Colin Dyer - 16E8C02

This performance features tons of off-kilter beats, resonance, and odd atmospheres.

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'16E8C02' is a recording of a performance in San Francisco, CA on 2/24/2018 at Hyde Street Studios.

 

This performance uses a homemade xenharmonic tuning system built from an array of delay units. Percussion and other elements are given pitches based on specific delay speeds.

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The sound palette from "Xanatos Gambit" across 8 tracks. My favorite!

I really love how thorough and disciplined you are in exploring this tuned drum delay aesthetic! I really haven't heard much else like it at this level. Very satisfying listening experience, especially on headphones!

  On 7/28/2018 at 6:01 AM, Goiter Sanchez said:

I really haven't heard much else like it at this level.

There's a few COH albums which sound similar (but different enough from 16E8C02):

https://cohemego.bandcamp.com/album/retro-2038

https://cohemego.bandcamp.com/album/to-beat

It's a really niche sound I wish more artists would explore.

This is killer.  Great stuff as always, man.

This is already on my albums of the year list

Second listen — those rhythms are doing my head in. Pretty impressed this was performed life. Care to elaborate on your methods?

Thanks for the kind words, gents! I'm definitely aiming to explore this sound further and intend on building a hardware set, but it may have a very different sound. We'll see how that works out.

  On 8/1/2018 at 12:20 AM, Extralife said:

Second listen — those rhythms are doing my head in. Pretty impressed this was performed life. Care to elaborate on your methods?

In a nutshell, I'm running a bunch of beats programmed in Ableton Live and each track has a delay unit with a specific delay speed. I'm messing with plugins the entire time and trigger things with an APC40. Also, some of the ambient stuff is a Novation Bass Station II put through some effects.

When I started this, I was just doing what came naturally, so the beats are pretty weird just because it's how my body naturally wants to move.

  On 7/28/2018 at 6:01 AM, Goiter Sanchez said:

I really love how thorough and disciplined you are in exploring this tuned drum delay aesthetic! I really haven't heard much else like it at this level. Very satisfying listening experience, especially on headphones!

It was written on headphones, so that was how it was intended to be heard, but in my opinion, the best way to hear it is live. If the room is the right shape, it fills with resonance and feels like a massage.

A few of you were kind enough to recommend this album in the 2018 Album of the Year nominations thread. Just bumping this so others will know about it.

Also, I did another small jam in this style recently (which I'm planning on cleaning up eventually):

https://soundcloud.com/colin-dyer/delay-stuff-jam-or-a-poorly-mixed-demo

I will highly vouch for this album.

It is a very good album, listened to it many times over the last 3 months or so. That new track sounds good too, curious to hear where you take that technique

Just got into your stuff as a result of reading the "music like Autechre" thread. Great find. Love the sounds and love how focused it is.

I'm late on this, but it is indeed worthy! Great stuff, need to listen more actually.

Yeah I listened a few weeks ago forgot to comment sry, super good shit

it's many months later and this is still really good. bass at the end of track 2 makes the keys on my car's rearview mirror vibrate in just the right way.

There'll be some news regarding this release soon

If you wanted to own this album on physical media, then you're in luck! This album is getting a cassette release through Schematic on 2/21.

Glad to finally be able to announce this. The designer Raphael Arar and I worked on the design for the tape and it looks pretty cool, imho. The tape also comes with a couple bonus tracks.

Here is a video that was made by the talented Maria Mendes to help celebrate the occasion.

  On 1/24/2020 at 6:17 PM, Braintree said:

If you wanted to own this album on physical media, then you're in luck! This album is getting a cassette release through Schematic on 2/21.

Glad to finally be able to announce this. The designer Raphael Arar and I worked on the design for the tape and it looks pretty cool, imho. The tape also comes with a couple bonus tracks.

Here is a video that was made by the talented Maria Mendes to help celebrate the occasion.

 

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Dude - a Schematic release?? Congrats. 
 

Will pick this up for sure.

Congrats mate! 

Well deserved!

Just bought the shit out of this tape. Get on it fellas.

https://schematicmusiccompany.bandcamp.com/album/16e8c02

Schematic sent me some tapes. Going to hawk some of these bad boys at the next show. Which is 2/28 in San Francisco.

Those look awesome!

Add to your Discogs collections!
https://www.discogs.com/release/14844549

Bay Area WATMMers, we're having a party this Friday to celebrate the release:

https://www.facebook.com/events/2613077648915620/

  On 2/25/2020 at 11:33 PM, Goiter Sanchez said:

Add to your Discogs collections!
https://www.discogs.com/release/14844549

Bay Area WATMMers, we're having a party this Friday to celebrate the release:

https://www.facebook.com/events/2613077648915620/

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Bump. The release party is tonight in San Francisco, for you Bay Area watmmers.

https://www.residentadvisor.net/events/1391100?fbclid=IwAR32gW1pqWe17WT0O7V7DO94-T7BobQyWHuuRbjqAFdn726kgiDAIe3bHCw