{"product_id":"arp-difts-lp","title":"Arp - Difts LP","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=167523638\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Drifts” is the new album by Arp aka New York-based artist Alexis\u003cbr\u003eGeorgopoulos (RVNG Intl, Smalltown Supersound, Mexican Summer).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is his first release with Barcelona imprint\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/a8a5rj.fn30.fdske.com\/e\/c\/01kbfvyt0gvwn2qqz66qh1ss1m\/01kbfvyt0gvwn2qqz66xv9gnem\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eModern Obscure Music\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e(Actress, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Eiko Ishibashi, Jim O'Rourke, Merzbow).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA collection of transfixing, storm-like compositions, “Drifts” traffics in\u003cbr\u003eunderstated, tranquilized vapors — one part Ambient Classical, one part\u003cbr\u003eClub-adjacent ambience. Pitched, reduced and re-sampled, the album's\u003cbr\u003eglowing abstractions — using piano, harp, strings \u0026amp; modular synthesizer\u003cbr\u003e— explore the emotional terrain between aftermath and renewal, blending\u003cbr\u003ethe unstructured immediacy of improvisation with the elegant sculpture\u003cbr\u003eof composition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFeaturing contributions from Takuma Watanabe, Patrick Belaga (PAN),\u003cbr\u003eand Marilu Donovan (LEYA) and artwork by sculptor John Chamberlain,\u003cbr\u003ethe album's cinematic suite of impressionistic, ambient works invite the\u003cbr\u003elistener into a vast, mapless space of dreamlike non-linearity where\u003cbr\u003einterior and exterior landscapes bristle with intimacy and electricity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eREVIEW BY \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePhilip Sherburne, Futurism Restated:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArp\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDrifts\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(Modern Obscure Music)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Alexis Georgopoulos has a remarkable talent for reinventing himself with\u003cbr\u003evirtually every release. He gave us neo-kosmische etudes on his 2007 debut,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn Light\u003c\/em\u003e; krautier textures on\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Soft Wave\u003c\/em\u003e; full-scale\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eAnother Green World\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003epastiche on\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eMore\u003c\/em\u003e; expansive drone music on\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eInversions\u003c\/em\u003e; Balearic pop on\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eZebra\u003c\/em\u003e; ZTT worship on\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew Pleasures\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDrifts\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eis something new once again: electroacoustic treatments of piano, harp,\u003cbr\u003eand strings, electronically misted into a luminous fog. This is not particularly\u003cbr\u003edemanding music; the consonant textures of his source material ensure limpid tone and agreeable warmth no matter how noisy the treatments or abstract the reassemblage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut that’s also not to say that it is simplistic music, either; particularly in its darker moments, like “Shifted,” it feels like it’s concealing more than it’s revealing. Other tracks, like “Seaweed,” are marginally more “musical” in their structure, and flat-out gorgeous in execution. Progressing through the album’s 12 relatively short tracks, I’m reminded of a maze lined with clouds, the contours shifting every time you turn a spongy corner.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eComposed \u0026amp; performed by Alexis Georgopoulos\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRecorded in New York \u0026amp; Tokyo, 2024\/25\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEcho's refrain composed \u0026amp; performed by Alexis Georgopoulos\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u0026amp; Takuma Watanabe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eElectronics, piano, field recordings \u0026amp; strings by Alexis Georgopoulos\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eElectronics on Track 2 \u0026amp; 13 by Takuma Watanabe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHarp on 4 \u0026amp; 8 by Marilu Donovan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCello on 5 by Patrick Belaga\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eViolin \u0026amp; Viola on 13 by Anzu Sahara\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCello on 13 by Ayumi Hashimoto\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Diskono Records NYC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46553784975559,"sku":null,"price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/9322\/2343\/files\/a3340044054_10.jpg?v=1779036354","url":"https:\/\/diskono.com\/products\/arp-difts-lp","provider":"Diskono Records NYC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}