ASC - Certainties EP [AUXILIARY 002]

ASC - Certainties EP - AUXILIARY 002



AUX002 - ASC - Certainties EP

SIDE A
1 - Reality Check
2 - Spectrum

SIDE B
1 - Metronomic
2 - Autoreceptor


Following up from the ground breaking genre-defying first 12”, in this second release from Auxiliary, ASC offers up four tracks hand-picked from a selection crafted during the development of his Nothing Is Certain LP on NonPlus+. Four tracks which couldn’t be included on the album due to space constraints find a perfect home on Auxiliary as part of the aptly titled Certainties EP.

• Up first we have Reality Check, immediately showing an impressive hand of skillfully constructed loops, interjected with metallic stabs over a constant, numbing bass. Developing atmospheres is one of ASC’s key strengths and this track does not disappoint, with a sound that effortlessly evokes the more melancholic brand of sci-fi movie. “Everything around me became suddenly unreal” we hear a voice say; fitting for such an engulfing piece of music.

• Spectrum provides an alternative feel with a less intense, more electro-inspired motif which handles the trademark minimal Autonomic sound so confidently that ASC virtually ignores the need for that “beat” we might usually expect to hear. Kicks, hats and FX constantly overlap each other, quietly providing an immaculate structure you won’t even notice unfolding.

• Blips and pops take center stage on Metronomic, a remarkably unique composition chock-full of videogame-style snippets and noises which on their own may have appeared unusable to most but in ASC’s hands somehow come across strikingly well in the mix, ebbing and flowing at an appropriately mechanical pace.

• Finally, Autoreceptor delves back into that classic atmospheric, Blade Runner-esque sound-set ASC’s listeners keep coming back for. A succession of earthy kick drums from the outset somehow resist the temptation to take over proceedings and instead lead us on a calming journey punctuated by thoughtful strings and synths, with a sparsely-used vocal sample to die for. Stunning.


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Audio for all for tracks is on the Auxiliary Soundcloud: http://soundcloud.com/auxiliarylabel


*** AUX002 - ASC - CERTAINTIES EP - OUT NOV 8TH ON 12" VINYL & MP3! ***

(weshalb erscheint sowas eigentlich immer dann, wenn eigentlich kein Geld für Platten übrig ist?)

METRONOMIC



Abgesehen davon, dass der Tune wirklich mit Abstand am meisten weghaut, die EP is completement dans le sac!

Metronomic geht mir auch am besten rein. Dance!

Reality Check gefällt mir auch sehr gut - klingt ein wenig wie Architex remixed by Blu Mar Ten - nur eben noch stimmiger.

BWAAHH Reality Check!! das klingt schon vorm drop so fett, dass man gar nicht erwartet, dass da noch was kommt! :slayer2:

find ich im gesamten eher schwach, muss ich gestehen