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ARTIST.....: Space Dimension Controller
TITLE......: Love Beyond the Intersect
LABEL......: R&S Records
GENRE......: Electronic
RIP DATE...: 2019-11-14
RETAIL DATE: 2019-11-15
RUNTIME....: 54:54
TRACKS.....: 11
SIZE.......: 127.1MB
QUALITY....: 320kbps 44.1kHz
CODEC......: MP3 (MPEG-2 Audio Layer III)
ENCODER....: LAME
URL........: https://play.google.com/store/music/album?id=Bcjh3wk5tkcjpxvaepvy7g6lxba
Tracklist:
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01. Burnout (Dawn) 02:01
02. PVLN 05:13
03. Voices Lost to Empty Space 05:34
04. Alone in an Unknown Sector 06:30
05. Intersect Encounter 03:20
06. Early Steps 03:34
07. Gifted Sentience 05:20
08. Slowtime in Reflection 06:07
09. The Cost of Clarity 05:29
10. Sundown on Memory Point 06:56
11. Love Beyond the Intersect 04:50
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In early 2008, age 18, Space Dimension Controller (R&S, Clone,
Royal Oak) made his first album in his bedroom in Belfast, now
set for a release on 27th May 2016 via Ninja Tune.Crunchy,
tattered and enjoyably odd - "Orange Melamine" is a lovingly
produced and deeply personal album that laces supernatural sounds
and translucent synths with a sense of overflowing harmony.
Washed in reverb and draped in hiss, the album draws influence
from the old VHS tapes handed down to Space Dimension Controller
from his older brother and cousins, as well as artists like
Boards of Canada, Brian Eno and William Basinski. The album is
also steeped in audio and visual references from 80's and 90's
sci-fi films and animations; from The Guyver, Short Circuit, The
Gobots, and Ghostbusters through to The Fifth Element, Escape
from New York and Power Rangers. The recording process involved
Space Dimension Controller (real name Jack Hamill) using a batch
of unopened pyral cassette tapes from the 70's, some of which
were so old they had degraded, he claims: "A lot of the drum
sounds were created from scratch in some granular programs and
putting them onto the tapes really changed the sound of them.
Every track in each track was recorded separately onto one of
these tapes at double speed and 200% pitch then the tape was
recorded back into the DAW at half speed. Looking back at it now,
I can't believe how patient I was when making this album, it
really took a long time." The use of these tapes creates a rough
prettiness and incessant buzz beneath the stuttering beats and
glitch-heavy techno effects. On tracks like "The Bad People" and
"West G Cafetaria" Hamill, like the best producers of his ilk,
has made something just short of pop music without compromising
the album's essential strange qualities. The title refers to
Hamill's memories of living with his grandparents when he was
younger; the orange comes from the 80s style tiling in their
kitchen, and the melamine from the snake enclosures his
grandfather helped build for him. About the album he explained
that: "it definitely means a lot to me as it really shows a very
specific time in my production and life. I feel very nostalgic
thinking about the period when I was making it all."On "Orange
Melamine" Hamill skilfully displays his early ability to make
electronic tracks there are intricate and futuristic but also
imbued with personality. Original without being difficult,
enjoyable while being distinctive; that 'Orange Melamine'
triumphs without compromise is testament to a distinctively
creative artist.