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Howl

by Rival Consoles

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obc I discover Rival Console with this great album. Then, it's 2xLP is soitting between Aphex Twin's Selected Ambiant Works vol.2 and AE's Incunabula. It's still playing on my headphones, for my daily journey to work. Love it forever!
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Portis Rival Consoles really knows how to compose electronic music that's very easy to listen to. I think newer listeners to electronic music should be led to RC early on as one of the go-to's of the genre. More traditionally composed tracks that work really well.
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outrageous Interesting minimal & deep tracks. Very inspiring. Love those litlle dissonances here and there, on several tracks. Great piece of work!
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1.
Howl 06:02
2.
Ghosting 04:29
3.
Afterglow 03:38
4.
Pre 05:14
5.
Walls 04:18
6.
Low 04:20
7.
3 Laments 02:05
8.
Morning Vox 05:06
9.
Looming 06:23

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Foremost a guitarist, growing up listening to rock rather than club music, West continues to strive towards finding a more personal balance between music for home listening and larger spaces. The
title track was inspired by the howl-like tones he developed by running synths through guitar pedals.
"By slowly drifting the pitch through distortion and delays, the result sounded like vocal cries – something which was perfect for the song and this inspired me to take on a darker set of tones across the whole album. It was made over the past few years, inspired by capturing small performances on synths, touring with some of my musical heroes, playing with feedback when I should have been catching a train, sampling my voice in unexpected conditions and recording textures in different countries.” The album explores a wide range of emotions; from the dissonance eruptions and primal rhythms in 'Howl', to the mournful improvisations of '3 Laments', which features a sample of his own voice. Alongside his performances on Moog, Prophet, tape delay and guitar, West enlisted the help of drummer Fabian Prynn for ‘Low’ and cellist Peter Gregson for ‘Walls’, both long-time collaborators of Erased Tapes peers Douglas Dare and Michael Price

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released October 16, 2015

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Rival Consoles London, UK

London-based producer Ryan Lee West, better known under the name Rival Consoles, is notable for making synthesisers sound human and atmospheric.

It’s rarely reported that Rival Consoles was Erased Tapes’ very first signing, with a CDR of early demos under the name Aparatec that inspired founder Robert Raths to start the label in 2007.
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