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ALEPH 006EP
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Aera is back on his own Aleph Music imprint with three unique tracks. "Two Planets" is an exercise in outsider trance. A pulsating, polyrhythmic synth propels the track forward - the intricate 707 pattern keeping a steady pace - while background strings provide all the drama. Reminiscent of Aera's first releases on Aleph Music, "Black Glitz" floats on a cloud of dreamy pads and voices. "Maskull" is a rather ambiguous little tune. Somewhat rough around the edges, sparkling in the darkness of late nights, dwelling in voices and fog - this is the one for the heads.
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ALEPH 001LP
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Double LP version with download code.
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ALEPH 001CD
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Berlin-based producer Aera has been travelling off the beaten path ever since he first went on the road with his Aleph Music label back in 2010. With only five releases, he already laid out his very own musical topography in the borderlands in between house, UK bass and psychedelia. Aera is now excited to present his debut album, Offseason Traveller. It is a personal notebook of his voyage of discovery to the vast landscapes of Peru and Bolivia, fleeing Berlin in pursuit of new ideas, eyes and ears. Drawing upon influences as diverse as German Krautrock, Detroit machine funk, South American ethnic percussion and UK bass music, Offseason Traveller takes the listener on an exploration through the ever-active imagination of Aera. Album concepts are hard to shape with regards to electronic dance music, but Aera has sequenced his debut just right. From the opening off-beat ambience of "Kiss Off" and "Baby/Comet/Face," the joyful morning-glow of "Fever Beach" and the dusky, dubby "Cambio," we are taken to the swinging, jacking, 303-drenched peaks of "Leaving the Fiction" and "Chevere" towards the trotting Shaolin funk of "Die Pferden." The syncopated beatdown-ish funk of "Viejo Loco," the blippy space-opera of "Flipside of Time" and the industrial, Carpenter-esqe filmscore of "Tunguska" close the harder, more percussive mid-section of the album. To finish our voyage of discovery, "Iguazu Express" takes the listener into the closing straits with a spine-shaking, deep house groove while "By the Red Lake" berths us at our home port with sparkling keys, evocative vibrations and squelching waves of joy. Cut and mastered by CGB at Dubplates & Mastering.
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ALEPH 004EP
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Aleph presents three special reinterpretations of the label's first three EPs. Mano Le Tough remixes Area's "Flowers On Fire," taking the original's spaced-out vibes and putting them into a little more dancefloor-friendly context. Newcomer Wasted Gaze delivers an amazing version of "Port Hope" -- a powerful, two-step/garage-inspired beat sets the pace, while glowing pads, a super-deep bass and enigmatic vocals take care of the rest. Area aka M50 took care of this spaced-out take on "What's My Name Again." This one is for the heads.
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ALEPH 003EP
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"When an idea first comes to you, it has an intrinsic power. You have to try to remember the way you felt when the idea first came to you and to remain faithful to that." --David Lynch
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ALEPH 002EP
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"Daidalus" redefines some of the ideas already put forth on ALEPH 001EP: dance music is not a prison. "Hoverboarding" is more of a concept which could not be put into words than an actual piece of music. An experiment in infrasonic structures. "Port Hope" is not a place, it is a state of mind. "Week Of Fear" has no particular meaning -- just the ramblings of some castaway on his desert island, waiting for a ship to come.
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