Lia Mice

The Sampler As Time Machine

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Record Label
Optimo Music

About this item

Optimo Music see off what's been a busy year with a tasty slew of end-of-year releases. One of which is this amazing new album from Lia Mice - the Australian-born but UK-residing DJ, producer and instrument designer.

'When I moved to London in 2015, many things changed at once - I started going to more techno and electro nights, I changed my live-set setup, and I had access to a fully-equipped recording studio through my music masters programme. At the same time I was reading a lot of books on time travel, not just science fiction but also psychology and neuroscience - like how the human brain perceives time from moment to moment, how we can experience overlapping time, and how we interact with our past and future through memory and imagination. “The Sampler As A Time Machine” is the result of all these new influences coming together. The tracks were developed out of ongoing studio experiments interpreting these different ideas of time travel by using samplers and tape to re-sample and manipulate original music performed by me on various instruments including my voice.'

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: I'm sure Optimo Music devotees don't need convincing here. But anyone wondering what the label's about could do much worse than bagging this LP and the forthcoming compilation from the camp. Essential stuff for lovers of leftfield, DIY electronics.

TRACK LISTING

Side 1
1. Human Being (3:45)
2. Overwrite The Past (3:39)
3. It's All Connected (2:36)
4. Time Can Break In (4:07)
Side 2
1. We Are The Beat (4:38)
2. Marconi's Eternal Tone Cloud (3:09)
3. Made Of Glass (1:46)
4. Which Memories Will Make It (7:11)

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