Artist: Smyglyssna
Title: We Can Fix It
Tracklisting:
1. Might It Be¹s And If It Were¹s
2. Work Shall Be Abolished
3. Triangular Ears
4. The Duck People
5. We Can Fake It
6. Fractical Practal
7. Foaming Prairie
8. Elastic Egos
9. Tea With Angela
W/P by: Henrik Johansson
Catalogue No(s): VFORM015CD / VFORM015LP
After the huge warming reception received over Smyglyssna¹s debut Vertical
Form release U Don¹t Jump Like I Jump¹ and the release of his Departures¹
EP, Vertical Form are pleased to announce the release of We Can Fix It¹
Henrik Johansson¹s debut album proper. After months of production, tweaking
and final adjustments the album finally see¹s the light of day, clocking in
at 46 minutes in length, with 9 tracks in total, each cut individually
incorporating Smyglyssna¹s signature sound whilst offering a new funkier and
more diverse edge to his production approach. Through careful combination of
sophisticated software use, along with more traditional analog production
techniques, Smyglyssna creates a sound that looks to the past for reference
whilst simultaneously defining a take on the future. Working with a variety
of hip hop sensibilities along with a variety of differing electro and
techno sound aesthetics, We Can Fix It¹ works on a variety of levels
providing listeners with a body of work documentative of both a generation
of music along with his own vast array of musical influences. Cut¹s such as
Mights It Be¹s And If It Were¹s¹ look to early ninetees Detroit scraping
through remnants of Carl Craig¹s 69 project and Stacey Pullen¹s Kosmik
Messenger outputs whilst reinventing their take on the format of electronic
funk by breathing new forms of synthesis into the construction of these
types of groove. Triangular Ears¹ adopts a similarly fresh take on the
format of experimental and avant hip hop by providing a backdrop of crisp,
distorted drum beats alongside a more alternative selection of playful
melodies and tight programming creating a groove at home in a variety of
environments. Foaming Prairie¹ provides a beautifully crafted momentary
breath of heart felt ambience to calm and console the listener whilst also
providing a small insight into an alternative side of the smyglyssna sound.
In all, an album of constant diversity, rhythmic essentials and heartfelt
emotion packed with an obsession of sound and invention.
lily may, vertical form, unit 1 ideal studios, 1st floor
25b vyner st, london, e2 9dg, united kingdom
t/f: 0044 (0)20 89839320, e: lily@verticalform.com
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