We sat back with Norwegian producer Telephones to discuss his new album ‘Vibe Telemetry’ on Gerd Janson’s record label Running Back, plus the influence of memories on his work, full-length format shift and overall sound aesthetics.
GenreBalearic
Results37Mind Lotion: Altitude Attitudes
As Fantastic Man, Superconscious Records boss Mic Newman got us used to hi-NRG blends of organic, exotica-infused boogie and straight-up jacking rhythms. Under his Mind Lotion moniker, it’s a feast of chimey inflections and vaporous flute lines that unfurls, matching the intoxicating feel of the summits with the horizontal quietness of a shimmering seaway.
D.K.: Island Of Dreams
Whilst a major part of the current retro-driven house and electronica sometimes feels like losing itself in vain convolutions, D.K.’s sound certainly offers a way finer rethink of the well-tried recipes he gets to toy with.
Ptaki: Przelot
The duo blend popular Polish songs from the ’70-80s together with contemporary rhythms like the trappy hats and hipopisms of Za Daleki Sen and the result is equal in functional bizarreness to the unlikelihood of the encounter.
Steve Cobby & Trudie Dawn Smith: We Start Over
With the past years being dominated by techno and then ambient, International Feel are truly heralding the year of Balearic. Lower those tempos, widen your scope and break out the smiles.