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▄▓▀▀ ▀████▓▄█▓▓▓███▓█▓▀▀▀ TEAM RNS PRESENTS ▄■ ▐█▄▓██
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▀ ▄▄ ▀█▄▀██▄▄████▌ARTIST: Headset ▐████▄███▀▄█▀ ▄▄
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█████▄ ▐█▌▐███▄ TITLE: Space Settings ▄███▌▐█▌ ▄█████
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▀█████▓▄▄▄█▐▓█████▌ LABEL: Scape Records ▐█████▓▌█▄▄▄▓█████▀
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▄▄▀▀ ▄██████▀ RIPPER: <..:*$u|LeN b0y*:..> ▀██████▄
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▀██▄ ▀█████▌ 0hr 42min total- 61.7mb ██████▀
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█▓ ▀▀██▄ ▀██▄ RELEASE DATE: 2004-05-03 ██▀
▀▓▄ ▐██▌ ▐██▓▄ RIP DATE: 2004-04-16 ▄██▌
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▀▀███████▀ track list ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
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▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ 01 Then Again 4:07 ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ 02 Back Before 3:40 ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ 03 Outward Sound 4:17 ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ 04 Grasping Claw (The Beginning) 2:17 ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ 05 Grasping Claw 4:07 ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ 06 Dunno 3:15 ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ 07 Jaw Modulation 6:01 ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ 08 Breath Contrails 4:40 ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ 09 Previously Smooth 4:57 ▀█████████
▀▀██▄ Sophistication ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ 10 Sound Of A Squint 4:40 ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
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▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ release notes ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄
▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ Three years ago Allen Avanessian, Plug ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ Research supremo and keen producer in ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ his own right, decided it was time to ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ bring his extended family a little ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ closer together: "I had always wanted ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ to work with different producers from ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ my label as well as producers and MCs I ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ respected from around the globe, to ▀█████████
▀▀██▄ create an album that would fit the ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ aesthetic of what we feel is a ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ progressive move for electronic music." ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
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▄ ▄███▄█████▀ This general idea - which had been brewing ▀█████▄
▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ in Allen's mind for quite some time ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ finally took shape when Stefan Betke ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ (~scape) asked him to contribute an ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ electronic Jazz track for his ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ Staedtizism compilation series ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ (staedtizism 2) , followed by the request ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄
▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ for an entire album. ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ In addition to running Plug Research, ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ Allen has been DJing since he was 12 and ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ producing since he was 17, while Jimmy ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ Tamborello, his prime collaborator on ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ Headset and a producer from the ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ equally tender age of 13, is ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ responsible for some very successful ▀█████████
▀▀██▄ electronic albums, including Dntel, ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ The Postal Service, and Figurine. ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
▐███▌▄█████▀ From this nucleus of Allen and Jimmy who ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▄ ▄███▄█████▀ produced most of the album Headset soon ▀█████▄
▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ expanded to a loose association of ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ illustrious contributors with ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ additional production by John Tejada ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ and Daedelus, while Thomas Fehlmann ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ (Orb, Ocean Club) added atmospheres to ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ "Sound of A Squint". Words to the beats ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄
▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ came from a number of local and distant ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ MCs - in the ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ true spirit of musical networking ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ Non-GENETIC of the Shadow Huntaz (featured ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ on Then Again & Back Before) not only ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ brought Metalogic and his cousin Rocmon ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ (who is also featured on "Then Again") ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ along to the recording, but also ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ introduced Headset to Lady Dragon, whose ▀█████████
▀▀██▄ rhymes over "Grasping Claw" in Japanese, ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ had such an impressive flow "that made ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ us all feel like we actually understand ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
▐███▌▄█████▀ the lyrics. To our surprise, she also ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▄ ▄███▄█████▀ decided to sing on 'Grasping Claw', adding ▀█████▄
▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ crisp lightness to the track." ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
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█████▌ ███▌ Local hero Subtitle, contributed his ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ atypical rhyming style on "Breath ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ Contrails", probably closest of all to ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ the West Coast sound, while Beans (Anti ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄
▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ Pop Consortium) got involved via a ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ long-distance exchange: when Allen sent ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ him a beat, he came up with "Jaw ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ Modulation", already destined to become a ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ timeless hip hop classic. Nevertheless, ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ the production duo's secret favourite ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ turned out to be "Breath Contrails", ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ originally written by and for Dntel, ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
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▀▀██▄ electronic/hip hop hybrid, slithering ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ through the entire track with its ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ breathless vocal acrobatics. ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
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▄ ▄███▄█████▀ Overall, "space settings" is constructed ▀█████▄
▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ from what it isn't: "This is not a hip ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ hop record, not an electronic record ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ and definitely not a jazz record, but ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ we're influenced by all of these and ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ love to create our own interpretations ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ of these genres. That's really what makes ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄
▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ making music so much fun for us. We were ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ listening to a lot of hip hop over the ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ years, and sometimes ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
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▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ bring a lot of new ideas and a fresh ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ approach to making music, so yes, this ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ record was influenced by people like ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ the Neptunes, Timbaland, Dr. Dre, Kanye ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ West, as well as producers on our label. ▀█████████
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