Name: Spectre: Machines Of Loving Grace
Brand: Para One

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WRWTFWW054

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Black

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Double 180 Gram Vinyl. Half Speed Master. Housed in a Heavy Sleeve with UV Spot Varnish.

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2021-06-11

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4251804125154

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

Artist

Para One

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Electronic

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We Release Whatever The Fuck We Want Records

Para One is a French electronic producer who is best known for his work on the soundtrack of the feature film "Naissance Des Pieuvres" (2007), which was released in English as "Water Lilies". He also co-runs Marble, a music label, alongside Surkin and Bobmo. Para One's unique sound has drawn comparisons to artists such as Surkin, Busy P, SebastiAn, and DJ Mehdi. With a discography that includes collaborations with notable musicians like Mr. Oizo and Étienne de Crécy, Para One continues to make waves in the electronic music scene.
As an artist affiliated with Marble, Para One is part of a collective that has fostered talent from acts like Teenage Bad Girl, Boys Noize, Siriusmo, Sébastien Tellier, Feadz, Yuksek, Teki Latex, Vitalic and more. His musical style can be described as dynamic and innovative; drawing inspiration from various genres including house and techno.
If you're a fan of artists such as Strip Steve,Cassius,Brodinski,Birdy Nam Nam or Alan Braxe then you'll definitely appreciate what Para One brings to the table. With his impressive body of work and collaborations within the industry it's no wonder he remains one of electronic music's most respected figures.

We Release Whatever The Fuck We Want Records is a Swiss label founded and curated by [artist name] of [label name] and Stéphane Armleder aka [artist name] of [label name].

With an unapologetic approach to music, this label fearlessly pushes boundaries and challenges conventions. They have gained a reputation for releasing unique and unconventional sounds that defy categorization.

Founded on the belief that music should be free from restrictions, We Release Whatever The Fuck We Want Records has become a platform for artists who refuse to conform. Their diverse roster showcases experimental, avant-garde, and genre-defying music that captivates listeners with its raw authenticity.

Spectre: Machines of Loving Grace, the new album by Para One, whose real name is Jean-Baptiste de Laubier could be called fiction. It is an object freed from constraints, formats, genres, territories: the gospel of a new world. Six years after Club, eight years after Passion, his previous LP, this lover of electronic music, who has also been putting his sensitivity to the service of movies (soundtracks for Céline Sciamma in particular) opens with this record a new dimension in his artistic career.

After defining the structure of the album, Para One went exploring the sounds, and the figureheads that shaped his sensibility as a musician: soundtracks of Japanese anime watched hundreds of times; Indonesian drums and gamelan; the peculiar harmonies, on the verge of dissonance of Bulgarian Voices; Steve Reich’s minimal music; or Detroit techno music. Several trips, to Bali, Japan, and also Bulgaria, have thus fueled the album, clashing with and shaping the electronic architectures of Para One.

In eleven tracks, the record opens like a thriller with Vertigo – a theme full of danger, and anguish lurking in the winding curves of Alpine roads – takes the listener on a breath- taking journey, a constantly surprising, mystical odyssey. One crosses continents, dives in apnea to the ocean floor for several minutes (Atlantique gives the sensation of bringing Steve Reich, Rolando and Drexciya together in one room), then catches one's breath while listening to mysterious children voices as they chant their memories on the more atmospheric Fauna, and goes back briefly to The Orb or Massive Attack (Alpes). After a dark night in the middle of the jungle (Silicon Jungle), there comes the time of light, of renewal. This is Futatsu No Taiyo, which means “two suns” in Japanese, the final bravura on the record. Two fires that join their forces, their energies and give birth to new and truly transcendent music. One that gives access not to the divine but to a liberated self, freed from the weight of the past. A true rebirth.

Spectre: Machines Of Loving Grace

Music GB

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