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GMNV 009EP
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Gabriel Cyr, AKA Teleseen, releases The Emotional Life Of Savages via French imprint Goldmin Music. African rhythms, Latin heat, and otherworldly electronics collide like neurons, processed through a New York state of mind. The sundowner glow of "Myrtle Avenue" with textured synth waves and wandering Parrish-esque keys acts as a precursor to the nocturnal adventure "Espelhos", which captures a similar essence to Black Science Orchestra's classic "Save Us (The Jam)", before the eastern-tinged, autotune-laden "Khalil". The album then intensifies further still on the percussion-heavy, big-bottomed cosmic throb of "Jaguar", whilst the Brazilian flavored "Temporada De Seca" ends the set.
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PERCEPTS 009EP
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"On the new four-song EP Mandrake, Cyr mixes influences from Latin, Arabic and African music, alongside elements of house, ragga, electro-dub, along with the more experimental atmospheres of his previous work. The new EP is surprisingly diverse in spite of its short runtime; the title track twists the horn melodies of Morgan Price from Ikekebe Shakedown around a sweaty, stacked up-tempo rhythm that recalls both the locked-in rhythms of New York disco and freestyle with the looser elements of Ethio-jazz and afrobeat. 'The Real Enemy' delves deep into dub darkness, floating cut-up female vocals against at skittering 150-bpm drum machine pattern that finds its inspiration equally from darbouka drumming as from jungle and break-core. The B-side heads in a more dancefloor-friendly direction with 'The Goldest Coast' opening up a truncated four-to-the-floor groove to interference from riotous percussion elements alongside a chorus of birds recorded deep in a rainforest on the Caribbean island of Tobago. The closing track is a rough raga riddim at its core; the calls of bullfrogs rub shoulders with electronic percussion elements, draped with talk box wails." Includes insert and postcard, numbered edition of 500.
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