Sort\Lave, by Richard Devine

Sort\Lave

by Richard Devine

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Tim Strohmeier Richard's music sounds like the thoughts of an alien spaceships supercomputers AI while the ship is under attack. Some of the most outworldly sounds you will ever encounter! Favorite track: Microscopium Recurse.

jegg The machines are playing Richard very well here Favorite track: Astra.

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francois-xavier vigneault-marcil A high voltage, high intensity explosion of futuristic electric beats.Rhythmic Electroshocks for the brain.Superb.Massive album. Favorite track: Eylansec.

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1.	Microscopium Recurse 12:20	buy track
2.	Revsic 08:09	buy track
3.	Oustrue 05:42	buy track
4.	k-0 05:44	buy track
5.	Astra 04:29	buy track
6.	Sentik Pin 07:14	buy track
7.	Brux 05:57	buy track
8.	Anemap 05:39	buy track
9.	Pngtrk 06:03	buy track
10.	Opaque Ke 04:03	buy track
11.	Eylansec 06:08	buy track
12.	Takara 04:53 video	buy track

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After a break of 6 years, Atlanta based electronic musician, producer and sound designer Richard Devine returns with a new album ‘Sort\Lave’ on Venetian Snares‘ Timesig imprint. Recorded between 2016 and 2017 using Richard’s custom built Eurorack modular system and two Nord G2 Modular units, Sort\Lave features 12 tracks of intricate electronica that ranges from abrasive percussive experiments such as ‘Revsic‘ to ‘Astra’s dazzling juxtaposition of sounds and onto the radiant ambience of the album’s closer ‘Takara‘.

Talking about the album’s genesis Devine explains “I’ve been using modular synthesizers since I was 17, but have never written complete tracks using these newer systems. This was my first experiment to see if it would be possible and I probably spent about 5 years building up the systems that I used on this album.”

“I wanted the record to sound very different to my previous works which had been more cold, digital, clinical even, and had all been made using computers. The aim here was the complete opposite, to create something that felt very organic, detailed, spacious, big and warm and just as importantly, a record that you could put on and play all the way through that flowed in a seamless way.”

This new approach was to prove fruitful and enabled Devine to create music in an entirely new way. “I really wanted to break free from timeline-based music creation and do things with my hands on the fly,” he explains. “So the tracks are more like captured snapshot performances where I could experiment and play around with the idea of probability-based sequencing for every patch, string multiple sequencers together that would feed other sequencers to come up with interesting rhythms and melodies. It was really fun coming up with new sounds this way too, I felt like I created several I haven't heard before with this album. Some of the tracks on the album were complete accidents and evolved from something that happened spontaneously. In the end I feel this is one of the best records I have released to date, so I’m very excited to share it with the world.”

Making his debut in 1995, Devine’s releases for labels including Schematic, Warp Records and Detroit Underground have established him as one of the leading figures within the electronica community. In addition to his musical productions, Devine has enjoyed a lengthy and successful career in sound design, developing patches for many of the world’s leading music technology businesses and working with companies such as Google and Nike.

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released November 2, 2018

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Richard Devine Atlanta, Georgia

An award-winning sound designer and electronic composer whose sounds are applied to consumer products worldwide that range from smartphones to electric cars and touch on leading-edge areas such as AI and Virtual/Augmented reality environments. He has worked with the likes of Sony, Microsoft, Google, Jaguar, BMW, and Nike. ... more

discography

Recursion Constructors

May 2022
Creature EP

May 2021
SYSTIK

Nov 2020
Sort\Lave

Nov 2018
RISP LP

Sep 2014
RISP EP

Jun 2014

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