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Alex Smoke|Paradolia

Paradolia

Alex Smoke
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Moving away from the minimalist sound of his 2005 debut, Incommunicado, Scottish techno writer/producer Alex Smoke opens up on Paradolia, creating a full-length album that flows logically from track to track, filled with rich, sonically fascinating arrangements and occasional flashes of genuine pop melodies. Smoke occasionally uses the old ambient house trick of barely audible voices adding subtle tension to the tracks (most notably on "A Moment to Myself"), but his use of vocals is more integral than it had been before. The vocal songs on the album use Smoke's voice in very different ways, from the Bowie-like bored croon of "Never Want to See You Again" to the heavily processed overlaid vocals of "Make My Day," but in each, the vocals aren't simply grafted onto prefabricated beats as in so much techno music. Elsewhere, Smoke's classical cello and piano training is the basis for the remarkable, hypnotic "Prima Materia," which sounds like the logical culmination of Arthur Russell's similar experiments in the '80s, and "We Like it Insipid" is instrumental music that's as needling and defiant as its title. Enjoyably varied and perfectly sequenced, Paradolia is one of the most interesting experimental techno releases of its time.

© Stewart Mason /TiVo

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1
Paradolia Intro
00:01:09

Alex Smoke, Composer, Producer, MainArtist, MixingEngineer

2006 Soma Records 2006 Soma Records

2
Persona
00:06:12

Alex Smoke, Composer, Producer, MainArtist, MixingEngineer

2006 Soma Records 2006 Soma Records

3
A Moment to Myself
00:04:56

Alex Smoke, Composer, Producer, MainArtist, MixingEngineer

2006 Soma Records 2006 Soma Records

4
Never Want to See You Again
00:06:14

Alex Smoke, Composer, Producer, MainArtist, MixingEngineer

2006 Soma Records 2006 Soma Records

5
Meany
00:07:26

Alex Smoke, Composer, Producer, MainArtist, MixingEngineer

2006 Soma Records 2006 Soma Records

6
Make My Day
00:05:38

Alex Smoke, Composer, Producer, MainArtist, MixingEngineer

2006 Soma Records 2006 Soma Records

7
Prima Materia
00:06:50

Alex Smoke, Composer, Producer, MainArtist, MixingEngineer

2006 Soma Records 2006 Soma Records

8
Snider
00:08:32

Alex Smoke, Composer, Producer, MainArtist, MixingEngineer

2006 Soma Records 2006 Soma Records

9
We Like It Insipid
00:04:46

Alex Smoke, Composer, Producer, MainArtist, MixingEngineer

2006 Soma Records 2006 Soma Records

10
Anima
00:03:51

Alex Smoke, Composer, Producer, MainArtist, MixingEngineer

2006 Soma Records 2006 Soma Records

11
Formax
00:05:15

Alex Smoke, Composer, Producer, MainArtist, MixingEngineer

2006 Soma Records 2006 Soma Records

12
Something's Gone
00:07:14

Alex Smoke, Composer, Producer, MainArtist, MixingEngineer

2006 Soma Records 2006 Soma Records

13
Left Drift
00:04:48

Alex Smoke, Composer, Producer, MainArtist, MixingEngineer

2006 Soma Records 2006 Soma Records

Album review

Moving away from the minimalist sound of his 2005 debut, Incommunicado, Scottish techno writer/producer Alex Smoke opens up on Paradolia, creating a full-length album that flows logically from track to track, filled with rich, sonically fascinating arrangements and occasional flashes of genuine pop melodies. Smoke occasionally uses the old ambient house trick of barely audible voices adding subtle tension to the tracks (most notably on "A Moment to Myself"), but his use of vocals is more integral than it had been before. The vocal songs on the album use Smoke's voice in very different ways, from the Bowie-like bored croon of "Never Want to See You Again" to the heavily processed overlaid vocals of "Make My Day," but in each, the vocals aren't simply grafted onto prefabricated beats as in so much techno music. Elsewhere, Smoke's classical cello and piano training is the basis for the remarkable, hypnotic "Prima Materia," which sounds like the logical culmination of Arthur Russell's similar experiments in the '80s, and "We Like it Insipid" is instrumental music that's as needling and defiant as its title. Enjoyably varied and perfectly sequenced, Paradolia is one of the most interesting experimental techno releases of its time.

© Stewart Mason /TiVo

About the album

  • 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
  • Total length: 01:12:51

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