Selectone

experimental electronic music project from Czechia

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Selectone – Transition

With the new EP ‘Transition’, Selectone leaves behind the realms of hypnotic drones and vinyl plunderphonics. Soaked with techno-industrial influences, the new sound comes with an analog veil, though this time the minimalist form moves its focus from dirty microsample loops towards more straightforward synth grooves, dub echoes and caustic beats.

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Selectone – Dead Grooves

"Dead Grooves" represents one stage of work by the Czech experimental project Selectone. The project's distinctively intuitive approach to minimalism gives birth to hypnotic compositions, mostly built from sonic elements gnawed away by the ravages of time. With the clarity of a retired turntable needle riding the grooves clogged with dust, Selectone carries you away as if passing an atmospheric storm in a haze of altered consciousness. Most of the album's material was recorded in isolation in a small town on the Czech-Polish border, heightening the introspective character of the tracks. The key to these "Dead Grooves" is circular motion; the album's sound is shaped by the endless spinning of heavily worn shellac records and tapes, forming hypnotically pulsating tracks, masked with crackling and sparkling repetitions.

"The music is throughout a bit dark but it is also quite nice, full of small variations and lots of rotations. Everything seems to be in full swing here, repeating and repeating. Rust and dust music, with an ancient ghost singing on 'Dead Swan'. There is more to this than just some found sounds from old records; the material seems to be more composed with and doesn't act as just a bunch of sounds. Especially a piece like 'Dead Swan' shows there is more to that then just some sounds. Here Selectone actually creates a beautiful intense piece of music, haunting and sparse, but with a fine bass end. 'Positive Einstellung' does perhaps the same, but then through an uplifting rhythm, sampled voices, eerie electronics and with a ghostly undercurrent too. The jazzy 'Solaris' evokes a sighting of a smokey nightclub in the fifties. These pieces are the best on this release I think, but all six are equally nice, I think. A fine release." 

(Frans de Waard, Vital Weekly)

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Selectone – Positive Einstellung

The single taken from “Dead Grooves” album.