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Binary Choices [HCR014]

by Cignol

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    Vinyl Edition. Full color cover. Edition of 500 vinyls.

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Snippets: soundcloud.com/hypnoticacolectivarecords/sets/hcr014-cignol-binary-choices-snippets

Premiers (full tracks):
A1: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRKuqOoXLi8
A2: soundcloud.com/tracklistings3-0/tl-premiere-958
B1. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PntV69a4gWM
B2. www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZCnxRCizlM

Paul Hammock is the artist known to all as Cignol, undoubtedly one of the genuine revolutionaries within the electro sound of the last decade and a half. His works have been crossing our Technics since 2008 through the avant-garde electronic labels of the new millennium.

In its fourteenth release on vinyl, the Valencian label HC Records, after an unstoppable and eclectic editorial policy, publishes the Dublin genius’ new work entitled Binary Choices. A release in which a deep feeling of cosmic melancholy dominates us throughout four cuts that plunge us into a space odyssey.

Getting inside each cut of the vinyl is like traveling to different celestial bodies and being surprised by their dreamy atmosphere, and we only need Binary Choices, the first A-side track, to elapse for 58 seconds in order to feel covered by a feeling of sum nostalgia, joy and futurism. An intelligent combination of pads, synths and brilliant percussions that take us into an unexplored star full of strange vegetation, incredible multicoloured beings and infinite horizons that activate our synaesthesia.

An exhilarating, determined and hard-hitting slow-speed 4x4 beat pierces our souls as we slice through the surface of Broken Circle. A forgotten memory in the form of a velvety sound is created in front of our eyes to achieve the compendium of intimate melodies that make up its 4:14 minutes, in which our mind finds peace and our soul is balm.

The B-side returns to that crystalline, electric and fast broken rhythm with Momentum Gateway, a track in which its dominant and acid bass wrap themselves and play in perfect synchrony with its different layers of keyboards and its vibrant and iridescent pad.

In the last planet to which Cignol takes us to, Validity Movement sounds in each of its places, a track with which we let ourselves be guided by its thick and rough main bass, in contrast with the delicate synths and atmospheres that surround it. A sonic experience so delicate, intimate and efficient that it could serve both as a soundtrack in the creation of a new universe and in the contemplation of its final decline.

Finally, on the one hand, the mastering work for the release has been carried out by Steve Voidloss at Black Monolith Studios in London and, on the other hand, Dani Requeni completes this work with the direction of its graphic art.

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Paul Hammock es el artista por todos conocido como Cignol, sin lugar a dudas uno de los genuinos revolucionarios dentro del sonido electro de la última década y media. Sus trabajos llevan surcando nuestros Technics desde 2008 a través de los sellos de vanguardia electrónica del nuevo milenio.

En su decimocuarta referencia en vinilo, el sello Valenciano HC Records, tras una imparable y ecléctica línea editorial, publica el nuevo trabajo del genio de Dublín titulado Binary Choices. Un maxi en el que nos domina un profundo sentimiento de melancolía cósmica a través de cuatro cortes que nos sumergen en una odisea espacial.

Adentrarse en cada corte del vinilo es como viajar hasta diferentes cuerpos celestes y dejarse sorprender por su atmósfera ensoñadora, y es que solo es necesario que transcurran 58 segundos de Binary Choices, primer corte de la cara A, para sentirnos arropados por un sentimiento de suma nostalgia, alegría y futurismo. Una inteligente combinación de pads, sintes y brillantes percusiones que nos adentran en un astro inexplorado repleto de extrañas vegetaciones, increíbles seres multicolores y horizontes infinitos que activan nuestra sinestesia.

Un emocionante, decidido y contundente ritmo 4x4 a baja velocidad nos traspasa el alma al surcar la superficie de Broken Circle. Un recuerdo olvidado en forma de aterciopelado sonido se crea frente a nuestros ojos en la consecución del compendio de melodías intimistas que componen sus 4:14 minutos, en los que encuentra sosiego nuestra mente y bálsamo nuestro alma.

La cara B del vinilo regresa al cristalino, eléctrico y veloz ritmo roto con Momentum Gateway, track en el que sus dominantes y ácidas cadenas de bajos se enrollan y juegan en sincronía perfecta con sus diferentes capas de teclados y su vibrante e iridiscente pad.

En el último planeta al que nos transporta Cignol, suena en cada uno de sus parajes Validity Movement, track con el que nos dejamos guiar por su grueso y áspero bajo principal, que contrasta con los delicados sintes y atmósferas que lo rodean. Una experiencia sónica tan delicada, íntima y eficiente que podría servir tanto como banda sonora en la creación de un nuevo universo como en la contemplación de su ocaso final.

Finalmente, por un lado, el trabajo de master del lanzamiento ha sido llevado a cabo por Steve Voidloss en Black Monolith Studios en Londres y, por otro, Dani Requeni completa esta obra con la dirección del arte gráfico de la misma.

Important:
The release date of the album is approximate due to the collapse of the vinyl pressing plants.

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released December 15, 2022

All tracks written & produced by Paul Cignol, Dublin.
Mastered by Steve Steve Voidloss at Black Monolith Studios, London.
Artwork by Dani Requeni.
Press Note by Domingo Dark Vinyl aka Kaxtelian.
Exclusive distribution: La discoteca. K&H Vinyl Store.
All rights reserved.
València, 2022.
label@hypnoticacolectiva.es
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