First time sharing a project that’s close to my heart...
Wiretap began on an extended visit to Detroit back in 2016. The project is about transformation, and finding hidden potential in the built environment. In practice, it combines mechanical music with aspects of field recording, and urban artforms like graffiti.
The video here was made in Detroit’s legendary Packard Plant, which was demolished last year.
I worked on this with Raphael Merriweathers, aka Ray7, who is a percussionist, producer, and DJ for Underground Resistance. With the help of Justin Moncrieff and Tom Linder, we snuck into abandoned factories around the city and made music from whatever we found, using the solenoid percussion setup I’d been developing to build makeshift instruments and write music for them, bringing the factories back to life with a different purpose.
In 2019 Ray had a severe stroke which left him in a coma for six months. He was lucky to survive, and since then he’s been making incredible progress, with the support of good humans like Angie Linder and Cornelius Harris.
On my last visit I took him a mechanical percussion set, like we used in the factories, with eight beaters, a Dadamachines Automat, and Beatstep Pro sequencer. We just set it up on his bedframe, but if any friends of Ray want to take him out to make some noise, I’m sure he’d appreciate it.
Barker & Ray7 - Wiretap #1 is available now on the Leisure System Bandcamp, and all proceeds will be divided between Ray and the Underground Music Academy.
Check the full video and essay on my website: voltek-labs.net/wiretap1
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The vinyl copies of LSR026 Dopplereffekt - Neurotelepathy are here and ready to be shipped out! We’re very pleased with the way they look and sound. Thank you to everyone for their patience.
For those that ordered CDs: they’ll be ready in a week from now.
Stunning artwork by @maria______mendes
Type + layout by @matthewjamesbarker
Get the album via Bandcamp. Link in bio.
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Neurotelepathy by @__dopplereffekt__ has been out for over two weeks and we would like to thank everyone who’s listened and bought their copy so far! Also huge thank you to every music platform and publication that has featured and reviewed the album. The feedback has been overwhelmingly positive and we’re grateful for your support 🦾
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The physical copies of Neurotelepathy (CD & vinyl) will ship out on June 11.
We have just received represses for all four previous @__dopplereffekt__ releases on LS since some were out of stock: Athanatos, Cellular Automata, Hypnagogia (ft. @objekttt ) and Tetrahymena. Head to our Bandcamp to get them. Link in bio.
Artwork by @maria______mendes
We are ecstatic to share @__dopplereffekt__ ’s new album with the world. Neurotelepathy is out now.
With their second LP and fifth release in total on Leisure System, the duo of Rudolf Klorzeiger and To-Nhan have themselves achieved a near-telepathic capacity for collaborative thought and mechanical construction.
Head over to Bandcamp to secure your copy ⚡️
Track ID: Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
Video art by @maria______mendes
Discover "Neural Impulse Actuator - Mirror Neuron" from @__dopplereffekt__ ’s forthcoming album - a dark, driving and dancefloor-oriented electro track with eerie vocals. Hear it in full and pre-order the record via the link in our bio.
Artwork & video: @maria______mendes
Neurotelepathy is out on April 14.
Who controls the mind controls the body.
After three years of experimentation in isolation, @__dopplereffekt__ have emerged with Neurotelepathy, an oracular narrative of cerebral entanglement and advancement. The sleek mathematical models of 2017’s Cellular Automata have evolved into these synaptic interpretations, transferences and modifications, rejecting binary expectations to meditate on the possibilities and pitfalls of what’s to come.
Listen for yourself and pre-order the album via Bandcamp.
🔗 in bio
Artwork: @maria______mendes
New DOPPLEREFFEKT album NEUROTELEPATHY out April 14th 2022 on Leisure System.
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LSR026 is now available for preorder on LS Bandcamp. Vinyl & CD will ship June 10th 2022.
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Cellular Automata LSR020 CD version also avail for pre order, shipping June 10th.
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Artwork & video by @maria______mendes
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Link in bio.
@__dopplereffekt__
Two Leisure System artists - Dopplereffekt and JakoJako feat. Nana - are performing special sets for the @tresorberlin 30th Anniversary livestream in collaboration with @arte.tv . Watch now at the link in bio.
@__dopplereffekt__@jakojako_live feat. @nana_ave_
Eos from JakoJako’s Lux EP.
Vinyl released this Friday (27th Aug) and we’re almost sold out of our stock on Bandcamp, grab the last ones or try your favourite record shop..
Thanks to everyone supporting the music ❤️
Link in bio..
