Name: Outland
Brand: Ital Tek

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2020-06-19

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2020-05-29

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Artist

Ital Tek

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Planet Mu

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Disco / Balearic

Ital Tek is an electronic artist hailing from Brighton, UK. With a unique sound that blends elements of IDM, dubstep, and experimental music, Ital Tek has established himself as a prominent figure in the electronic music scene. Drawing inspiration from a diverse range of genres and artists such as Boxcutter, Clubroot, and Scuba, his music creates an immersive sonic experience that pushes boundaries and challenges conventions.

Known for his intricate production techniques and atmospheric compositions, Ital Tek's music takes listeners on a journey through ethereal soundscapes and pulsating rhythms. His ability to seamlessly blend organic textures with futuristic beats sets him apart from other artists in the genre.

Having released numerous critically acclaimed albums and EPs on labels like Planet Mu and Ninja Tune, Ital Tek has garnered a dedicated fanbase worldwide. His live performances are equally captivating, showcasing his skills as both a producer and performer. With support from fellow musicians such as Martyn, Om Unit, Kode9, and Pinch among others,

Planet Mu is an independent music label that was founded in 1995 by Mike Paradinas. Originally starting as an imprint on Virgin, the label was created to release music from artists like µ-Ziq and others who shared a similar style. However, due to Virgin's lack of success in marketing this type of music, Mike Paradinas decided to establish Planet Mu as an independent label in 1998. It is at this point that the catalog numbers for releases under the name *ZIQ* began.

Newest Listed Items

Ital Tek (a.k.a. Alan Myson) returns to Planet Mu with his sixth album Outland. The album was written during a period of new beginnings following a move out of the city to a quieter space and the birth of his first child. During this time of self-imposed isolation Alan recorded a huge amount of source material and spent weeks and months sitting up at night with his newborn, listening back and making notes on how the new record should take form, focusing and developing ideas to shape this lean ten-track album. Alan talks of the record being a collaboration between two parts of himself, something that definitely comes across as the album unfolds. Textures are something Alan excels at and on his last album, the largely beatless Bodied, it felt as if he was building a new sound-world. On Outland he expands upon this. The album brings together the extremes of Alan's sound, contrasting roughened bass and beats with starker more detailed atmospheres and emotions. The most beat-driven song here is Deadhead, with its gnarled bouncing bass, angular distorted melodies and cavernous textures. On tracks like Bladed Terrain the contrasts are even more defined with buzzing drones and razor sharp drums plunging into a grainy fog, giving the track a dramatic 3D feel. Then there are the stop-start pauses of Leaving The Grid, where the song evaporates into space before reemerging with shuddering rhythms and ghostly textures. Melodies crawl around these tracks as if they’re just waking up, as heard on the atmospheric Angel In Ruin. The sleep-deprived fraying of the senses became Alan’s routine and one which he says gave him a renewed creative energy; half-asleep, working through the night, and then into the daytime super-focused but exhausted. Prone to audio hallucinations whilst writing the album, he aimed to capture these distortions in his perception of pitch and time, and you can hear these effects interpreted on tracks like Endless and Open Heart as melodies phase and slip out of time like an emotional Doppler effect. This is also true of the soaring atonal synths at the peak of Diamond Child, which feel like the aural equivalent of eye floaters. These intuitive feelings and functions are a difficult thing to capture in sound, but Alan manages it beautifully and always makes the result feel warm and adventurous, heartfelt and epic.

Outland

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