Machine vs Nature

A woeful piano leads in full anticipation of the crushing industrial glitch that hammers down a foundation of beat on top of it. Then a slashing violin loop emerges, wailing for lost nature. In the cold space left, a more nuanced melody is introduced, evoking a better articulated loss, which quickly disappears within the frantic cold modern industry of the beat. But a stronger bass finds a voice to keep its spirit alive, providing a prop for the eventual reintroduction of eloquent melody. It gradually grows in courage, crescendoing into an urgent pace and tone, replacing the loop and it’s intensity. Ultimately, it becomes a parrot of itself, and the mad loop reemerges for the ending. Cop the rest of Olafur Arnald‘s EP, Dyad 1909, at Erased Tapes. We also recommend “Vio vorum sma… (Dyad 1909 version)”, which is a piano solo. Painting by Carlos Tarrats. (And check our runner up choice for illustration.)