BT - Indivisim
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- Опубліковано 21 жов 2024
- Get it here: bt.choons.at/_
“Prophet”, “visionary”; “maven”, “auteur”: when it comes to descriptions of the renowned, Brian Transeau’s likely heard them all. Engineer of ‘IMA’, ‘ESCM’, ‘Movement In Still Life’ and others - his discography is lined with albums that qualify amongst electronic music’s most seminal. Now, in a continuance of his more experimental/theoretical releases, BT has crafted a spiritual successor to works like 2006’s ‘This Binary Universe’ and 'If The Stars Were Eternal' (2012).
‘Dash’? ‘Underscore’? ‘X’? ‘The Album With No Name’?! Right now, there’s no right or wrong way to articulate the title of _. It’s open to interpretation. Yours to reference, entirely as you will. When the future comes, consensus shall decide. Right now, all open source.Filmic, thematic, dramatic? You’d expect nothing less from this release. Asymmetric, anti-algorhythmic and, by design, hard to predict? Likewise, without a doubt. With a trace of Future Sound of London and an evident edge of John Cage, it’s assembled, classically, into 6 tracks, bridged by 3 Movements. It’s also a musical composition in the truest sense of the expression.
Linking the album’s tracks are its 'Artifacture', 'Indivism' & 'Ω' Movements; BT’s modernist take on the classical composition structure. Sonically, each is a minor work of art in itself. Collectively however they make up a 25 section sequence of (as BT defines them) “inter-compositional-themes”), creating 45 minutes of constantly flowing, ever-developing tonality. Every section/Movement - some as short as a minute - is represented by an Italian language subtitle. 'Artifracture’s middle section bridge for example is made up of ‘La Vita Sotto il Mare’ and ‘Niente di Tutto Qualcosa’ (or ‘Life Under the Sea’ and ‘Nothing, Everything, Something’). Using wordplay, metaphor and nuance, when translated, each one subtly relates to what’s occurring musically within the composition.
BT’s album is, as ever, impelled as much by advancements in technology & technique, as it is mood, emotion & inclination. Alongside its more discernible breakthroughs, are far less perceptible and more complex ones. Deep within its cortex, innovative techniques and (per BT) “insane” amounts of new sound design modalities come in to play - all atomically micro-crafting its extraordinary universe.
Working alongside the music are the album’s visual components. The 9 pieces are completed by companion videos, each shot by BT himself. Each, in someway, either inspires the location of the video, or its location has inspired the music. End-to-end, they form a featurette, which - with each passing minute, draws you further and further into the album’s AV relationship.
Location, itself, plays a substantial part in the culture of the album too. It was recorded in places as close (relatively) as Maine & Maryland and as far apart as Iceland, China, Poland, Bora Bora and Australia. The composition of 'Artifracture’ alone, took place in studios located in countries on all 7 continents. The title’s connotations are occasionally as apparent as ‘Found In Translation’ and ‘Tokyo’ (both recorded primarily in Japan). More often though their associations are more suggestive and undertone-like in nature - there for the listener to absorb after looped plays. Likely you’ll be Googling ‘The Code Of Hammurabi’ before so very long.This is an album that works on two significantly different levels. The first, as a dazzlingly, thrilling end-to-end sound-array / feat of technological accomplishment. The other, as a multimedia enigma - an armchair Easter egg hunt, or sonic crossword, where each listen brings new levels of interpretation, enjoyment and appreciation. Whichever way you choose to absorb it, one thing’s for certain: BT - that arch guardian of the avant-garde, has delivered again.
01 Tokyo
02 The Code Of Hammurabi
03 Lustral
04 Found In Translation
05 nArtifracture
06 Indivisim
07 Ω
08 Chromatophore
09 Five Hundred and Eighty Two
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The technical skill portrayed on the first half of this track is astounding. No wonder he was nominated for a Grammy. Should've won, IMO.
Brian is a modern day Mozart. I feel lucky to have had the privilege to listen to his art.
Hope you mean Brian Trifon, the guy who ghost wrote most of Transeau's discography.
@@made.online2149literally no. He's a former employee who worked on some of BT's earlier albums. Hiring a producer to make additional sound design is not ghost writing.
BT is on another whole level in terms of artistry, compositional genius, and mastery of his medium as far as electronic music goes. I've listened to a LOT of electronic music, and BT and Shpongle are leagues above all the rest.
Shpongle lol ... the self imposed gatekeeper of Psy ... a few cool sound designs in Shpongle, but I gotta say I think the music sux real bad lol & I know most DMT smokers are so sick of Shpongle & Joe Rogan's gross attempt to co-op the association
Another classic from BT. Sheer creative genius.
Hugh Fraser We can’t disagree with you on this one 💯
This song feels so cyberpunk to me. The beat half of the song builds up a futuristic, rainy city full of holograms in my head. Your walking alone through a neon dystopia, holding yourself together amid all its intricacy and chaos. But then it's like the city fades into the distance, and you remember what it was like when the sky was clear. When you were free. And that memory is your last, before all fades into blissful black.
Cutting edge, but not too blatant in its avant-garde approach! Humanistic design at molecular level. And from the bottom of our hearts, we salute BT.
This is a Contemporary Opera of Electronic music.......this is pure Art ! incredible
Years ago Brian once commented that he was a "seeker", and at the time I just chalked it up to California Pretty Boy PR. I'm so glad he proved me wrong, and turned out to be exactly what he said he was. Thanks for always delighting and surprising me.
It feels so good being in the future.
This is my benchmark track for comparing headphones, the engineering is outstanding. Want to blow someone's mind? THIS + open planars and a decent DAC/amp.
Unbelievable. Breathtaking. Comforting... Sonically it's wherever BT's imagination leads us. It simply... it just, IS. Ladies and gentlemen, followers of Mithraism, in all his majesty: BT!
That's my favourite part of the album. Feels very futuristic and atmospheric at the same time. Love it!
listened to with professional headphones this sounds AWESOME !!
3-dimensional sound
Huge fan of 'This Binary Universe' so I was super excited to hear this new one. Looking forward to buying on vinyl also. Awesome work as always BT. Always present but always elevating and evolving ahead of the game.
This is BT. Sounds composed into great art.
coincidentally I was just listening to some techno music (adam beyer, et al) and then out pops another stunning BT production; this guy's talent sees no end
This is fantastic! Looking forward to the full physical release.
as a fan and musician he is embodied honestly as unique yet explorative pleasant yet developmental. always holds his own but pushes the limit
BT, still going 1000 years ahead of the curve. hope one day I’ll meet the man who’s changed my way of percepting music fo'eva…
Each and every album that BT released, does not fail to surprise us.
CarlWong510 that mainstream asaw disappointed me.
+istvan tamas ASAW was a big step up from THM (IMO of course)
+istvan tamas ASAW was and is the best trance album of the last few years only BT can blend IDM and glitchstep into trance so seanlessly.
all sounds the same - intelligent music
I personally found ASAW to be his weakest album alongside ESCM in my opinion. They just didn't sound as interesting as his other albums IMO. Also, I find this album, TBU and THM to be his best albums for being easily his most memorable and beautiful pieces of work to date.
Emotional Technology was surprising in its awfulness....
But since This Binary Universe he has been in the form of his life. This album is one of his very best.
music from different planet
jesus christ this blew me away.
un ballet sonore incroyable pour nos oreilles ! des images se bousculent dans ma tete ... une parfaite combinaison sonore harmonieuse et bien dosée ... c'est magnifique ... un artiste incompris sans doute pour le grand public dommage !
j'ai découvert BT avec Adam K avec le titre tomahawk une pure merveille et experience sonore de dingue !
BT is the best producer ever!
I love these sounds, thank you.
BT you’ve got to some how make an interactive live performance with these visuals streaming across the world so little old me can enjoy your craftsmanship right here in Nz! Release the Full Flaming June!!
Didn't surprise me. Awesome as always. :)
I could listen to this all day
6:30 and onwards is freaking BLISS
Loving it!
Loving it alot!
omg this man is legendary!
BT is the new Vangelis
Have you heard Morceau Subrosa? It's an entire album dedicated to granular synthesis!
Isaak Welch Yeah man, some of the sounds in that album... Tabula Sarsa is a crazy piece of music. Feels like I'm floating in an eternal, dark void. Well, we kinda are but you know what I mean.
Is the location starting at 6:42 Dead Horse Point State Park? Beautiful!
BT got the vibe!
this is just magical
This track changed my life.
Magnify ❤
the future sound new music
Mastermind at work.
my subs love this track
Underdash
...it blows your head off.
come on box set!!!!
BRASIL . Bass , Bass , Bass . Maravilha .
nice !
How was this 5 years ago...anxiety
Cool👌😀
THE ONE
no doubt. this is what we are expecting from you.
not that mainstream stuff you did before this album.
what I expect from BT is the music that he feels like making, which is also what I got with his previous cd
BT wants, BT does
Song sounds great on my sennheisers
Not bad on the AirPods either
That 12:10 seconds felt like a minute. Goddamn
i like much ...
Why isn't this used in Blade Runner!? Would have been perfect from 6:30 onwards!
he's still underrated... he's hopeful but jaded... ;)
What an amazing track !! It´s awesome ... i would like to have the whole album but i´m a poor man... fuck !!
I know the feels ;_;
А мне бы хотелось услышать аналог Flaming june... или что-то в этом роде... ;-)
Скоро будет!
а по мне коллаборацию с арминдом и тайсом эх были времена. особенно та love comes again
BT недавно говорил, что был бы рад снова с ними поработать.
Андрей Орлов у нас "Дельфин" творит похожие штуки...
друг, на дворе уже не 97-ой.
He needs to get back to producing music...like this. His last two albums had no memorable melodies. Just sounds and notes strewn together. Almost as if he had to fulfill a contractual obligation of producing two more albums. I know that may sound harsh but I've been a fan since '96 so I have that right ;)