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Atol Scrap [2021 Remaster]

by arovane

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hemipheistos
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hemipheistos Got the original release back in 1999 and it became one of my top 5 eletronic album. Even today it seems right on time. Every track is a journey. Favorite track: thaem nue [2021 Remaster].
Ƒiͥℝnͣwͫสld
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Ƒiͥℝnͣwͫสld Das ist so, wie es sein sollte. Favorite track: tascel_7 [2021 Remaster].
Derek Power
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Derek Power I love this album ever since I heard it in college. At the time, it was seen as some kind of early Autechre rip-off, which has always been unfair. This is a work of beauty: simple yet intricate, fragile yet resilient, haunting yet inviting, humble yet grand. And time is much kinder to it now then it was first released.

This is the first time this album has been issued on vinyl. It is evident great care was taken to make sure this works in that medium. Pay close attention to the segues. Favorite track: r/elet [2021 Remaster].
dropthedyle
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dropthedyle Such a masterpiece of the millenium era !
Micro Landscape of a Bathroom Sink
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Micro Landscape of a Bathroom Sink I purchased the album initially mostly out of respect for Uwe's work, which has had a great impact on my musical taste and preference at the time.

I am listening to these tracks again after a long time and the works invoke the same wonder of the beauty and emotion of electronic music.
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about

The story of each re-release begins with the original. In the late 90s, Uwe Zahn (Arovane), along with Robert Henke (Monolake) and Stefan Betke (Pole), began releasing music on Torsten Pröfrock’s (Dynamo) newly launched DIN label. This was a very inconspicuous undertaking, but fans of the flourishing IDM, glitch, and constantly evolving abstract techno genres quickly picked up on the quality of sound coming out of Germany. After a few successful EPs, Zahn began working on his debut full-length, Atol Scrap. The release was a success, at least in the underground circles, where followers of the melodic harmonies, stuttering off-beat rhythms, and, most importantly, advanced sound design feverishly consumed the imprint’s output. There was only one thing missing – the album was never pressed on vinyl, and for decades remained in the digital domain. The fans, of course, inquired. There were multiple offers on the table, but Zahn retained control until he was assured that it was properly attained. “I thought of taking everything into my own hands and releasing the record myself,” says Zahn, “but at the end of last year, Matthias from Keplar asked me to re-release Atol Scrap on vinyl.” The label and its owner revolve in the Morr Music universe, and so it made sense for Zahn to trust the platform to treat the record right.

Listening to Atol Scrap over twenty years later it is inane not to admit how well it has held up. Where other genres clearly aged, becoming stale, bland, and dull, the music on eleven tasty tracks still keeps the neurons tickled with each note. More than an echo of the past, the bottled sound truly has matured. Many of the newly evolving techniques are recognizable on the album. “I created the digital artifacts with a digital multi-track recorder, the Fostex D80,” recalls Zahn. “The thing had a scrub wheel with which I could achieve wonderful glitch effects by winding through the audio data. I have sampled and further processed these artifacts.” And this approach is still embedded in Zahn’s sound design. “I still use my 24-track analog desk from Tascam to mix my audio. I love to use hardware synths and samplers. I’ve definitely built upon my studio experience in the 90s.” From this debut to the most recent output, Arovane’s sound has evolved to become more intricate, detailed, and pronounced. “My music has become much quieter and much slower. But that’s probably also due to the noise in the world.” And just as Atol Scrap reminds Zahn of the past, retaining charm preserved in a container traveling through time, it also jitters memories of long ago, when we were twenty years younger, less experienced, and bold. For me, among the many records of the time, this album held a special place in life, my heart, and many CD boxes moved across the world. And now I’m only happy to restock the vinyl space, where Atol Scrap belongs among the beloved records. Welcome home. - Mike Lazarev

credits

released May 21, 2021

Remastered and cut to vinyl by Kassian Troyer @ D&M.
Cover art by Jim Kühnel based on a photograph by Uwe Zahn.

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