MY SENTIENT SHADOW

A1. The Simulacrum A2. The Spacetime Curvature A3. Foreign to You (feat. NiQ E) B1. The Self Assembling B2. Analogue World B3. Cages C1. I Feel Stronger Now C2. We Exist (feat. Mandy Alexander) D1. Ripple Effect D2. Fractal Distortion Short Info: Following hot on the heels of lead single and recent mind-body tantalizer šI Feel Stronger Now,› we are now truly proud to present you with Portable™s latest full-length My Sentient Shadow. Filled to the brim with all of the inventiveness the sonic auteur has commanded we expect from his sizable and consistent body of work on worldrenown labels such as Perlon, ~scape, !K7, and his own Süd Electronic and Khoikhoi imprints, and dare we say offering us perhaps the most cohesive, emotive, and balanced of his highly-admirable catalog here to date. By using the analogy of a shadow that possesses its own consciousness, the theme of light and its distortion vs balance with the inherent and necessary darkness that surrounds it is in clear vision. Immediately from the warmly bizarre vibes of opening cut šThe Simulacrum›, it™s clear Portable is requesting clearance to other worlds of funk and ingenuity. The delightfully trippy, smoky, back-room of the Tattooine Cantina feel sets the stage just right to curb expectations and let the carefully constructed noise movements wash over us. Elsewhere amongst the generous set we find tracks like šCages› and šRipple Effect› continue in the direction of horizontally-maximized aural tapestries oozing with texture, while at the other end of the energy spectrum pieces such as šThe Self-Assembling› and šWe Exist..› roll and bounce with all the sci-fi gyrations and slick synth layers hinting at a hypnotic halfway rendezvous point to his Bodycode moniker. And of course, no proper Portable outing would be complete without his own robust tenor vocal tone, which feels r