Lost icebergs off the arctic, hollowed out memory, an acerbic embrace.
Third Space presents his first long-player via .jpeg artefacts. Venturing from previous, punchier, swinging percussion found on previous releases, the LP delivers careful introspection, experimentation, and rich conceptual development.
The beatless iterations and encompassing walls of sound that stuck their heads out on earlier EPs are embraced in full here; it’s claustrophobic but space is found in the right areas. Tension and release to the nth degree, but without becoming a trope. Percussion remains, but slowed to a crawl.
The release calls on memories of Ambarchi’s Oystered (as well as, notably, Grapes from the Estate) and the clicks and hums of Pan Sonic, but it’s the development past this that allows Scissor Kick to shine. The areas where intimacy is pushed through field recordings, live scattered percussion (from R.Rebeiro, as well as TS), and those subtle reminders that Third Space still has an iron-firm grasp on percussive rhythm, is where this record stands on its own solid ground. What was foggy red-roomed speaker stacks has given way to arctic tundra, vast expanse, acid rain.
Layer up.
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.jpeg Artefacts are thrilled to announce Third Space's debut LP, Scissor Kick. 9 tracks of frosty ambient free jazz experiments, a true odyssey. Scissor Kick releases on the 19th of September, 2022. Preorder your copy of the LP now. A CD single edition of Roulette with reinterpretations by Grand River and J is available for order now.
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released August 19, 2022
All tracks written and produced by Third Space
Track 5 features Drums by R. Rebeiro
Track 8 features Cello by Abby Sundborn
Mastered by Joseph Buchan
LP Art by Hector Clark
LP Design by Justin Cantrell
Writeup by Henry Rowe
Scissor Kick was created on land traditionally owned by the Wurundjeri and Boonwurrung people of the Kulin Nations. Sovereignty has never been ceded. It always was and always will be Aboriginal land.
Autechre and this album are the reasons why I recently started to look into electronica. All of these songs have something dark and artful about them. The last one is rather upbeat. Not really danceable unless you like dextrose too much. tr_🇺🇦
The German "quasi-free jazz" duo's debut LP is a crisply detailed trip through soundscapes that are playful and eerie in equal measure. Bandcamp New & Notable Jan 14, 2020
For this LP, Formen modified old 16bit effects units which were then cascaded via internal patch points to develop a glitchy sound. Bandcamp New & Notable Dec 18, 2021
If you like experimental electronic music that still has an odd groove to it (this is somewhere between broken beat, drum and bass, and techno) you pretty much need this record. It's been one of my standouts of the last few years easily. If you like this, also check out AA Sudd "Pushedd" on Midgar Records which is more sleek, unbelievably sophisticated sound design in this vein. This gets my highest possible recommendation! jonarmst