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▀▀██████▀ Artist──: Rival Consoles
░ ▄ ▓█████▀ Title───: The Decadent EP
██ █████▀ Label───: Erased Tapes Records
▒██ █████ Genre───: Electronic
▒▓██ ███▓ Str.date: promo.only.2007
▓████ ▓██▒ Rip.date: 02.11.2008
▒████ ▀█ Source──: CDDA
▓████▄ █▄ Encoder─: LAME
▒ ▓████▄ █ Ripper──: Team ZzZz
▒██████▄ Quality─: avgkbps / 44,1kHz / Joint-Stereo
▓██████▄ Tracks──: 07
▄▄█████████▀ Size────: 29,8 MB
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█▓ 01. Juncture 02:48
█▓ 02. Seventeen 03:38
█▓ 03. Kitsch 03:42
█▓ 04. Vari 03:46
█▓ 05. The Decadent 02:49
█▓ 06. Acid 03:42
█▓ 07. Sunday (digital bonus track) 04:35
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▒▓██▓ Rival Consoles is the project of twenty-one year old ░█▓▒
▒▓██▓ Leicester-based Ryan Lee West. Although this is his ░█▓▒
▒▓██▓ first outing as Rival Consoles, West has previously ░█▓▒
▒▓██▓ released an EP, already on Erased Tapes, in early ░█▓▒
▒▓██▓ 2007 under his Aparatec moniker. Claiming influences ░█▓▒
▒▓██▓ stretching from Debussy to Autechre, it is no sur- ░█▓▒
▒▓██▓ prise to find the Decadent EP combining orchestral ░█▓▒
▒▓██▓ and electronic textures into tight & angular pieces. ░█▓▒
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▒▓██▓ With The Decadent EP, West takes the listener on a ░█▓▒
▒▓██▓ journey ranging from the twisted electro of Seventeen ░█▓▒
▒▓██▓ and the elegant orchestral swathes of Juncture to the ░█▓▒
▒▓██▓ incendiary rush of Kitsch, the warm synthetic waves ░█▓▒
▒▓██▓ of The Decadent and the soothing tones of Vari. ░█▓▒
▒▓██▓ West's music may find its roots in the work of Aphex ░█▓▒
▒▓██▓ Twin, Autechre and Squarepusher, but this EP has ░█▓▒
▒▓██▓ undeniable personality and benefits from an oblique ░█▓▒
▒▓██▓ approach which allows him to steer it away from con- ░█▓▒
▒▓██▓ ventional contemporary electronic records and into ░█▓▒
▒▓██▓ much more chaotic and unpredictable ground. Despite ░█▓▒
▒▓██▓ often displaying harsh soundscapes and beat struc- ░█▓▒
▒▓██▓ tures, the compositions are surprisingly melodic and ░█▓▒
▒▓██▓ accessible. ░█▓▒
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▒▓██▓ Juncture opens the proceedings with gentle waves of ░█▓▒
▒▓██▓ synthetic strings which convolute into a sumptuous ░█▓▒
▒▓██▓ backdrop over which a melody progressively takes ░█▓▒
▒▓██▓ shape. Later on, Kitsch appears to kick off on ░█▓▒
▒▓██▓ similar ground, but the orchestral section is ░█▓▒
▒▓██▓ reinforced by a high octane syncopated beat formation ░█▓▒
▒▓██▓ and acid squelches, giving the piece a much harsher ░█▓▒
▒▓██▓ oppressive form. Seventeen, The Decadent and Acid ░█▓▒
▒▓██▓ demonstrate a more purely electronic lineage. While ░█▓▒
▒▓██▓ the former, with its gritty bass and pulsating ░█▓▒
▒▓██▓ melody, wouldn't sound out of place on an early Aphex ░█▓▒
▒▓██▓ release, the title track is a much more playful piece ░█▓▒
▒▓██▓ of bouncy electro which recalls leftfield Detroit ░█▓▒
▒▓██▓ techno at its most creative. Acid, which concludes ░█▓▒
▒▓██▓ the EP, does very much what its title suggests. ░█▓▒
▒▓██▓ Nervous and irritable, the piece is however tempered ░█▓▒
▒▓██▓ by a much calmer melodic background. ░█▓▒
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▒▓██▓ In contrast, Vari reveals a much more atmospheric and ░█▓▒
▒▓██▓ introvert side. The focus is here much more centered ░█▓▒
▒▓██▓ on textures and ambience, even as the beat kicks in. ░█▓▒
▒▓██▓ West makes once again good use of orchestral tones ░█▓▒
▒▓██▓ but pushes them a bit deeper within the mix as to ░█▓▒
▒▓██▓ soften the contours of his composition. The vinyl ░█▓▒
▒▓██▓ comes with a unique code that gives access to the ░█▓▒
▒▓██▓ whole EP in digital format, downloadable from the ░█▓▒
▒▓██▓ Erased Tapes website, including the bonus track ░█▓▒
▒▓██▓ Sunday, which takes on an altogether different path. ░█▓▒
▒▓██▓ It is here that West's classical influences are most ░█▓▒
▒▓██▓ obvious. Entirely played on piano, the piece appears ░█▓▒
▒▓██▓ to leave behind the tormented electro that precedes ░█▓▒
▒▓██▓ it in favour of a much more mournful ambience. ░█▓▒
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▒▓██▓ Dense and feverish, The Decadent EP is a very pro- ░█▓▒
▒▓██▓ mising first released from West as Rival Consoles. ░█▓▒
▒▓██▓ Ryan Lee West crafts here a splendid example of ░█▓▒
▒▓██▓ modern electronic music at its most interesting and ░█▓▒
▒▓██▓ yet, he manages to keep his work accessible and ░█▓▒
▒▓██▓ enjoyable. On the strength of this, Rival Consoles is ░█▓▒
▒▓██▓ definitely an act to watch in 2008. A very impressive ░█▓▒
▒▓██▓ release. ░█▓▒
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▒▓██▓ worldsof strings and chaos. Really quite fantastic. ░█▓▒
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