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A new addition to the label's extended family, Tracey arrives on Dial with his debut LP, Biostar. Following previous releases on Aus Music, Voyage Direct, and Intergraded, Biostar pushes the technical and emotional craft of this vital young producer in exciting new directions, submerging listeners in thirteen tracks of sublime electro, ambient experimentation, and warm, tonal techno. Based in the Netherlands, Tracey's music is undoubtedly indebted to a legacy of emotive electronic music, the sort whose stark futurist vision cannot be equaled. Instead he strives and succeeds to create something personal and charismatic from a perhaps familiar palette of sounds. Somewhere between experimentation and understated songwriting, Biostar is a worthy edition to Dial's legacy of unique, artist-led albums. In the tradition of established Dial artists such as Lawrence, Roman Flügel, and Efdemin, Tracey's immediately apparent strength is an almost supernatural ability to conjure affecting and memorable melodies with minimalist intent, often just utilizing the raw textures of his machines. From album-opener "THRRVL", Tracey tracks the initially gentle undulations of his studio seemingly waking to life, plotting a neat melodic shuffle on "TRR" and then, by, "CCLRT", something dense, trippy and yearning. From here on in, Biostar plots an intriguing course through hypnotic, clockwork crunch ("THWRD"), to Drexciyan submersion ("HDRCSTCS") and rhythmic experimentation on "PHTCPHRK". Some of the more affecting moments on Biostar emerge from its more obtuse sections; "DTFNK" deciphers a surprisingly catchy melody among waves of scrambled signals, while the initially skittish "DRMRBT" blossoms into an electro lullaby at 126bpm. By the arrival of wistful closing track "CLSTLBNG", listeners are likely to emerge content from the deepest exploration yet of Tracey's unique analog ecosystem.
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A new addition to the label's extended family, Tracey arrives on Dial with his debut LP, Biostar. Following previous releases on Aus Music, Voyage Direct, and Intergraded, Biostar pushes the technical and emotional craft of this vital young producer in exciting new directions, submerging listeners in thirteen tracks of sublime electro, ambient experimentation, and warm, tonal techno. Based in the Netherlands, Tracey's music is undoubtedly indebted to a legacy of emotive electronic music, the sort whose stark futurist vision cannot be equaled. Instead he strives and succeeds to create something personal and charismatic from a perhaps familiar palette of sounds. Somewhere between experimentation and understated songwriting, Biostar is a worthy edition to Dial's legacy of unique, artist-led albums. In the tradition of established Dial artists such as Lawrence, Roman Flügel, and Efdemin, Tracey's immediately apparent strength is an almost supernatural ability to conjure affecting and memorable melodies with minimalist intent, often just utilizing the raw textures of his machines. From album-opener "THRRVL", Tracey tracks the initially gentle undulations of his studio seemingly waking to life, plotting a neat melodic shuffle on "TRR" and then, by, "CCLRT", something dense, trippy and yearning. From here on in, Biostar plots an intriguing course through hypnotic, clockwork crunch ("THWRD"), to Drexciyan submersion ("HDRCSTCS") and rhythmic experimentation on "PHTCPHRK". Some of the more affecting moments on Biostar emerge from its more obtuse sections; "DTFNK" deciphers a surprisingly catchy melody among waves of scrambled signals, while the initially skittish "DRMRBT" blossoms into an electro lullaby at 126bpm. By the arrival of wistful closing track "CLSTLBNG", listeners are likely to emerge content from the deepest exploration yet of Tracey's unique analog ecosystem.
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AUS 137EP
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Tom Ruij aka Tracey's palette of influences is wide and far-reaching, from the far-sighted futurism of Detroit and the deep space pulse of electro, to left-of-center electronic experimentalism and the alien world of British and European IDM, all of which are showcased on Metamorphosis.
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For the third release on Intergraded, the label welcomes Tracey. Having cut his teeth as a DJ and producer in Amsterdam over the last 15 years his sound has developed into something both classic and futuristic. Across the Outcome EP he follows on from his two excellent EPs on Voyage Direct, with four tracks that traverse from electro, sci-fi soundscapes, and trippy club rhythms that fit perfectly into the sound of the label.
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