█▒ While the masterful sound design that is Myer's calling card is ▒█░
░█▒ on full display, it's the simple but aching and full-on ▒█░
░█▒ beautiful chord progression underlying the track which cinches ▒█░
░█▒ it. Almost like an underwater (or mile-high) version of Bowie ▒█░
░█▒ and Eno's instrumental collabs on the second side of Heroes, ▒█░
░█▒ ôAltitudeö presages just how much emotional punch Mine delivers ▒█░
░█▒ without uttering a word. ▒█░
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░█▒ The shimmering, gossamer feel of ôAltitudeöæs production is ▒█░
░█▒ carried forward, with certain tracks recalling other periods or ▒█░
░█▒ projects of Myer's, but with a new, almost ethereal sense of ▒█░
░█▒ reflection. ôFreaksö feels like it could have begun as one of ▒█░
░█▒ Cleen's tense and immediate club numbers, but has been given ▒█░
░█▒ enough time to both mellow and grow more complex, with various ▒█░
░█▒ leads and accents rising out of its soft but beat-forward ▒█░
░█▒ foundation, only to fade and yield to other permutations of the ▒█░
░█▒ same core structure. ôThe Sunö follows Consume Adapt Createæs ▒█░
░█▒ ôFor Youö quite closely, but again, flips some small internal ▒█░
░█▒ switches to make things feel less fraught, more solemn; less ▒█░
░█▒ reactionary, more contemplative. ▒█░
░█▒ ▒█░
░█▒ Mine also marks the emergence of whole new types of tunes within ▒█░
░█▒ both Architect and Myer's oeuvre, though there isn't a single ▒█░
░█▒ moment when Mine doesn't feel like a flowing, continuous whole. ▒█░
░█▒ The almost purely ambient ôBencqö (a reference to collaborator ▒█░
░█▒ Ben Lucas Boysen of Hecq) might feel like an incidental bridging ▒█░
░█▒ piece at first pass, but the subtleties of its warm, simple ▒█░
░█▒ spacey lead become more and more compelling after multiple ▒█░
░█▒ listens. ôSet My World On Fireö feels like a return to the heady ▒█░
░█▒ mid-oughts, when the word ôdubstepö conjured artists like Burial ▒█░
░█▒ and Pinch to mind instead of energy drinks. ▒█░
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░█▒ Before listening to Mine, one might be forgiven for thinking ▒█░
░█▒ that Myer's enlistment of Arvai-Illes of Black Nail Cabaret on ▒█░
░█▒ multiple tracks recalls his team-up with Victoria Lloyd (Claire ▒█░
░█▒ Voyant) for the HMB project, but these vocals and compositions ▒█░
░█▒ are of a completely different cast. Earthy yet commanding, ▒█░
░█▒ Arvai-Illes is alternately recalcitrant and smoldering, weaving ▒█░
░█▒ menacingly over slow-burners like ôCloserö, quietly flitting ▒█░
░█▒ through the minimal ôImmaterialö, and cautiously pointed on the ▒█░
░█▒ tweakier ôThe Mountain Topö. ▒█░
░█▒ ▒█░
░█▒ This collaboration undeniably reaches its peak with ▒█░
░█▒ ôHummingbirdö. As arresting as any song released this year, the ▒█░
░█▒ soft and simple opening instrumental conjures thoughts of ▒█░
░█▒ Haujobb's legendary pop ambient swerve ninetynine before Arvai- ▒█░
░█▒ Illes' otherworldly voice enters to jaw-dropping effect, the ▒█░
░█▒ whole of the song shuddering from pure emotional import. Framed ▒█░
░█▒ against the rise and fall of orchestral elements and an ▒█░
░█▒ alternatingly removed and vamped female voice, ôHummingbirdö is ▒█░
░█▒ climactic and explosive, the intimacy of a whisper projected ▒█░
░█▒ across an enormous canvas that stretched across vast distances. ▒█░
░█▒ It speaks volumes as the precursor to the intense reprise of ▒█░
░█▒ ôAltitudeö that features Comaduster's RΘal Cardinal on vocals ▒█░
░█▒ and sound design that closes the disc, the culmination of ▒█░
░█▒ everything Architect has been and is in this moment. ▒█░
░█▒ ▒█░
░█▒ It's worth noting that there are essentially two versions of ▒█░
░█▒ Mine, the CD released by Hymen and the double LP as released by ▒█░
░█▒ Artoffact. The latter version resequences a few songs and adds ▒█░
░█▒ an additional 3 numbers that effectively change the album, ▒█░
░█▒ adding a sprawling element that bridges the Architect of years ▒█░
░█▒ past more explicitly with today. ôGlazart (2010)ö is actually ▒█░
░█▒ key in that transition, leading off with crushed drums and ▒█░
░█▒ samples before opening into syncopated beats that wouldn't have ▒█░
░█▒ felt out of place on a previous Architect record, eventually ▒█░
░█▒ opening into an enormous orchestral build that slots perfectly ▒█░
░█▒ into the heart-on-sleeve nature of the album. Insofar as any ▒█░
░█▒ record can exist as the artist intends in the era of iTunes ▒█░
░█▒ shuffle and track by track downloads Mine is remarkably protean, ▒█░
░█▒ with either official release fulfilling the artist's remit. ▒█░
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░█▒ As we hope has been apparent over the course of this write-up, ▒█░
░█▒ it's the emotional punch of Mine which has made it the sort of ▒█░
░█▒ arresting listen which demands all of your attention from the ▒█░
░█▒ second it begins. Each of its elements û the sound design, ▒█░
░█▒ vocals, and stylistic choices û all operate in service of Mineæs ▒█░
░█▒ undeniable pull on the listener. That it so often accomplishes ▒█░
░█▒ that with such a light and deft hand, bringing the less-is-more ▒█░
░█▒ work of David Sylvian, Ryuichi Sakamoto, and Brian Eno to mind ▒█░
░█▒ just as readily as Myer's contemporaries in industrial or IDM ▒█░
░█▒ speaks to its range and (we hope) its potential to introduce ▒█░
░█▒ Myer's work to a wider audience right when it seems to be ▒█░
░█▒ experiencing a whole new surge in power and possibility. Mine is ▒█░
░█▒ a huge leap forward for one of electronic music's brightest ▒█░
░█▒ lights, and a strong contender for album of the year. Highest ▒█░
░█▒ recommendations. ▒█░
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▓█▓░ Dedication, Quality, Respect & LOVE for the music! ░▓█▓
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▓█▓░ & other established acts: We are sorry if you dont ░▓█▓
▓█▓░ understand the promotion we do, of your own work, ░▓█▓
▓█▓░ but if you make quality music, we are pretty sure ░▓█▓
▓█▓░ that a lot of people will spend their own money on ░▓█▓
▓█▓░ your art. Our intention isn't to spread for the ░▓█▓
▓█▓░ masses, but just to promote good music, so all we ░▓█▓
▓█▓░ can ask is an apologize for any misunderstanding!! ░▓█▓
▓█▓░ You People deserve all our respect and attention!! ░▓█▓
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███ FWYH : in Joint-Stereo forces ███
██▄ with Lame 3.98.4 ▄██
██ Alive since 2001 ██
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