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released April 13, 2017

Extended hypnotic explorations from Brooklyn’s experimentalist Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe (Lichens, OM). Two long-side pieces of futuristic afro-dub, slowly evolving arrangements of voice and modular synthesizer soundscapes. Ethereal and melancholic on the first side with Magnamite, exhibiting « the relationship of machine and human, showcasing the coupling of the two instruments ». Drifting and wildly pulsating on Heart of Sogguth that « transforms this relationship into a unified human machine wherein the voice becomes the rhythm - all become one instrument.»



« Mind-bending minimalist rhythm trips from Brooklyn’s Robert Lowe, coiling up on the Paris-based Latency Recordings in the wake of sublime excursions for Type and DDS and alongside Jóhann Jóhannsson, Adult and Ariel Kalma in recent years.

A deeply intoxicating session unfurls in both parts, pursuing the patiently nuanced logic of his prior releases into the beautifully melancholic, elliptical downstroke of Magnatite on the A-side, and what sounds like a blunted Villalobos lost in a mazy nitrous fantasy on the marvellous Heart Of Sogguth.

Coaxing waves of drip-off dissonant tang into an alternately acrid, aqueous flow with the meter of a water clock in orbit or a deep sea hydrothermal vent spewing pure minerals under unfathomable pressure, Magnetite beautifully owns our attention on the A-side and is primed to send post-party sessions or stone circle meditations into the absolute lushest freefall regression to primal states. 

The B-side’s upstepping vectors therefore give a (perhaps necessary) second wind, picking up the pace to a 111bpm bump soaked in spring reverb and riddled with hiccuping voices that appear to originate in or at least resonate in the listener’s own trachea with a potent tang whilst the groove quietly knots us in sensually elastic loops.

They’re blinders, both of ‘em. »

Boomkat



Composed and produced by Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe
Magnamite recorded by Emmanuel de Barros during artist residency at Grim, Marseille 2014
Mastered at Dubplates & Mastering in Berlin
Distributed by Honest Jon's in London
Front cover : Misha Hollenbach, back : Hugo Blanzat

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Latency Paris, France

Latency is an independent record label established in 2013 in Paris. It explores a vast musical spectrum in dialogue with art and performance.

The label's distinctive visual aesthetic is reflected in their collaboration with contemporary artists for cover art, including Louise Lawler, Jill Mulleady, Samia Halaby, and Slavs & Tatars.
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