{"id":20600,"date":"2020-06-17T09:56:46","date_gmt":"2020-06-17T07:56:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xceed.me\/blog\/?p=20600"},"modified":"2021-03-23T11:58:54","modified_gmt":"2021-03-23T09:58:54","slug":"xceed-premiere-014-ian-axide-project-7-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xceed.me\/blog\/en\/xceed-premiere-014-ian-axide-project-7-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Xceed Premiere 014: Ian Axide \u2013 Project 7"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Due to the situation caused by the covid-19, I became able to spend a lot of time in the studio without any pressure. That was my main motivation to finish <\/em>Spherical.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is how sincere the Spaniard Ian Axide<\/a> shows himself, who from his studio in London<\/a> has finally been able to finish a project he had been working on for two years. Spherical<\/a><\/em> is the Spaniard\u2019s debut album. It is a 10-track record that will be released on June 29th on Emphatic Records<\/a>, his own label.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I started to plan my first album 2 years ago. I have released a lot of EPs on different labels during the last years, and an album was something I always wanted to make but never had enough time to focus on. I always had a lot of unfinished projects on my computer.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Image: \u00a9 Ian Axide’s Press Kit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Spherical<\/em> is cutting-edge work. Although the mental, introspective and psychedelic techno sounds are the protagonists, the album also leaves room for ambient tracks with a strong presence of drones, as in \u201cSpherical\u201d or \u201cCore\u201d, where the rhythm is set by the claps alone. \u201cExhausted\u201d, the sixth track on the album, provides much more experimental bases, with broken basses and ultra-soft drops. \u201cTransitions\u201d also differs from Spherical<\/em>‘s general tone by notably slowing down the pitch, a technique not very common in works within the genre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Xceed Night Mag premieres \u201cProject 7\u201d, the closing track, the last of the 10 that makeup Spherical<\/em>. In it, again broken bases coexist with intense percussions and distant and atmospheric synths. As a whole, \u201cProject 7\u201d evokes melancholy, peace and light after an hour’s journey in which different rather dark places are visited. A clear example of what could be understood as ambient techno.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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