MOPCUT – Accelerated Frames of Reference

TROST | TR185 | CD / LP+DL | 2019
Audrey Chen – voice
Julien Desprez – guitar
Lukas König – drums, synthesizers

Accelerated Frames Of Reference is the blistering debut album by Mopcut. With Lukas König (Koenigleopold / 5K HD / Kompost 3) on synthesizers and drums, Julien Desprez on electric guitar and vocalist Audrey Chen. Three artists have joined forces to create songs beyond language and gravity at the interface of sound architecture and performance-ritual. Minimal and maximal improvisation, noise and electronics overlayed by Audrey Chen´s ecstatic vocals.

release: 8th march 2019

press

With it´s lo-fi electronics, the album is mostly zany and playful, but with darker, visceral explorations such as Hail Shaft. A tightly disciplined yet exuberant set of performancesThe Wire, 2019

...the raw aesthetic of these artists, and their assimilation, makes this a debut of note. – Debra Richards, Jazzwise magazine




CREDITS:

Recording:Lukas König at KMPW Vienna
Production:Lukas König at KMPW Vienna
Mix:Nik Hummer at MINUSGROUNDZERO, Sixtus Preiss
Mastering:Martin Siewert
Artwork:Lasse Marhaug, photo by Lukas König
Publisher:Cien Fuegos
Tracks
1
Fictitious Forces
2
Friction Coefficient
3
Hail Shaft
4
Oak Tranche
5
Aquamarine
6
1/1600th Second
7
Soundspa

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