My Favorite Robot SALESPACK incl. 133/137/140

Eric Volta / Carreno is LB / Kenny Glasgow

Record label
My Favorite Robot Records
Catalog Number
MFRPACK001
Release Date
May 26th 2017
Genres

Tracks

playpostitleartistsduration
A1Heartbeat I: BleedEric Volta
A2Until I DissolveEric Volta
A3Heartbeat II: CryEric Volta
A4DeliquesceEric Volta
B1Until I Dissolve (Deetron Remix)Eric Volta remix Deetron
B2Until I Dissolve (Deetron Baseless Dub)Eric Volta remix Deetron
C1Curtains In NatureCarreno is LB
C2MigrationCarreno is LB
D1Organic ParticlesCarreno is LB
D2Intergalactic StoneCarreno is LB
E1I A WKenny Glasgow feat. Shanira G
F1I A WKenny Glasgow feat. Shanira G remix J Hulkkonnen
F2I A WKenny Glasgow feat. Shanira G remix Hosh

My Favorite Robot very much prizes quality over quantity, and so it is that they offer up their carefully chosen autumn vinyl release, namely another landmark EP from key label artist Eric Volta. Fleshing out his killer originals are remixes from Swiss star Deetron and Volta as Voltaeric. Volta is a synth whizz who crafts cinematic, epic, emotive music for this label as well as No.19 Music. He has emerged as a real star in the last year or so and is able to marry dance floor clout with a truly cerebral sense of musical storytelling. It's that kind of musical narrative that he offers up here to great effect with an EP which starts off with a scene-setting recording of some frightened breathing and a torturous synth line that grows unbearably loud then dissolves to a post apocalyptic hum. It's unsettling but really gets your attention before 'Until I Dissolve' drops, an absorbing brew of searching sci-fi synths, wood block hits and thick melodic gurgles. A spoken word vocal muses up top and the result is a truly dark and futuristic groove. 'Heartbeat II: Cry' is two minutes of excellently evocative sound design, pained synth lines and cosmic energy that really makes this EP feel like a story, then we have 'Deliquesce', a Vangelis like prog track rich with reflective chords and rippling melodies that really tugs at the heartstrings. Deetron- a real house and techno specialist who has proven himself in both EP and LP format over the years- remixes this one into a more slow burning but all consuming main room track with bold drones and glassy melodies. He also offers up a beatless dub that is equally engaging as it grows ever more manic. Finally Volta remixes his own 'Until I Dissolve' into a whacked out, synth laden techno cut that is brilliantly dark and weird. Few EPs feel like as fully realised a sound world as this. Even more impressive is that Volta never loses sight of a dance floor groove whilst telling his compelling synth based stories. ---