StrangeFlow
Man i can't wait for the release - this band never disappoints! If you like Stereolab and Broadcast and the Heliocentrics, this should be interesting for you! Such a unique style and wonderful voice. Thank you for making music.
Favorite track: Lazy Garden.
Vanishing Twin furthers their exploration of decidedly experimental territories with Afternoon X. Crafted with a playful balance of humour and rigour, with each member embracing the role of the multi-instrumentalist and process, over outcome.
Following a series of line-up changes, Vanishing Twin is now the tightly honed collective of singer and multi-instrumentalist Cathy Lucas, drummer Valentina Magaletti (Holy Tongue, Tomaga, Moin) and bassist Susumu Mukai (Zongamin). Harnessing the diverse touchstones of its members; Lucas’ left-field song-craft, Magaletti’s singular approaches to experimental percussion, and Mukai’s long history in the production of electronic music, the band has refined a hypnotic sound at the juncture of minimalism, kosmische, post-punk, and dream-laden, psychedelic pop.
These eight fluttering abstractions, culled, collaged, and built upon from a vast constellation of instruments, samples, and unclaimed sources. Lucas employs her voice as an instrument and a generator of raw sound, weaving surreal imagery and uncanny juxtapositions amongst the dance and propellant drive. From infectious grooves of the album’s title track and the constrained minimalism of “Subito”, to the ambitious heights of pieces like ‘The Down Below’ and Lazy Garden, which unfurl a psychedelic avant-gardism on the scope and scale of David Axelrod and Scott Walker.
Vanishing Twin embark upon a new multifaceted journey that collectively culminates as the bands most forward-thinking and groundbreaking release to date.
credits
released October 6, 2023
Vanishing Twin is Susumu Mukai, Valentina Magaletti and Cathy Lucas
All tracks recorded by Vanishing Twin at studio OVO in London; additional recording for The Down Below by Shaun Crook at Cafe OTO, and Subito at The Mill in Sudbury
Mixed by Marta Salogni and Vanishing Twin
Mastered by Amir Shoat
Samples on Afternoon X by Phil MFU; classical guitar on The Down Below and flute on Lazy Garden by Arthur Sajas; percussion on Subito by Elliott Arndt
Artwork by Valentina Magaletti and Susumu Mukai
Photography by Arthur Sajas
Sleeve design by Karolina Kołodziej
Это последний, видимо, альбом, купленный мной на bandcamp. И я рад, что им оказался именно он. Отличная запись, зыбкое настроение и черная вуаль сна, в котором мы все оказались. Я из России. Victor Puchkov
With their blend of playfulness and graduate-level instrumentation, Dorcha deftly prove that improvisational zeal and conservatory-level precision aren't mutually exclusive. Bandcamp Album of the Day Nov 16, 2020