Name: Locked Grooves
Brand: Julian Sartorius

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

OUS035

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Colour

Black

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Format multiplier

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2021-07-16

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Kudos

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

7640136115259

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Total Cap

1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

Artist

Julian Sartorius

Genre GB

Electronic

Label GB

Ous is a label that specializes in electronic music from the in-betweens. With a focus on genres such as electronica, adventurous club music, and experimental pop, Ous offers a unique and diverse selection of sounds. Based in Switzerland and Italy, the label is run by Ink!, Feldermelder, IOKOI, and JJ.

With their collective expertise and passion for pushing boundaries, *Ink!*, *Feldermelder*, *IOKOI*, and *JJ* curate an impressive roster of artists who are constantly exploring new sonic territories. Ous provides a platform for these innovative musicians to showcase their talent and share their creative visions with the world.

Whether you're an avid fan of electronic music or simply looking to discover something fresh and exciting, Ous has something for everyone. Their carefully curated releases will take you on a journey through the realms of sound, offering a truly immersive listening experience.

Julian Sartorius aims to test infinity. Focussing on reduction and repetition, the versatile artist, drummer, and percussionist, has recorded an album capable of suspending time: "These highly condensed compositions should be explored like landscapes: distinct places defined by the forces at play." Exploring the potential of a repertoire performed under rigorous conditions and regulated by a loop length of 1.8 seconds, Sartorius responds with a disciplined focus on tonal nuances, micro expressions and shifting time signatures. 

The 112 locked grooves of this album — or 112 one-minute loops on the digital release — unveil an abundance of rhythmic forms, some vigorous, some frail, others impulsive, alluring, and adrift. Sartorius' precise, multi-layered rhythmical patterns are incisive excursions into the hidden tones of found objects and prepared instruments, concise arrangements which bridge the gap between sound art and the vocabulary of (experimental) electronic music. On 'Locked Grooves' Sartorius interrogates the idea of a 'static' groove, unfurling an endless, meticulously gradated percussive suite. This is the point at which intangible structures materialize, becoming four-dimensional, sculptural, solid. Sartorius explains: "I hope listeners will experience these compositions like they would explore a painting at a museum - letting the work unfold in depth, revealing layer after layer."

Locked Grooves

Music GB