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REVERSE IMAGE + THOMAS BEY WILLIAM BAILEY - Tokokawa

Format: CD Label & Cat.Number: Fourth Dimension Records FD153 Release Year: 2024 Note: massive *Maelstrom Electronica*, fast shapings of synthetic formations and twisted sounds, 2nd album of female Malaysian artist Y'NG-YIN SIEW - * three immersive movements of avant-electronics full of unexpected tonal contrasts and shifts in intensity. Powered by modular synthesis, concrete assemblage technique and a pervasive desire to work with the full spectrum of sound, Tokokawa is the product of its two producers’ commitment to a dynamic, ever-renewing sense of aesthetics.* - 300 copies OBI digipak Price (incl. 19% VAT): €13.00 More Info Composed from 2023 to 2024, these three pieces present a deep dive into the murky and turbulent world where analogue electronic sound sources are driven hard and without mercy into an entirely contemporary setting that's at once commanding and convoluted. Vast torrents of apparently untamed noise are reshaped alongside iridescent whirrs, metallic scrapes, shimmering tones, space flotsam, deep well chimes, front line pulses and heaving hums over the course of three magnificent pieces that pull confrontational music inside-out to expose a kind of ravaged beauty. Tokokawa is the result of two very unique artists pulling together to share a vision mercilessly singular yet possessed of an ability to communicate far beyond as it stakes its claim to its own place on the map of sonic abstraction. Malaysia's Reverse Image also released the excellent debut The Silence That Does Not Exist CD in mid-2023, plus founder Siew Y'ng-Yin used to operate the renowned Mirror Tapes imprint. Early 2024 also saw the release of the debut Beyond the Flat Earth CD by her fiery and intense electronics project Fallen Sun. Thomas Bey William Bailey, meanwhile, has released numerous cassettes and CDs since his debut Strangelet album in 2009 and has collaborated with many artists since, including Susana Lopez, Rick Reed, Leif Elggren, and others. His most recent album, Metaphysics of Autonomous Shadows, appeared in 2023. He is also known for having had books published, including the recent Sonic Phantoms co-authored with Barbara Ellison on Bloomsbury. Tokokawa is limited to 300.