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ETAT #002

- Repress! -Themed around events in nthng's life, Unfinished is a deeply personal journey, yet there's something very relatable to the world he has conjured. Lockdown has forced us to look inward, explore realities within ourselves and the fragility of our forgotten world. The album is a series of peaks and troughs - hopeful words, ominous tones and other-worldly soundscapes, giving way to a journey in no way linear - but a true reflection of our times.The title track sets the scene perfectly, while Son features deep bass notes, dreamy keys and spoken word - creating a visceral and unsettling scene. Subnautica resides in the fringes of ambient and techno - as tribalistic drums are suspended in our new rendered reality.The marching bass and howling synths of Wrath of the Demon lull conspicuously in a vacuum, while the hauntingly beautiful vocals featured on Disappeared But Not Forgotten evoke a poignant, powerful reaction across the record's B-side -"Everything stopped, you just disappeared..."At its most tranquil Our Time offers a sense of rest - a space to appreciate, as we leave the window open, peer outside and feel the gentle breeze brush across our face. Saafe continues this theme, and feels like a warm embrace - "She saved my life in a matter of speaking, when she gave me back the power to believe."Ending Theme is beautifully organic as you hear the sound of the piano pedal touch the floor, tones are introspective and vulnerable - while the looming presence of uncertainty subtly takes form in thinly layered pads.The album also sees the release of a digi only bonus track Only a Flash of Light and invites you outside while the stars are at their brightest.

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For the first serving on his new label, A:G presents a four tracker with his very own take on the darker, retro-infused style with a multitude of spaced out, futuristic energy.Opening with a acid tinged builder with eastern scales for Beyond The Veil, then shifting gears into fast no-nonsense spacey electro on Patience Paradox, before the b-side opens with rave infused and stabby moods with First of 22, before everything is rounded off with Going Full Circle, as a total package for various legs of a nocturnal expedition