Empty Editions Downbeat | Electronica | Leftfield 5 Artikel

This 180g vinyl in a spot varnish printed and letter-pressed jacket. It includes 8-page hand-stitched booklet of notes and images printed. Empty Editions presents Jean–Luc Guionnet and Daichi Yoshikawa's collaborative debut, Intervivos. Recorded during a week-long residency at Hong Kong's Empty Gallery, Intervivos (Latin for “between the living”), refers to the vital and unexpected acoustic synergy that developed between Guionnet's extended alto saxophone techniques and Yoshikawa's feedback systems during these sessions.

Last Signs is Eli’s first solo release since) and explores a very different side of his unique acoustic universe. One instrument and the hyper-mediated sonic ecosystem of the club sound system in which the macrocosmic percussive collisions of his earlier work give way to a gradual unfolding of dub-influenced rhythmic constellations. Eli has described Last Signs as his response to playing in club environments over the last few years; an attempt to negotiate a delicate balance between the materiality of his acoustic. Coming off like an inspired synthesis between Scientist and Xenakis, Last Signs of Speed is a truly unique work by an artist at the height of his powers.

Last Signs is Eli’s first solo release since) and explores a very different side of his unique acoustic universe. One instrument and the hyper-mediated sonic ecosystem of the club sound system in which the macrocosmic percussive collisions of his earlier work give way to a gradual unfolding of dub-influenced rhythmic constellations.