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クイックビュー {"id":8750762918138,"title":"Barker \/\/ Stochastic Drift LP [COLOR]","handle":"barker-stochastic-drift-lp-color","description":"\u003cp\u003eドイツ・ベルリンのレフトフィールド・テクノ作家Barkerが、2025年4月にノルウェー・オスロのオールジャンルレーベル\u003cspan\u003eSmalltown Supersoundからリリースしたレコードです。\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eドリーミーなネオトランス〜アンビエント・テクノ8曲を収録。クリア盤です。\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Te2U1MPiwio?si=huhyc4DlshFvLibQ\" title=\"YouTube video player\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eレーベルその他作品は\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/tobirarecords.com\/collections\/stss\"\u003eこちら\u003c\/a\u003e \/\/\/ Click \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/tobirarecords.com\/collections\/stss\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e to see more Smalltown Supersound releases available at Tobira.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e--------------------------------------\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003ereleases April 4, 2025\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e12\" clear vinyl.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e1. Force of Habit\u003cbr\u003e2. Reframing 03:59\u003cbr\u003e3. Difference and Repetition\u003cbr\u003e4. The Remembering Self\u003cbr\u003e5. Positive Disintegration\u003cbr\u003e6. Cosmic Microwave\u003cbr\u003e7. Fluid Mechanics\u003cbr\u003e8. Stochastic Drift\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSmalltown Supersound:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eFollowing 2023’s Unfixed EP and his first full-length release since his 2019 debut album Utility, Stochastic Drift builds on Barker’s singular process to capture life’s chaos and reflect on just how much has changed. If his previous records showcased the artist “using ambient materials to remake techno” (Pitchfork), Stochastic Drift pushes Barker’s approach even further into harmonic chaos and dreamy freeform float.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eUtility, the fullest expression of the beatless techno experimentation Barker excavated on his cult classic Debiasing EP, arrived to critical fanfare from The Quietus, DJ Mag, Resident Advisor, and Mixmag (who named it their Album Of The Year). The years since the release of Utility have been marked by intense unpredictability: Barker’s own shifting attitudes towards production, moments of professional transition and, not least, a global pandemic, necessitated somewhat of a reinvention.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eStochastic Drift sees Barker creating tracks with a fresh deftness and appreciation for the unexpected. “I’d been working with an approach that was quite deliberate and goal-oriented before, but I realised this wasn’t so helpful in the context of uncertainty. Being\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e suddenly unemployed and stuck at home for an indefinite amount of time, with one disruption after another, it was like the target kept moving and I didn’t know what to aim at.” Barker reflects. “I noticed this unpredictability starting to creep into what I was making, and tracks were ending up a long way from the intentions they started with. So the challenge for this record was to try to embrace that process, to let go of expectations.” The serotonin-spiking lead single “Reframing,” titled after psychological technique for reinterpreting a situation in a positive way, unfolds like a brittle reimagining of Sasha’s eternal prog trance standard “Xpander” until it begins to drift through uncharted territory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThroughout Stochastic Drift, Barker dives deeper into the world of mechanical instrumentation. Barker explains: “My interest in mechanical instruments is not to replace a human performer, but to explore the tool in a different way, maybe dehumanize it a little bit and look for the potential outside of what humans have already perfected.” Addressing anxiety about the influence of automation in music making head on, Barker emphasises that, regardless of the technology implemented and how this might enable the artist, machines of all sorts, be they robots, synths or instruments, are simply tools. 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Force of Habit\u003cbr\u003e2. Reframing 03:59\u003cbr\u003e3. Difference and Repetition\u003cbr\u003e4. The Remembering Self\u003cbr\u003e5. Positive Disintegration\u003cbr\u003e6. Cosmic Microwave\u003cbr\u003e7. Fluid Mechanics\u003cbr\u003e8. Stochastic Drift\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSmalltown Supersound:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eFollowing 2023’s Unfixed EP and his first full-length release since his 2019 debut album Utility, Stochastic Drift builds on Barker’s singular process to capture life’s chaos and reflect on just how much has changed. If his previous records showcased the artist “using ambient materials to remake techno” (Pitchfork), Stochastic Drift pushes Barker’s approach even further into harmonic chaos and dreamy freeform float.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eUtility, the fullest expression of the beatless techno experimentation Barker excavated on his cult classic Debiasing EP, arrived to critical fanfare from The Quietus, DJ Mag, Resident Advisor, and Mixmag (who named it their Album Of The Year). The years since the release of Utility have been marked by intense unpredictability: Barker’s own shifting attitudes towards production, moments of professional transition and, not least, a global pandemic, necessitated somewhat of a reinvention.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eStochastic Drift sees Barker creating tracks with a fresh deftness and appreciation for the unexpected. “I’d been working with an approach that was quite deliberate and goal-oriented before, but I realised this wasn’t so helpful in the context of uncertainty. Being\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e suddenly unemployed and stuck at home for an indefinite amount of time, with one disruption after another, it was like the target kept moving and I didn’t know what to aim at.” Barker reflects. “I noticed this unpredictability starting to creep into what I was making, and tracks were ending up a long way from the intentions they started with. So the challenge for this record was to try to embrace that process, to let go of expectations.” The serotonin-spiking lead single “Reframing,” titled after psychological technique for reinterpreting a situation in a positive way, unfolds like a brittle reimagining of Sasha’s eternal prog trance standard “Xpander” until it begins to drift through uncharted territory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThroughout Stochastic Drift, Barker dives deeper into the world of mechanical instrumentation. Barker explains: “My interest in mechanical instruments is not to replace a human performer, but to explore the tool in a different way, maybe dehumanize it a little bit and look for the potential outside of what humans have already perfected.” Addressing anxiety about the influence of automation in music making head on, Barker emphasises that, regardless of the technology implemented and how this might enable the artist, machines of all sorts, be they robots, synths or instruments, are simply tools. It’s the creative act that remains resolutely human.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“I wanted to explore the link between my internal and external realities, between the chaos of the time and how that was manifesting in my music and ideas,” Barker says of Stochastic Drift. “It’s a transition between lots of shifting realities, describing a process in a window of time that was full of change.” As though finding comfort in unpredictability, the artist pieces together a new sound and in so doing finds a salve for uncertainty.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArtist : Barker\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLabel : Smalltown Supersound\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ecat no : \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSTS425lp-C1 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e"}