DAYDREAM

TRACKLIST A1. Twilight Part 1 (2:07) A2. Twilight Part 2 (6:44) A3. Citylights (6:06) A4. Haze (1:45) B1. Blazer (2:55) B2. Daydream (7:03) B3. Untitled (2:14) B4. Unreal City (5:36) PREVIEW https://soundcloud.com/#polysick/polysick-daydream-audiomer These last few years Rome based producer Egisto Sopor has been turning heads with a steady stream of most excellent releases. A cdr on Legowelt's Strange Life Records, a tape on 100 % Silk, a double LP on Planet Mu and an evergrowing series of jams that are put on soundcloud or on his youtube channel. All of which offer atmospheric acid tinged techno laced with idiosyncratic touches. He has thus developed quite a cult following among lovers of lo fi electronic music who eagerly await his next grainy video, that feel like lost transmissions from an early nineties MTV broadcast. Polysick doesn't get out much and keeps a low profile which adds to his rather enigmatic standing. With his new LP 'Daydream', Egisto has created the perfect soundtrack to a midnight trip through darkened cityscapes. Starting out like a confused jam session it slowly takes off and twists into uncanny shapes conjuring up images of a futuristic nightlife that plays out under neon lights, with a feeling of dread constantly lurking in the shadows. This is techno that tells a tale; a storyboard that comes pushing through in muffled flashes. A chase scene through deserted back alleys, executed while hunter and prey are both in a half-awake state, stuck in an infinite loop. And when the ambient synth twirls unravel and a 4/4 pulse kicks in and tears through the dreamy state of conciousness, it never signals a reassuring release of tension. You might dance to it, but not without anxiously looking over your shoulder. www.audiomer.org www.discogs.com/artist/Polysick POLYSICK AND FACT MAG We're happy to announce that Factmag just published an extensive interview with deep mind explorer Polysick, who talks about his new record 'Daydream' on audioMER and how this album relates to the more dance side of his output. http://www.factmag.com/2013/03/13/polysick-explains-how-youtube-warm-acid-and-d eep-mind-exploration-have-informed-his-work-for-100-silk-planet-mu-and-beyond/ Quote: 'A fascination with sleep states recurs across Sopor™s discography, inviting associations to the nebulous hypnagogic pop movement of a few years ago. But just as pertinent are comparisons to the warm IDM acid found in the discographies of Aphex Twin, µ-Ziq and others. Sopor™s new album Daydream, for Belgian label AudioMER, brings that influence to the fore, focussing on a rounded acid house sound that evokes sleepy urban nightscapes, seasoned with just a hint of peril.' http://www.tinymixtapes.com/music-review/polysick-daydream Quote: The title speaks to the intent of the album, an acid flashback to the rave era; Polysick immerses the listener in the memory of it. Daydream is an attempt to get back to a time where things were more špure› and less diluted by notions of genre and regionalized context. The hypertext of influence, the anxiety of it, becomes a vessel for expression itself when molded to a singular, unwavering vision. Daydream in this way is deeply personal and mesmerizing. Here, Polysick is no longer the cold investigator of origins but the sum of those parts. http://www.factmag.com/2013/03/26/daydream/ Quote: Many of Sopor™s sonic signatures are, thankfully, intact. Those gorgeous spongy, soured synth tones make an appearance in the seductive one-two of ˜Haze™ and ˜Blazer™. They also feature in the untitled seventh track, though there, combined with the plangent melody turning pirouettes in the foreground, they take on an icy quality reminiscent of early Autechre. Elsewhere, Sopor™s dancier tendencies are brought to the fore  indeed, it™s this side of the producer™s personality that comes to define the album... in all cases Daydream is darker and more forbidding than its predecessor, and tends to evoke a grander sense of space. Rifraf: ' A highly original and psychadelic throwback to the days when acid, ambient and Detroit-techno ruled the dance charts' - RIFRAF