EE001: Last Signs of Speed, by Eli Keszler

EE001: Last Signs of Speed

by Eli Keszler

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julian Dank, smoky, and unsettling in its creepy, controlled cacophony. Somehow toes the line between being claustrophobic and impossibly spacious all at once. Keszler's manic energy and virtuoso performance always entices. Favorite track: is stage director.

unit7 Eli Keszler makes wood melt and drip and flow like water. Gurgling streams of liquid wood jostle pebbles of metal and glass. Beautifully organic, evoking the night-time forest, echoing caverns and, just occasionally, rougher seas. A wilderness to set against the urban Stadium. Favorite track: is strategist.

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1.	sudden laughter, laughter without reason 04:21	info	buy track
2.	corresponding probably to quanta 04:14		buy track
3.	streaming down. streaming down. 04:55		buy track
4.	the immense endless belt of faces 08:08		buy track
5.	no iodine, no breeze 04:56		buy track
6.	breaches breaches 03:35		buy track
7.	the next day, in the afternoon 06:24		buy track
8.	is strategist 02:00		buy track
9.	is stage director 05:28		buy track
10.	holes, parts missing 03:40		buy track
11.	willing to be open 03:47		buy track
12.	fusillade of colors 04:52		buy track

about

Last Signs is Eli’s first solo release since 2012’s Catching
Net (PAN Records) and explores a very different side of his
unique acoustic universe. One in which the macrocosmic
percussive collisions of his earlier work give way to a gradual
unfolding of dub-influenced rhythmic constellations. Eli
has described Last Signs as his response to playing in club
environments over the last few years; an attempt to negotiate
a delicate balance between the materiality of his acoustic
instrument and the hyper-mediated sonic ecosystem of
the club sound system. Coming off like an inspired synthesis
between Scientist and Xenakis, Last Signs of Speed
is a truly unique work by an artist at the height of his
powers.

credits

released December 1, 2016

Eli Keszler plays drums, percussion, fender rhodes, piano, mellotron, celeste, vibraceleste, glockenspiel, rocks, gravel
String Orchestra of Brooklyn (a4, d1)
Leila Bordreuil - cello (c2)
Geoff Mullen - glass, metal, wood fragments (d3, d4)
Recorded at Bunker Studio, Seaside Lounge, and Ohio, NY, 2014-2016
Engineered by Nolan Thies and Mitch Rakin
Mastered by Rashad Becker
Cover Illustration by Eli Keszler
Liner Notes by David Grubbs

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