One Child Policy - It Mirrored Me (它反映了我)
Format: Digital & Vinyl
Catalog: Dian Nao DN001
Release: November 27 2020
Digitally distributed through EPM Music.
Vinyl tracklisting (includes bonus B2 track):
A1. It Mirrored Me (它反映了我)
B1. Absence (缺席)
B2. Only Me || 孝
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This EP marks the first release on Cao’s label Dian Nao (电脑, “electronic brain”), which will serve as a platform for his own productions and future releases from forward-thinking electronic artists.
A1. “It Mirrored Me (它反映了我)”
“It Mirrored Me (它反映了我)” is a wall-of-sound techno epic. At the heart of the track lies 7 masterful layers of hypnotic, processed, and evolving TB-303 sequences paired alongside a deep sub bass progression and icy female vocal phrases. It was recorded using a self-modded x0xb0x (TB-303 clone) along with various unique sound design methods Cao created.
B1. “Absence (缺席)”
“Absence (缺席)” is a moody psychedelic breakbeat belter. The intro paints an atmospheric picture using swirling synths and field recordings while building up the beat. The snappy liquid breaks paired alongside emotional detuned pads transport the listener to another dimension. Wisping across the track are introspective spoken samples open to interpretation that explore the melancholy of absence.
Artwork by Garrett Mcgale -
www.garrettmcgale.com
Watching Garrett's process, he 3D modeled an abstract sculpture and painted it with some of his photographs. He then captures a still of the model through a refractive mirrored glass system he created that further obscures the form. The resulting image is a touched up "snapshot" of this abstract sculpture.
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Press
Magnetic Mag
www.magneticmag.com/2020/11/premiere-one-child-policy-absence/
De Subjectivisten
subjectivisten.nl/bal-der-verstrooiing-16-2020-week-49/
Featured on Apple Music's Techno Editorial Playlist,
Ballacid YT, HATE YT, Moskalus , Underground Elektronics YT.
Also available at Vinyl Dreams SF
vinyldreamssf.com/collections/breaks/products/one-child-policy-it-mirrored-me-12-dian-nao
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All songs produced, arranged and mixed by Dennis Ruowei Cao/曹偌伟
Artwork by Garrett Mcgale
Mastered by Harrison Holt
Distributed through EPM Music
(P) and (C) Dian Nao 2020
released November 27, 2020