Tresor Records is delighted to welcome Rod Modell to its catalogue, with
the release of his new album Captagon.
Rod Modell needs no introduction, his various projects render him a
master of techno. In repetition and barely noticeable change, Modell
resculptures perceptions. His sound-design echoes cinematic
ethereality, where ferric artefacts slam against percussion, rusty delays
fi lter observation - the resulting web is a complex, radiating ambience
that etches a natural ebb and fl ow.
Transformative sounds alight from the outset, “Triangulation” recalls
fl ickering harmonies and grains, a tectonic swipe. Fast-paced dub
techno emerges in “Reiki”, the disorienting clangs suggesting a step
away from his recent ambient excursions. “Ito” crunches the pulse
further with insistent noise, into soaring epiphanies of darkened
transmissions.
Modell singularly uproots standard sonic hierarchies of techno
production, crisp static as forceful as his beats, a provocation of rhythm
and noise. Unceasing in its fast tempo, “Jade” is trademark Tresor
business - the seismic sub-sonics underpin a momentous drive, with
reverberated vocal in fl ections dis fi guring warped, dancing materials.
“Scrawler” is upfront and direct, a slamming groove and swaying chords
diusing ethereality. Enter vast chambers of smeared minimalism.
Where Modell’s recent releases had indicated a priority for ambient
sounds, this new album extends Modell’s essential vision within techno.
Closing track “Air-Port” shows Modell at his most crucial best - an
ethereal colossus of sub-bass weight and morphing geometry.
Tresor Records is delighted to welcome Rod Modell to its catalogue, with
the release of his new album Captagon.
Rod Modell needs no introduction, his various projects render him a
master of techno. In repetition and barely noticeable change, Modell
resculptures perceptions. His sound-design echoes cinematic
ethereality, where ferric artefacts slam against percussion, rusty delays
fi lter observation - the resulting web is a complex, radiating ambience
that etches a natural ebb and fl ow.
Transformative sounds alight from the outset, “Triangulation” recalls
fl ickering harmonies and grains, a tectonic swipe. Fast-paced dub
techno emerges in “Reiki”, the disorienting clangs suggesting a step
away from his recent ambient excursions. “Ito” crunches the pulse
further with insistent noise, into soaring epiphanies of darkened
transmissions.
Modell singularly uproots standard sonic hierarchies of techno
production, crisp static as forceful as his beats, a provocation of rhythm
and noise. Unceasing in its fast tempo, “Jade” is trademark Tresor
business - the seismic sub-sonics underpin a momentous drive, with
reverberated vocal in fl ections dis fi guring warped, dancing materials.
“Scrawler” is upfront and direct, a slamming groove and swaying chords
diusing ethereality. Enter vast chambers of smeared minimalism.
Where Modell’s recent releases had indicated a priority for ambient
sounds, this new album extends Modell’s essential vision within techno.
Closing track “Air-Port” shows Modell at his most crucial best - an
ethereal colossus of sub-bass weight and morphing geometry.
