Berlin-based techno producer Peryl lands on German record label Augmented Research later this month to deliver his latest album Phase Alterations, an exploration in the highly detailed world of analogue synthesis.
Peryl is known for his meticulous, to the point of obsessive, approach to sound design, a craft he has honed to a razor sharp edge that makes his live show a regular feature at venues such as FOLD, Berghain and Tresor.
Phase Alterations is the culmination of that utmost dedication to craft, a 9-track LP that immerses its listener into a singularly intricate world soundscape of shifting textures, hypnotic rhythm and industrial echoes. Darkly spiralling and eminently listenable, it’s a high quality addition to the back catalogue of a label that aims to focus “on conceptual projects with a multidimensional, thought-provoking sonic identity – enveloped in a weighty ambience” – yeah, that checks out here.
Nullity distills the sound of Phase Alterations into (just shy of) 6 subterranean minutes of brooding drone work, aquatic, distorted synths and taut bursts of crackle and static, all underpinned by the kind of relentless 4/4 drive that sits well in any dark basement complete with a high-quality sound system. The track unfolds in a hazy twilight of delayed mids and spacious, yet precise, arrangements, layering and texturing considered to the nth degree, eventually fading out in a dense, drone-induced fog.
‘Phase Alternations’ is scheduled for release on 20th January via Augmented Research. Order a copy from Bandcamp.
TRACKLIST
1. Wave Field
2. Synthetic Dawn
3. Stretch Pulse
4. Midnight Motion
5. Electrostatic
6. Nullity
7. 1001
8. Transparence
9. Exalt