Sote - Architectonic

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Having been reasonably quiet so far this year with only 12”s from Philadelphia producers Lack and Metasplice, Rabih Beaini’s Morphine label has announced details of its first album of 2014. Entitled Architectonic, it comes from Iran-based producer Ata Ebtekar, who has been producing music since the ‘90s for labels including Warp, Digitalis, Sub Rosa and more, primarily under the name Sote. Although early releases experimented with D&B and IDM, the 2010 Sonic Within cassette for Digitalis produced under his own name in collaboration with Mazdak Khamda saw him experimenting with acoustic composition.

With Beaini’s work as Morphosis showing a clear interest in experimenting with both electronic and organic sounds, Ebtekar is a perfect candidate for a release on Morphine. In a press release that may be baffling to those without a solid grounding in musical theory, the label explains that Ebtekar created Architectonic using FM, physical modelling and additive synthesis in a “modular environment”, with an “occasionally polyrhythmic” outcome. It goes on to explain that the album is supposedly comprised of “interwoven patterns and complex ornaments within a pliant grid”, which “form a diametric functionality of loop-based trance-inducing music”. Those who wish to make their own minds up can sample previews at the Rush Hour website.

 

http://www.junodownload.com/plus/2014/07/24/sote-prepares-architectonic-album-for-morphine/

https://bleep.com/release/53227-sote-architectonic

http://www.sotesound.com/

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Hi everyone,

The vinyl is finally out...

Hope you enjoy it.

http://boomkat.com/vinyl/1117228-sote-architectonic

https://bleep.com/release/53227-sote-architectonic

I'm also releasing a few short pieces along with this release on my Bandcamp in the next few weeks.

There is already one up there with more to follow soon. Find out about these on my Facebook and Bandcamp pages:

www.facebook.com/ata.sote.ebtekar

https://sotesound.bandcamp.com

Hi Sote, enjoying your stuff a lot, fresh approach. Additional tracks are also very welcome.

Thank you Amen Lare.

Just posted a second digital track...

www.facebook.com/ata.sote.ebtekar

Enjoy

hi ata!

Hi Robbie,

Hope all is well.

love your music sir! Really excited about the new lp! Yay!

If you re-released Electric Deaf then Warp would probably want you to master it just a little bit louder ;)

wow! this really sounds refreshing... but at the same time pretty old too (which is good), like it jumps from the late '50 to 2020. keep on with the good work, sote!

This sounds pretty gnarly. Will it be available as digital dl?

Thanks Atop

@mcbpete - LOL ;-)

@xox - cheers

@patternoverlap - I'm not sure about digital dl yet. It's up to the label...I will definitely push for it.

Those two bandcamp tracks sound like a caffeine rush translated into sound. Instant buy.

Wouldn't have to think twice about buying digital version of the album either! I do hope the label would be open to the idea.

I don't think I'm the only one who hasn't had decent equipment for playing vinyl for a while now. No use buying records if they just collect dust and take up space.

Ok folks, good news...

The album will be released digitally as well. There is no release date yet, but I will definitely let you know once I know...

Cheers,

Electric Deaf and Wake Up are long-time favourites of mine. Mamnoon Sote, delam barat kheyli tang shodeh!

(kudos to random Farsi phrasebook page I found)

A live homage I just did about Sote's return -

Cheers mcbpete

I've listened to this album loads at this point, yet I'm still hearing new things each and every time.

here is a (very high quality) recording of his entire set at the CTM festival

http://www.rbmaradio.com/shows/sote-live-at-ctm-festival-2015

Very very cool set. Some amazing sounds in there. Does anyone know how to rip the RB player stream in decent quality?

LookiNg forward to that digital release soon.

  On 2/13/2015 at 9:30 AM, kichiguy said:

Very very cool set. Some amazing sounds in there. Does anyone know how to rip the RB player stream in decent quality?

 

LookiNg forward to that digital release soon.

i dont know how, but maybe ata has a recording he wouldn't mind sharing as a download

Hey Robbie, I actually don't but I might be able to get it. I'll let everyone here know if I do....

Cheers

And finally as promised here is the digital release of Architectonic.

http://boomkat.com/downloads/1214863-sote-architectonic

Please go for FLAC instead of MP3...