Song For Alpha [PHLP09]

by Daniel Avery

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Floestait The album title is quite accurate - this is literally flow state music. Like a spiritual successor to Aphex Twin's Selected Ambient Works. Favorite track: Projector.

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1.	First Light 01:38	info	buy track
2.	Stereo L 05:39	info	buy track
3.	Projector 05:14	info	buy track
4.	TBW17 01:09	info	buy track
5.	Sensation 07:33	info	buy track
6.	Citizen // Nowhere 03:37	info	buy track
7.	Clear 05:33	info	buy track
8.	Diminuendo 07:00	info	buy track
9.	Days From Now 02:45	info	buy track
10.	Embers 01:55	info	buy track
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14.	Quick Eternity 08:35	info	buy track

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Five years after his critically acclaimed debut Drone Logic, London-based producer Daniel Avery has announced the release of his highly anticipated second album Song For Alpha, out now via Phantasy.

In the years since his debut, Avery has helmed a DJ-Kicks mix CD, resided over a monthly radio show for NTS Live, curated an extensive remix compilation and collaborated on a series of side-projects including a recent release with Nine Inch Nails synth specialist Alessandro Cortini; he has toured relentlessly, cementing a reputation as one of the defining techno DJs of the decade. He has also worked studiously on what he wanted to say next as a producer.

Song For Alpha is Avery’s exploration of the space in which home listening and club music intersect, in no small part inspired by his transient life spent between nightclubs, flights, the passenger seats of cars and hotel rooms. He confirms, “Drone Logic’s spiritual home was the dancefloor. This record’s is definitely the road. Those late nights and hazy mornings, finding inspiration beyond the fog.”

With newfound energy and time to develop, Avery’s sonic vocabulary has expanded. Here, the booming sound of the big room is brilliantly countered by the music of the small hours. Where celestial ambient lullabies ‘First Light’ and ‘Days From Now’ sit perfectly next to the mesmeric techno assault of ‘Diminuendo’ and ‘Sensation’; where both ‘Projector’ and ‘Clear’ evoke early rave records, only ones engulfed by waves of beautiful cyclonic distortion. Much like his recent excursions with Cortini, Song For Alpha sees Avery take his signature psychedelic-electronic sound to new dimensions, a sound that plays to the head as much as the body.

“I’ve become increasingly interested in those moments in a club when the outside world becomes little more than an inconsequential thought at the back of your head. Eyes closed as opposed to hands in the air. A light emerging from the darkness - this is the idea I repeatedly returned to in the studio. The more time you spend with it the deeper you fall. Close your eyes, press repeat.”

Tracklist:

First Light
Stereo L
Projector
TBW17
Sensation
Citizen / Nowhere
Clear
Diminuendo
Days From Now
Embers
Slow Fade
Glitter
Endnote
Quick Eternity

Artwork by Matt & Dan.

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released April 6, 2018

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Daniel Avery London, UK

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Apr 30

Pickle Factory

London, UK
May 13

Ramsgate Music Hall

Ramsgate, UK
May 27

Brockwell Park

Herne Hill, UK
Aug 04

Curraghmore House & Gardens

Portlaw, Ireland
Aug 11

Golden Gate Park

San Francisco, CA
Aug 25

Royal Highland Showgrounds

Newbridge, UK
Sep 04

DC10

Ibiza, Spain

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