HYPER OPAL MANTIS

TRACKLISTING A1. Rubi B1. Lone Pyramids B2. Epsilon C1. Purple Phase C2. Dune D1. Soul Surfing D2. Outremer E1. Onde Mantis E2. Saudade F1. Laniakea INFO The tension between the natural and artificial, the body and mind, are central themes in electronic music in general, and Techno in particular, as the means of creation, focused around technology and interactions with machines, contrast with the emotional response to sound, the mystical ritual of collective dancing, and the ethos of liberation and tolerance embedded in the culture it produced. We™re navigating a world of engineered pleasures, big data monitoring of movements and consumption habits, and falsely objective representations of reality, further blurred by a reduced attention span and several opaque layers of cultural interpretation and political manipulation. Manichean simplifications are used to create hate and fear in order to achieve domination and impose limits on freedom, and the irrational belief in endless growth, increasingly disconnected from nature, led to massive environmental destructions and waves of unprecedented extinctions of species. Our primal sensuous perception, vastly more abstract, emotional and sensual, make us feel the world as an ambiguous realm we are part of, but not in control of ; a complex network of interacting forces and enigmatic patterns, a matrix of overlapping desires. Rebuilding our bonds with nature, Reconnecting with our senses, and spreading love in the process becomes an essential act of resistance. Hyper Opal Mantis is a triptych on 3 states of desire, and the first long player of Kangding Ray for Stroboscopic Artefacts. HYPER is the primal, sensual lust, OPAL is the emotional catharsis, a blissful desire for love. MANTIS, like the insect it refers to, is the destructive, fatal attraction. DJ SUPPORT early feedback from Ben Klock: Have to listen more closely. For now number 7 is my pick to play out. Lucy: So proud of this one. Oscar Mulero: Kangding Ray always delivers. Full support. Edit Select: Masterful .. just brilliant all of it! Ness: Impressive album, enjoyed a lot. Thanks so much! Svreca: Excellent new KR Album. 10/10. Cosmin TRG: Fantastic, thanks. Liam / Clouds: Unreal! SSTROM: ˜LANIAKEA™ and ˜ONDE MANTIS™ for me, killers! Phase Fatale: Excellent! Electric Indigo: ˜Rubi™, ˜Lone Pyramids™ and ˜Onde Mantis™ are my picks here, thank you! Presha: Sounds really great with lots of layers I can\'t wait to get to know. Really lovely art as always also. Thanks for sending. Jeff Derringer / Soma: Very nice! I've been waiting for this... Felix K: Thanks! Emmanuel: This is pure class. Tripeo: Great album!! Agoria: Downloaded for Agoria, Thanks for the music! Orde Meikle / Slam: Always - respect - thanks Dax J: amainzg album, congrats! lot of stuff on here to play and listen to thanks Aurora Halal: 0 Thomas Hessler: Wonderful! Thank you! Artefakt: Really captivating, stunning piece of work. Tensal: Really big fan of all David\'s music..this is amazing as usual Kristian / Ame: Thanks. A Made Up Sound: Downloading this to give it my proper attention later, thanks a lot! Brando Lupi: Emotional album...great stuff! Thank you. Exium / Kessell: Good stuff, thanks. Claudio PRC: Fantastic work, immense! Max Durante: Mental Eomac: Tasty stuff. I'm really digging ˜Purple Phase™ on first listen. Irakli Paula Temple: Stunning, adore the entire album. Joseph Capriati: Downloading for Joseph Capriati, thanks! Milton Bradley: Nice, thanks. Marcel Dettmann: Thx. Eric Cloutier: Well god damn! Adriana Lopez: ˜Rubi™ and ˜Dune™ my favorites. Great LP. Thanks! Rebekah: Loving some of these pieces, as always superbly crafted by KR. Thank you! IORI: Superb! Takaaki Itoh: All tracks are great. ˜SOUL SURFIN™ is top. Ryan James Ford: Amazing stuff.... Distant Echoes: inspirational Dave Clarke: ˜Rubi™ works for me. Reka / Tresor: Many good tunes here, Total support, as always. Thanks. Chris Liebing: Thanks! Christian Wunsch: Great album!!! will listen properly in the studio. Thanx!! Stuart McMillan / Slam: Thanks. Mumdance: Love this - 100% support in clubs + radio P.E.A.R.L.: Good album, downloading for a proper listening, thx! Arad: Iridescent landscapes. Orde Meikle / Slam: Thanx Echoplex: Great stuff, full support. Like this kind of darkness. Samuli Kemppi: Great album. Will play some on the radio. Thanks! Boddika: Fantastic! Shl¢mo: 10/10 !!! Ilario Alicante: Downloading for Ilario Alicante, thanks for the music! Richie Hawtin: Downloaded for Richie Hawtin. Kamikaze Space Programme : Amazing as always! Inigo Kennedy: Top notch well crafterd music from Kangding Ray here. Distinctive as always. Ctrls: I really like this as a listening experience, a few of the tunes will definitely go in my sets as well. Henning Baer: Killer! Samuel Kerridge: David.....you sexy man!! Mary Velo: Great stuff here thanks! DJ Hyperactive: Solid release. Quality stuff right here. Etapp Kyle: Thanks Lena Willikens: Thanks! Oliver Ho / Broken English Club: Hypnotic and deep stuff, I like it. Markus Suckut: Great LP, into ˜EPSILON™ Ron Morelli: Killer LP„great job David Monoloc: Amazing !!!!!! Francois X: Top notch DJ Nobu: Excellent!!! Dave Miller / Abstract Division: ˜Soul Surfing™ for me! Post Scriptum: Playing this at the weekend at La Batofar, top! Sigha: Killer! Go Hiyama: I'll enjoy this sounds. Thanks.