AUDION Alpha 2LP
OPAKOWANIE: GATEFOLD
"Techno that tumbles towards ecstasy, courtesy of Matthew Dear." - Pitchfork on Audion's 'Suckfish' 2005
Matthew Dear’s Audion project stands proudly at the intersection between art and hedonism, realised over a decade long dedication to powerful and relevant dance music. Growing out of the vibrant DIY Detroit underground, Audion and his contemporaries were free to feed o the energy reverberating from UK and European dance oors, but singular in their desire to create their own sound and spirit. An Audion release is techno in it’s purest sense - whether it’s pushing the bombastic limits, spinning the dance oor out of control or elegantly toying with just a few sonic elements.
‘Alpha’ is Audion’s first artist album in 10 years and comes at the end of a period of fevered activity. The collective body of work standing as a marker in time and a de ning moment in the life of the artist. Drowning out the noise of the outside world, ‘Alpha’ was a puzzle pieced together sonically in the shadows and wildly brought to life in a matter of weeks. The artwork for ‘Alpha’ has again been realized by Will Calcutt, Dear’s long time collaborator, who has a visual plan for the music that matches the sonic vision, completing the nal critical piece of the puzzle.
1 Dem 3:39
2 There Was A Button 5:34
3 Gut Man Cometh 5:36
4 Traanc 4:34
5 Celestial Antibody 0:58
6 Destroyer 5:57
7 Suppa 5:15
8 Napkin 5:10
9 Bob The Builder 1:49
10 Sucker 5:11
11 Timewarp 5:27
12 Zunk Synth 4:19
13 Sicko 4:58
