Extralife Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 (edited) https://eomac.bandcamp.com/album/cracks One half of Lakker and one of my favorite producers, Eomac, is back with his new album (first on Planet Mu). Preview tracks sound LUSH. Don't know if I can wait til Mid April! Edited February 4, 2021 by Extralife 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronchuseven Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 Preview tracks sound really good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
user303 Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 Ian McDonnell is an Irish producer living in Wicklow near Dublin. Alongside his solo releases as Eomac he's also one half of the duos Lakker, noeverything and Lena Andersson. 'Cracks' represents a change of scenery and a change of practice from his previous two albums which were both conceptualised from the outset and recorded while living in Berlin. In contrast 'Cracks' was made in a beautiful rural part of Ireland without any outside pressure. These circumstances allowed Ian to wipe the slate clean and make an album guided by his mood on any particular day, connecting into the subtle power of his new environment and reflecting it, rather than working to please the suffocating demands of clublife. The title 'Cracks' comes from the idea that, to quote Leonard Cohen, a crack is "how the light gets in", but also of course it's a title that bears witness to the cracks fomenting in the world right now. The music comes across with depth and passion, sounding deep and mossy with Eomac's penchant for punchy, shuffling drums underpinning the emotive tracks. From the off, the furious 'Mandate For Murder' flips and repeats Akala's protest about systemic racism, rushing deep into the panicked sirens of 'Portuguese Man O' War'. The album settles into a sense of mystery, wildness and dark otherworldliness with the foggy drone and timber kick of 'Ancient Self' reflecting the awe and spiritual connections to his new environment, much like the gorgeous strings and aqueous bleeps of 'Seashells' or the pitch-shifted shoegaze of 'Prophetess'. At other points it responds to the human condition, for instance the cathartic 'Falling Through the Cracks' where a broken scream is pitted against clattering drums. At other moments it simply reaches out; 'Reasons to Live's' whispered mantra of "I know you are loved by somebody" is gently insistent. It ends with a reference to a place he's left behind, seen through the lens of nature. 'All the Rabbits in the Tiergarten' could be a missing track from Aphex's Ambient Works, albeit with cut-up scissoring drums. The album is a fruitful move, inwards and forwards. https://planet.mu/releases/cracks/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Extralife Posted February 5, 2021 Author Share Posted February 5, 2021 Love that cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auxien Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 1 hour ago, Extralife said: Love that cover. agreed, done by Konx-om-Pax and someone else. animated version there as well tunes sound interesting enough so far, but gonna have to give them a listen with the whole of the album ofc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronchuseven Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 OK, I officially love What Does Your Heart Tell You? Hopefully the rest of the album lives up to this high bar, but I may have to pre-order just so I can put this gem into some mixes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ignatius Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 sounding super good. stoked to hear the rest of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danshoebridge Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 OK, I officially love What Does Your Heart Tell You? Hopefully the rest of the album lives up to this high bar, but I may have to pre-order just so I can put this gem into some mixes.I preordered the vinyl from the planet mu bleepstore but no download? Not sure what that's about. Maybe buy from bleep directly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronchuseven Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 Just preordered on bandcamp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Extralife Posted April 16, 2021 Author Share Posted April 16, 2021 So SO good. Easily his best set of tracks since Spectre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr lopez Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 nice stuff so far! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronchuseven Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 Ancient Self is really working for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
six Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 This is great, I consider myself pretty well versed in this scene but this artist is brand new to me. Really strong first impression, the best new album I've heard on Mu in a while. Anything else I should check out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Extralife Posted April 17, 2021 Author Share Posted April 17, 2021 50 minutes ago, six said: This is great, I consider myself pretty well versed in this scene but this artist is brand new to me. Really strong first impression, the best new album I've heard on Mu in a while. Anything else I should check out? Yes! The Spectre album is also excellent, as is most of the early Lakker eps and the Tundra album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
six Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 16 hours ago, Extralife said: Yes! The Spectre album is also excellent, as is most of the early Lakker eps and the Tundra album. Awesome, thank you, will check those out! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Extralife Posted April 19, 2021 Author Share Posted April 19, 2021 He is carrying the SAW II/Poloygon Window era techno torch...and taking it in whole new directions. I can’t stop playing this album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronchuseven Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 11 hours ago, six said: Awesome, thank you, will check those out! Also check out his Bedouin Trax record https://bedouinrecords.bandcamp.com/album/bedouin-trax Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr lopez Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 falling through the cracks scares me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronchuseven Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 Yeah that one is intense! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcom Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronchuseven Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 Eomac retweeted my mix featuring a track from this album - cheers Ian! https://twitter.com/dj_sriracha/status/1387125399524622338?s=19 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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