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ARTiST....: gaiser
TiTLE.....: blank fade
LABEL.....: Minus
GENRE.....: electronic
SOURCE....: cdda
ENCODER...: i'm too lame to change the defaul
SiZE......: 84,10 MB
REL.DATE..: nov-06-2008
Catalognr.: n/a
Quality...: VBRkbps / 44,1kHz / joint
Url.......: n/a
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01] volve 04:15
02] face down 04:10
03] ground 03:42
04] ciliate with 05:29
05] whether or not 04:10
06] substance 04:53
07] comme, fade 06:27
08] leave it 05:43
09] trunkated 08:07
10] descending order 06:59
11] one after 06:30
12] outline 05:13
TOTAL TiME : 65:38 min
In a genre where artists often struggle for
identity, Jon Gaiser is one of those rare
producers whose sound is instantly recognisable.
The solo projects, collaborations and remixes he's
created over the course of his output on Minus,
all contain a very specific signature to the point
where his tracks come alive, communicating in a
language that speaks with the strangest, most
intoxicating of tongues.
His highly anticipated debut album, Blank Fade, is
no exception, and it sees him pushing the envelope
even further resulting in the most comprehensive
and impressive body of work he has accomplished so
far. Alongside this he has taken full advantage of
the vinyl, digital and CD formats on offer to not
only produce a collection of stunning individual
tracks but also to mix them together in a way that
typically reflects his live performance. The body
of the tracks remain the same but Gaiser works the
seamless transitions to the max by extending the
intros and outros to reproduce those magical live
moments when a third place momentarily slips into
view. In doing so he has created an experience
where the whole piece becomes greater than the sum
of the parts.
Blank Fade represents a mixture of tried and
tested ideas generated on the road (such as the
show-stopping first single Trunkated) and new
material written during Minus' 10 weeks of
silence. The main premise for the album is to
start in one place and end up in another without
realising and seeing how Gaiser's music works like
a soundtrack to some hidden nocturnal habitat,
full of weird and wonderful creatures that stalk
the darkness, it's not long before we're lost in
the forest of his imagination.
Eerie and atmospheric, Volve sets the scene
perfectly, drifting amid a wash of distant echoes
and ghostly EFX before a solitary kick drum
punctures the darkness. Face Down continues the
theme, gradually picking up the pace as the beats
begin alternating around a tight, metronomic
snare. A pulsing sub bass loop carries the groove
while abstract vocal cut-ups penetrate deep into
the subconscious. With a perfectly executed mix,
Ground effortlessly switches to a 4/4 kick pattern
as Gaiser slowly turns the screw, continuing the
unearthly vocal theme against a sparse backdrop of
crackling electricity and metallic drones.
Suddenly we're in classic territory as Ciliate
With lets fly with a trademark bass riff that's
soon joined by one of those memorable bleeping
call and response riffs that could only ever be
the work of Gaiser.
Whether Or Not maintains the tension with an
equally urgent bass line and a brutal snare that
powers head first into a swarm of warping synth
lines, before Substance B turns in a percussive
frenzy that's as devastating as it is intuitive
and will create absolute mayhem on the dance
floor. The CD overlap into Comma, Fade is as good
as they get, ushering in a more subliminal groove
driven by a funked up bass/organ riff and
cantering percussion, while Leave It dims the
lights once again with pitched down vocals and
distant, drifting sirens that add a hint of menace
to the mix.
This all sets things up perfectly for Trunkated -
a real powerhouse of a track, that's as complete
as anything you're likely to hear this year. Every
element is honed to perfection from the molten
bass to the irresistible percussion parts, from
the mischievous, dancing bleeps to the twisted
synth motif that seems to rip through the delicate
fabric of reality. Descending Order then goes into
freefall, releasing the pressure value as distant
melodies gently eat into your serotonin supply and
you lose yourself in the breakdown. One After
continues the theme utilising a sliding, bass
driven variation of the preceding melody as the
beats finally begin to thin out, allowing the
slow, ambient drift of Outline to smooth out the
fragmented memories of what has gone before and
draw things neatly to a close.
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