Corners, by Terrain

Corners

by Terrain

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Hypnotic Techno Circle What is modern techno? Answer: a fusion of genres. Thank you dear Terrain for having perfectly understood and so brilliantly applied the concept... Favorite track: Blind Spot.

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Heavyweight black 12” vinyl record inside a black paper inner sleeve and a grey 3mm spined hansaboard outer sleeve with a matte finish.

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Limited edition high-quality charcoal unisex cotton t-shirt with a screen-printed Vargmal logo on the front and the Terrain artwork on the back.

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1.	Blind Spot 06:40	buy track
2.	Vintage 08:03	buy track
3.	Corners 07:06	buy track
4.	Singularity (feat. Localhost) 07:13	buy track

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Vargmal Records continues to explore immersive, thought-provoking techno with an abstract spirit by presenting Corners EP from the emergent collaborative UK project Terrain. The Kosovo-based label was launched in 2022 with a considered balance of classic and contemporary techno, featuring Italian techno pioneer Leo Anibaldi and commissioning attendant remixes by contemporary Italian maestro Donato Dozzy.

Continuing the label’s embrace of subliminal sounds for adventurous dance floors, Terrain deliver four tracks of snaking, subtle rhythms pivoting away from rigid structures towards a more fluid kind of techno. It’s a sound the duo of Joe Baker and Voytek Stanley channeled on their debut release and they expand on the principles from that record in superlative style on Corners.

The EP opens up with the weighted pressure of ‘Blind Spot’, a dense workout pivoting on a fractured kick punching out underneath interwoven sheets of texture and atmosphere. ‘Vintage’ develops this theme with dubby chord washes which bloom out over the fine detail of the deceptively complex beat configuration. ‘Corners’ meanwhile adjusts the temperature from cooly meditative to subtly fierce accents Terrain edge into their sound. It’s an elegant fusion that remains at ease with the overall mood of the EP, but a noticeable shift in energy for the B side.

‘Singularity’ completes the picture with additional input from Localhost, welcoming layers of noisy melodics which sit comfortably on top of Terrain’s dubby pulses. More open and searching than the introspection which holds sway elsewhere, it’s a tonal shift that opens the sound of Terrain out and brings a sense of balance to their assured second record.

Words by Oli Warwick

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released August 25, 2023

Written, produced and mixed by Joe Baker & Voytek Stanley
B2 'Singularity' featuring Localhost
Mastered by Neel at EnissLab Studio
Lacquer cut by Ruy Marine at Dubplates & Mastering
Artwork by Ciaran Birch
Distributed by Triple Vision

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