Best New Tracks - Pitchfork: Heterotic: "Rain" [ft. Vezelay]

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1. Heterotic: "Rain" [ft. Vezelay]
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Heterotic: "Rain" [ft. Vezelay] Posted: 20 Feb 2014 08:58 AM PST   Planet Mu boss Mike Paradinas is primarily known for his µ-Ziq alias that dates back to the 1990s, a project that had a resurgence last year with a new album, Chewed Corners, along with an early-works retrospective, Somerset Avenue Tracks (1992-1995). In addition, he and his wife Lara Rix-Martin make polyglot synth-pop as Heterotic, and following last year's LP Love & Devotion, the pair are already readying a new album, Weird Drift, for release on April 21 via Paradinas' label. Those familiar with Paradinas' u-Ziq work will undoubtedly be surprised by the gorgeous LP single "Rain", and fans of Love & Devotion might find themselves taken aback by how fully formed the track is, too: featuring a dreamy vocal by vocalist Vezelay, who appears on a few Weird Drift cuts, the song possesses a weightlessness that's nonetheless heavy enough to crush, with dripping synths reminiscent of OMD's own astral fantasias coating Vezelay's tender-but-not-cloying vocal.

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Best New Tracks - Pitchfork: Nils Frahm: "Says"

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1. Nils Frahm: "Says"
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Nils Frahm: "Says" Posted: 15 Jan 2014 07:25 AM PST Berlin-based composer Nils Frahm's Spaces drifted out at the end of last year, tying together a series of live recordings he'd made over the past two years. The title is appropriate—there are acres of room in the gradual build of "Says", which stacks up beautifully arpeggiated synth lines that incrementally gain in intensity over its eight-minute runtime. The track's elegance is coupled with substantial anticipatory gestures, largely caused by an effective use of silence that triggers tantalizing thoughts about where Frahm might be heading. "Says" bridges both simple and complex urges, beginning in spare stabs of piano and ending with beautifully labyrinthian loops. It's so easy to get lost in its glassy structures that the audience applause at the end feels like a rude interruption—a bump back down to reality after being so thoroughly transported.