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Galapagoose

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'Commitments' LP available now on Magical Properties

'One Who Can't Move' video and Braille Remix

1. Don't Break The Spell
2. Planting the Seed
3. A Time For Us
4. Winkler
5. Unintended Consequence
6. One Who Can't Move
7. She
8. Attraction and Influence
9. Rhizome
10. Attachments
11. Hard Swallow
12. Snuffclutch
13. Dark Rooms, Illuminate
14. Weight
15. Multiplicities

Galapagoose is Melbourne, Australia based interdisciplinary artist Trent Gill. From a jazz theory background but with a distinctly DIY ethos, Trent’s musical creations take on many forms, from recording and composition, to designing studio hardware and computer software. He is well regarded in underground electronic circles for his developments in live performance-based software, focused primarily around the Monome.  Though deeply multifaceted, Trent’s productions remain the central tenet of his output, harnessing a delicate soulfulness alongside brash experimentalism, with performances rooted in improvisation and spontaneous vocal sampling. After traveling abroad through 2011 to tour with Young Magic (Carpark), of whom he produced the group's debut album, Trent found himself living in NYC. Through a serendipitous alignment, a joint performance with Daedelus occurred, laying the foundation for the release of Trent’s solo debut album, 'Commitments', on Daedelus’ own Magical Properties imprint.

'Commitments' draws on the looseness of modern beat music with its wild swinging rhythms and stylistic collage. Recorded in a flurry over a brief six-week period, the hypnotic melodies and psychedelic feel document the intensity of the moment, striking hard at the heartstrings. There is a roughness to the compositions, a nod to the DIY process they were created through, occupying that place on the precipice between chaos and beauty. Handmade instruments and kitchen sink percussion layer over one-take electronics and non-looped drum patterns. All the while delicate vocals tell the unfolding story, punctuating grooves and sign-posting the multi-linear narrative.

There is an inward struggle within the album, where wall-of-sound choruses fall into fragile poignancy, as in "Rhizome", or in the extended jazz harmony of "Attachments", pushing the simple pop vocal hook into the realm of spiritual elevation. Songs like "Snuffclutch" and "Weight" ebb and flow with free cyclic rhythms, yet tug at the listener with impassioned melodic motifs and lush textures. Meanwhile the deeply visceral bounce of "Winkler" and opener "Don't Break the Spell" will satisfy the syncopated desires of even the most staunch beat head.

'Commitments' is a portrait of an artist in constant flux, finding influence from the world over and touching on all corners of the heart and body in the most sonically gratifying ways.

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