Topics, by Tuomo Väänänen

Topics

by Tuomo Väänänen

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Black 12" vinyl with full colour printed covers. Expected shipping date early June 2021.

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1.	Contain 05:36	buy track
2.	Market 06:15	buy track
3.	Enclose 04:38	buy track
4.	Garden 06:41	buy track
5.	Strategy 05:45	buy track
6.	Project 04:17	buy track

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”Topics” is a new album by Ljudverket co-founder Tuomo Väänänen. It explores the styles of dub and dub techno on six tracks, which range from droning soundscapes to more rhythmic affairs which could even work on a dance floor. True to label’s ethos, the production is understated and pays attention to fine details.

A-side opener ”Contain” is built around a single modular synth patch, which is processed with various types of distortion, and also by feeding the signal back to itself. ”Market” has busy rhythmic patterns which are contrasted with a pad-like sound, which was found on an old quarter-inch tape, and further processed with the well-known Clouds Eurorack module. ”Enclose” has chords from Helsinki City Library’s Moog One, which must be one of the most democratic synths on planet Earth: the studio where it is housed could be booked by anyone, for free.

Side B starts with ”Garden”. It’s aleatoric melody was composed with a set of vintage Dungeons & Dragons polyhedral dice, while the background atmosphere is a recording of crickets and grasshoppers. ”Strategy” is a simple techno track with 4/4 beat, a first in Tuomo’s discography. The last track on the album, ”Project”, features another out-of-studio sound source, a sauna stove at Tuomo’s family summer cottage, which is gently beaten with a piece of firewood and then transformed to chords with Ableton Live’s resonator effect.

All in all, this is a fine new chapter to Ljudverket’s story.

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released May 21, 2021

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Ljudverket Vaasa, Finland

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discography

Far

Oct 2022
Topics

May 2021
Mineral Waves

May 2019
Intet Efter Allt

Jun 2018
A Small Flood

Dec 2017
Universo

Oct 2016
Alster

May 2015
Beacon

Dec 2014
Audio Kurator

Feb 2014
Lopun ajat

Jul 2013
Raft

Oct 2013
Främjande av ljud

Jan 2011

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