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Sandstones

by Insect O.

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Sandstones 06:26
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Volca Dub 06:19
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3.
Everlasting 09:07
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With “Sandstones” Insect O. presents a new 3 track vinyl release of his handcrafted dub techno sound. But there is always more to discover.

This release is also available on smokey marbled vinyl via Etui Records bandcamp shop.

For the opening track "Sandstones" he used field recordings that he took at the sandstone mountains of Saxony Switzerland National Park while hiking during the pandemic. Back in the studio he layered it on top of spicy chords, beautiful pads and a shuffling groove. But it is this melancholic organ that gives big emotions to the track.

The second track is named after a famous little bass synthesizer. Volca Dub was recorded 10 years ago. It was sitting on the hard drive, waiting for the perfect moment to get finished and released. The chords of the Korg Volca Bass are heavily modulated and tranched into swirling tape delays with a rumbling sub bass underneath. Just like dub should sound.

The final track Everlasting he recorded live in one take on his modular synthesizer. It starts with the rolling bassline by a Buchla inspired dual oscillator. A dreamy melody and melancholic chords are fading in. Filter pings are providing clicky drums while white noise from the Moog DFAM is playing a polyrhythmic snare. Pitch shifting echoes and a dreamy reverb are gluing the sounds together. It makes you remember the past and think about the future. Just like memories do.

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released January 26, 2024

all tracks written and produced by Oliver Hartmann
photo by Oliver Hartmann
artwork by Daniel Madlung
mastered by SALZ Mastering
vinyl master and cut by Schnittstelle
vinyl manufactured by Matter Of Fact

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Insect O. Dresden, Germany

Insect O. composes music for travelling between ambient, dub techno and deep techno techno. He creates musically memories about his journeys using analog synthesizers, sounds from his modular system, endless echoes and reverbs.

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