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THN077 >> T-POLAR - RED MACHINE
[25.07.2005 | GROOVY HUMAN MACHINES]

Gary Spence aka T-Polar offers an extra-ordinary richness of
sound within his universe of Microfunk that is difficult to
comprehend immediately. Music that is difficult to describe
even after listening to it multiple times. Somebody who tries
to stick to a review of T-Polar's music will not get the idea
of the reviewers description because T-Polar is just something
else than the usual groovy minimalism one might or might not
be familar too. Therefore we won't try to describe what's
waiting for you inside this release - just listen to it and
figure out by yourself if this one grows upon futher listening
it or if it's not your cup of tea. Us at Thinner can tell that
we don't like this album - we just adore it.

Red Machine is the result of introducing a more organic urban
inspired sound to the minimal music T-Polar has made in the
past to give more options, more emotion and reflecting his
ideas in a slightly more "human" way. "Red Machine" itself is
the turning point of years of production and the attempt to
access a more rounded style and incorporate the slightly more
eclectic tastes which T-Polar has accumulated over the years
which will be shown in later work as it grows on from this -
a soundtrack to a lamp light centre of population

T: "If T-Polar's 2004 releases were a bit more obvious 80's
House the new album has kind of an Arcade funk trademark
incorporated with the House reminiscences put a bit in the
background although they are present within the whole album for
sure. What are the ingredients of the T-Polar universe and what
do you think are the differences between the 2004 releases
compared to "Red Machine"?"

G: "I think its just a progression of interests, the previous
releases I had been very influenced by the Minimal Techno and
House side of things and decided to make my own twist on that -
a lot of the elements are still there with Red Machine but
felt a much wider range of music influencing me and a need to
make things slightly more human in a way. I would call it a
mild direction change towards a fuller sound and more interest
in vocals and how they can affect the feel and arrangement of
the tracks. Also a desire to keep things original by trying to
steer clear of a set genre and offer a bit more of what I'm
really thinking. Melody suddenly got more important."

T: "Once again this is extra-ordinary music that feels somehow
mystic with it's many layers but also close, groovy and easy
to access. In other words, they combine distance and proximity.
Some tracks offer many different perspectives, especially
"Summer Daize" and "Travellers" sound like colourful
futuristic downbeat house (or something!) - how would you
categorize your music and are those pieces more experiments
through jamming than sequeneced & pre-mapped songs?"

G: "I always have problems categorizing the stuff I make not
to mention trying to figure out who might be into it and it's
semi-intentional. Like most people I wouldn't want to be pigeon
holed and I probably make an effort not to purposely pigeon
hole myself. As I said, steering clear of obvious genres is a
must as I don't think it would be the natural results of
sitting down to make a track unless you were only interested in
a certain genre or if you decided to make music for DJs. I would
like people to stop for a second and wonder about the music,
what makes the producer think this way, where you would begin
to make it etc as opposed to thinking certain tracks would work
well in a set or in a club. It's not really intended for
NightClubs although I hope some of it might work well in that
setting but I would prefer different associations - odder
settings - maybe more personal to the individual than just
something to dance to then dispose of. The slight extra human
touch maybe comes from the jamming as you mention - not
sequencing everything to perfect mathematics or being over
technical in certain departments - improvising to a certain
extent and almost programming some elements to improvise by
themselves."

T: "I guess the track "Red Machine" is the main track of the
album - this one once again combines alien funk with this
unreal soft pads with this particular ethereal melody and
groovy slow motion house rhythms. What is your association
with this track, can you describe what makes the Red Machine
here?"

G: "This is probably the most important piece of the album to
me and the real cornerstone in interests. It was originally
intended to have full vocals over it and be a bit more of an
electronic funk track but I wasn't able to do that at the
time - but it definately is a vision of the future for me and
a strong sign of where I've been since and am looking to go
back to. It's more about the melodies than most previous
music I've made and I'm pretty pleased with it - it's got a
slight element of joy to it but an underlying sadness. I would
also hope my sense of humour comes through in some of the
music but it may be too deeply buried. It's there somewhere I
promise."

:: 10 tracks :: 62min 24sec :: 87.868 MB ::

01: T-Polar - City Lights
02: T-Polar - Travellers
03: T-Polar - Dave Zodiac
04: T-Polar - Music for Citadels
05: T-Polar - Red Machine
06: T-Polar - Saturn Sisters
07: T-Polar - Stepwhan
08: T-Polar - Dance of the Stubby Tusk
09: T-Polar - Sidewalk
10: T-Polar - Summer Daize

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THN075 Christian Bloch - "New Age"
THN076 Pheek - "Consortium"
THN077 T-Polar - "Red Machine"

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