Calling Mattheis a pillar of Nous'klaer Audio would be an understatement. Founded in 2013, the label was at the time solely created to put out Mattheis' "Isms EP". Now, twelve years on, they present his latest album: "Waiting For The Silhouette". The forty minute LP full of dreamy techno bliss explorations starts out, and is glued throughout, with ethereal modulating synths. Dreamscapes fuse into scattered drums and shifting patterns briefly usher in changing phases. It's in these moments when the unworldly contours take form and are built upon by other emerging elements. "Waiting For The Silhouette is a record about things coming to life, outlines that start to appear and shapes evoking memories that could as well be premonitions. Minimalism and maximalism become indistinguishable on this album, through the trip in between. It should appeal to fans of The Field, Fuck Buttons, Fout Tet; and lovers of highly textured and cerebral techno and electronica.
Artwork by Frederic Dumoulin. The record is cut inside-out and comes with a downloadcard.
Artwork by Frederic Dumoulin. The record is cut inside-out and comes with a downloadcard.
TRACK LISTING
1. Pale Lake
2. Windthrow
3. All Meanders
4. Sleet Falls
5. Inside Caverns
6. Meadows
7. Col
8. Waiting For The Silhouette