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Group Zero 'Structures And Light'
Group Zero 'Structures And Light'
Touch Sensitive Records
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Debut record from Group Zero (Cathal Cully - Girls Names). Using synthesizers and drum machines, 'Structures And Lights' glistens with subtle Euro sophistication - pairing cold-wave optimism alongside freaky and brutal tracks for the more open-minded DJs and dancefloors.
Written, recorded and mixed intermittently over four years, the narrative of Structures And Light'is bound by a deepening connection with electronics, instrumentation, and the studio. With no imminent touring schedule or release deadlines, Cully built a modest home setup and began producing on his own again - 'It was as an exercise in my own development and it was fun. It brought the naivety and spontaneity back to making music'.
Initially, it was for his personal consumption alone - selfishly indulgent. In fact, this first collection of Group Zero music - along with a library of other ideas and sketches - was thought to be eternally lost and all but forgotten until a chance conversation with Touch Sensitive led to the tracks being salvaged and subsequently restored. The genesis of this newly discovered musical freedom coincided with a viewing of Pyramid of Light'by Heinz Mack from the post-war Dusseldorf based Group Zero art movement which resonated deeply. 'It stirred up questions and emotions which I could not get from a book or a screen. It was the direct relation between me, the light and the physical object hanging on the wall. New moments of beauty locked in the memory. I was in awe.'
Cully was also taking influence from a range of contemporary electronic producers - on labels such as LIES, Diagonal, Optimo Music, Blackest Ever Black, and PAN: 'These records felt as much in keeping with post-punk traditions and my own DIY background whilst tapping into the primitive ideas of masters such as Cluster, Suicide, Malaria! and the proto-techno of pre-club music.' Just as a structure obscures or reflects light furnishing us with new ways of seeing; the propulsive rhythms in 'Structures And Light'reveal subtle differences on each repeated cycle.
This is music to go away from and travel to. 'Here's a record from a Belfast bedroom that sounds nothing like the city, past or present. It's made with synths and drum machines, and it glistens with subtle Euro sophistication. Day breaks: dig those fast linear movements and rhythms (The Fantasist'). Then fall for the unexpected guitar line in Pursuit'; a gentle kind of cold wave optimism. Night heals: there's pummelling repetition'here too, for the club freaks or shut-ins. Slow, industrial shocks that give way to Pyramid of Light's stark new-age burst. It's a record for the present - full of gorgeous themes that dream unwired.'
Tracklisting:
1. The Glaze Over
2. The Fantasist
3. The Pummelling Repetition Inside
4. Pursuit
5. I Dream Unwired
6. Saturnine Adorations
7. Pyramid Of Light
8. Love And The Present
9. Vernissage
Written, recorded and mixed intermittently over four years, the narrative of Structures And Light'is bound by a deepening connection with electronics, instrumentation, and the studio. With no imminent touring schedule or release deadlines, Cully built a modest home setup and began producing on his own again - 'It was as an exercise in my own development and it was fun. It brought the naivety and spontaneity back to making music'.
Initially, it was for his personal consumption alone - selfishly indulgent. In fact, this first collection of Group Zero music - along with a library of other ideas and sketches - was thought to be eternally lost and all but forgotten until a chance conversation with Touch Sensitive led to the tracks being salvaged and subsequently restored. The genesis of this newly discovered musical freedom coincided with a viewing of Pyramid of Light'by Heinz Mack from the post-war Dusseldorf based Group Zero art movement which resonated deeply. 'It stirred up questions and emotions which I could not get from a book or a screen. It was the direct relation between me, the light and the physical object hanging on the wall. New moments of beauty locked in the memory. I was in awe.'
Cully was also taking influence from a range of contemporary electronic producers - on labels such as LIES, Diagonal, Optimo Music, Blackest Ever Black, and PAN: 'These records felt as much in keeping with post-punk traditions and my own DIY background whilst tapping into the primitive ideas of masters such as Cluster, Suicide, Malaria! and the proto-techno of pre-club music.' Just as a structure obscures or reflects light furnishing us with new ways of seeing; the propulsive rhythms in 'Structures And Light'reveal subtle differences on each repeated cycle.
This is music to go away from and travel to. 'Here's a record from a Belfast bedroom that sounds nothing like the city, past or present. It's made with synths and drum machines, and it glistens with subtle Euro sophistication. Day breaks: dig those fast linear movements and rhythms (The Fantasist'). Then fall for the unexpected guitar line in Pursuit'; a gentle kind of cold wave optimism. Night heals: there's pummelling repetition'here too, for the club freaks or shut-ins. Slow, industrial shocks that give way to Pyramid of Light's stark new-age burst. It's a record for the present - full of gorgeous themes that dream unwired.'
Tracklisting:
1. The Glaze Over
2. The Fantasist
3. The Pummelling Repetition Inside
4. Pursuit
5. I Dream Unwired
6. Saturnine Adorations
7. Pyramid Of Light
8. Love And The Present
9. Vernissage
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