awepittance Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 Having been reasonably quiet so far this year with only 12”s from Philadelphia producers Lack and Metasplice, Rabih Beaini’s Morphine label has announced details of its first album of 2014. Entitled Architectonic, it comes from Iran-based producer Ata Ebtekar, who has been producing music since the ‘90s for labels including Warp, Digitalis, Sub Rosa and more, primarily under the name Sote. Although early releases experimented with D&B and IDM, the 2010 Sonic Within cassette for Digitalis produced under his own name in collaboration with Mazdak Khamda saw him experimenting with acoustic composition. With Beaini’s work as Morphosis showing a clear interest in experimenting with both electronic and organic sounds, Ebtekar is a perfect candidate for a release on Morphine. In a press release that may be baffling to those without a solid grounding in musical theory, the label explains that Ebtekar created Architectonic using FM, physical modelling and additive synthesis in a “modular environment”, with an “occasionally polyrhythmic” outcome. It goes on to explain that the album is supposedly comprised of “interwoven patterns and complex ornaments within a pliant grid”, which “form a diametric functionality of loop-based trance-inducing music”. Those who wish to make their own minds up can sample previews at the Rush Hour website. 1xLP vinyl 1 Copanic 2 Aerosol 3 Digitalium 4 Helix 5 Dxtral 6 Bolide 7 Lilt http://www.rushhour.nl/store_detailed.php?item=78662 http://www.junodownload.com/plus/2014/07/24/sote-prepares-architectonic-album-for-morphine/ https://bleep.com/release/53227-sote-architectonic http://www.sotesound.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awepittance Posted August 6, 2014 Author Share Posted August 6, 2014 bump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcbpete Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 twangy ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest sotesound Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Hi everyone, The vinyl is finally out... Hope you enjoy it. http://boomkat.com/vinyl/1117228-sote-architectonic https://bleep.com/release/53227-sote-architectonic I'm also releasing a few short pieces along with this release on my Bandcamp in the next few weeks. There is already one up there with more to follow soon. Find out about these on my Facebook and Bandcamp pages: www.facebook.com/ata.sote.ebtekar https://sotesound.bandcamp.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amen Lare Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Hi Sote, enjoying your stuff a lot, fresh approach. Additional tracks are also very welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sotesound Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Thank you Amen Lare. Just posted a second digital track... www.facebook.com/ata.sote.ebtekar Enjoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awepittance Posted October 3, 2014 Author Share Posted October 3, 2014 hi ata! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sotesound Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 Hi Robbie, Hope all is well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atop Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 love your music sir! Really excited about the new lp! Yay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcbpete Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 If you re-released Electric Deaf then Warp would probably want you to master it just a little bit louder ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xox Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 wow! this really sounds refreshing... but at the same time pretty old too (which is good), like it jumps from the late '50 to 2020. keep on with the good work, sote! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patternoverlap Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 This sounds pretty gnarly. Will it be available as digital dl? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sotesound Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 Thanks Atop @mcbpete - LOL ;-) @xox - cheers @patternoverlap - I'm not sure about digital dl yet. It's up to the label...I will definitely push for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gretsky 3D Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 Those two bandcamp tracks sound like a caffeine rush translated into sound. Instant buy. Wouldn't have to think twice about buying digital version of the album either! I do hope the label would be open to the idea. I don't think I'm the only one who hasn't had decent equipment for playing vinyl for a while now. No use buying records if they just collect dust and take up space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sotesound Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 Ok folks, good news... The album will be released digitally as well. There is no release date yet, but I will definitely let you know once I know... Cheers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricone RC Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 Electric Deaf and Wake Up are long-time favourites of mine. Mamnoon Sote, delam barat kheyli tang shodeh! (kudos to random Farsi phrasebook page I found) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcbpete Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 A live homage I just did about Sote's return - Your browser does not support the HTML5 audio tag http://www.ilovecubus.co.uk/pete/tape_industry.mp3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sotesound Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 Cheers mcbpete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C686029E6681EBF8 Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 I've listened to this album loads at this point, yet I'm still hearing new things each and every time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awepittance Posted February 13, 2015 Author Share Posted February 13, 2015 here is a (very high quality) recording of his entire set at the CTM festival http://www.rbmaradio.com/shows/sote-live-at-ctm-festival-2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kichiguy Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 Very very cool set. Some amazing sounds in there. Does anyone know how to rip the RB player stream in decent quality? LookiNg forward to that digital release soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awepittance Posted February 13, 2015 Author Share Posted February 13, 2015 Very very cool set. Some amazing sounds in there. Does anyone know how to rip the RB player stream in decent quality? LookiNg forward to that digital release soon. i dont know how, but maybe ata has a recording he wouldn't mind sharing as a download Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sotesound Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Hey Robbie, I actually don't but I might be able to get it. I'll let everyone here know if I do.... Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sotesound Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 And finally as promised here is the digital release of Architectonic. http://boomkat.com/downloads/1214863-sote-architectonic Please go for FLAC instead of MP3... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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