Artist ...... : Fairmont
Title ....... : 3 Cities EP
Genre ....... : Techno
Label ....... : Traum Schallplatten
Catnr ....... : TRAUMV130
Source ...... : WEB
Quality ..... : 320kbps avg / 44.1KHz / Joint Stereo
Duration .... : 00:41:49 (95.8MB)
Ripdate ..... : 06-10-2010
Store ....... : http://junodownload.com
Tracklist ... :
1. 3 Cities 6:16
2. Supercluster 5:09
3. They Live In The Moon 6:47
4. Mercury 2:46
5. 3 Cities (Ricardo Tobar Remix) 6:03
6. They Live In The Moon (Max Cooper Remix) 7:45
7. 3 Cities (Thermal Bear Remix) 7:03
Release Notes :
Welcome back Fairmont. Born in the precious year of punk rock 1977, the Toronto
based artist has always clung with his heart to the likes of The Stooges, T.
Rex, Spacemen 3 and so for us it is no surprise that Jake makes a tight
connection here also with his alias Fairmont. Fairmont is considered the
semi-famous "soft" side project of producer Jake Fairley which has become more
and more famous over the years. Originally the Fairmont project was initiated
with Jacob Fairley together with Traum resulting in two 12"s (Mansfield and
Palace Pier EP) and a full length album called "Paper Stars" in 2001. Fairmont
later released two 12"s and an album on Border Community in 2007/2008. So Traum
is happy to see Fairmont's comeback with 4 brand new unreleased tracks.The title
"3 Cities" refers to his life as a techno troubadour, constantly moving from one
city to the next, composing and performing in different environments. All three
songs were composed in Amsterdam, Berlin and Toronto. The EP starts with the
title track "3 Cities". A sonic track. Opening with an appegiator sequence, the
track changes very much in following minutes. A true psychedelic and amazing
track unfolds here in which the climax is step by step generated leading to
indistinguishable inflammable vocals by Jacob Fairley himself. A wall of sound,
dissonant sounds clashing, imploding energy, the track reveals a cosmic and
dreamlike state. For everyone knowing Fairmont this track certainly is very
different to anything he has done in the past on any other label. With the
second track "Supercluster" a dramatic and mighty electro epic is put into gear.
Shaping distorted and intensive correlating sounds, this track is a
rollercoaster of an emotional trip. This puts him next to Ricardo Tobar, who has
released similar music on Traum and certainly on Broder Community. We cannot
imagine that there is another track out these days like "They Live In The Moon"
written by a techno producer who manages to recaptures the spirit of the 60ies
psychedelica. Somehow nostalgic when Jake sings then almost techno when the
sequence takes over... this is a unique blend of the present electronic music
and the past. "Mercury" could be have written by Terry Riley or other musicians
who were labelled minimalist in the 70ies. Again Jake shows a great insight of
electronic music and makes this EP a gripping journey.