Oliver Coates - Upstepping
| Artist: | Oliver Coates |
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| Genres: | Electroacoustic, Electronic Modern Classical, Progressive Electronic, Techno, UK Garage |
| Released: | 2016 |
| Type: | Album |
| Label: | PRAH |
| Link: | Bandcamp |
Fuelled by caffeine, nervous energy and early Orbital and Photek, ‘Upstepping’ is an album of newclassical electronic experimentalism where Coates pushes the boundaries of what a cello is capable of. As Coates explains, “About 95 per cent of the sounds are derived from recording the cello and processing it digitally. A hi-hat equivalent is often a distorted, compressed and heavily EQ’d horsehair-on-steel stroke. All the melodic pitched sounds, even the ones that feel like keys, are samples...
of the tail of a cello harmonic. For example, ‘Perfect Love’ is a study in grey, concealing the source – it’s 100 per cent made from different types of cello attack.”
The result is an astonishing record rich in the sonic and rhythmic palette of dance and electronic music - with hints of early rave, garage and the sounds of 1980s London pirate radios – and one which re-defines the possibilities of classical instrumentation.
released May 13, 2016
of the tail of a cello harmonic. For example, ‘Perfect Love’ is a study in grey, concealing the source – it’s 100 per cent made from different types of cello attack.”
The result is an astonishing record rich in the sonic and rhythmic palette of dance and electronic music - with hints of early rave, garage and the sounds of 1980s London pirate radios – and one which re-defines the possibilities of classical instrumentation.
released May 13, 2016
Editions:
2016
Original Release
PRAH
| PRAH 006
| CD/Digital/Vinyl
| 01. | Innocent Love | (7:20) | |
| 02. | Timelapse (Walrus) | (7:40) | |
| 03. | Bambi 2046 | (5:16) | |
| 04. | Perfect Love | (6:53) | |
| 05. | Memorial to Hitchens | (2:54) | |
| 06. | The Irish Book of Death & Flying Ships | (2:56) | |
| 07. | Stash | (8:18) | |
| 08. | Rise & Fall | (3:42) |