Terence Fixmer – Through The Cortex / OSTGUTCD44DIGITAL

RELEASE: Through The Cortex
ARTIST(S): Terence Fixmer

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LABEL: Ostgut Ton, OSTGUTCD44DIGITAL
GENRE: Techno
RELEASED: 2018-10-12
BITRATE: 320Kbps
DOWNLOAD SIZE: 87.42 MB

TOTAL TRACKS 8

1. Terence Fixmer – Something Invisible (Original Mix) (01:52) / 04B, 82bpm
2. Terence Fixmer – Shout In A Black Hole (Original Mix) (05:41) / 04A, 127bpm
3. Terence Fixmer – Event Horizon (Original Mix) (04:38) / 11B, 164bpm
4. Terence Fixmer – Fury (Original Mix) (05:44) / 08A, 128bpm
5. Terence Fixmer – Accelerate (Original Mix) (04:29) / 11B, 122bpm
6. Terence Fixmer – Expedition (Original Mix) (07:12) / 11B, 103bpm
7. Terence Fixmer – A Halo Somewhere (Original Mix) (03:40) / 03A, 106bpm
8. Terence Fixmer – Phase Shift (Original Mix) (04:38) / 08B, 121bpm

Total Playtime: 00:37:54 min

‘Through The Cortex’, @Terence-Fixmer’s sixth solo album and his first on Ostgut Ton, is techno with a voice – or rather multiple voices – guiding listeners through hypnotic, space- and social-themed terrain as a kind of dark soundtrack to darker days. Across eight tracks at a compact but varied 40 minutes, the LP touches on an aesthetic hinted at in recent Ostgut Ton releases, revealing a sonic narrative through noisy, screaming synth/vocal riffs with a jagged, guitar-like post-punk sensibility.

The result ranges from the slow John Carpenter-inspired ‘Escape From Precinct 13’ funk of “Expedition” and the patient yet muscular stomp of “Fury” to the mesmerizing Suicide-like pop of single “Accelerate”, where Fixmer, using his voice as an instrument, chants the track’s ambiguous title in an invocation of systemic change/collapse.

Elsewhere, the story is told with more abstract and wailing vocals like on “Shout in A Black Hole”, or in the warm, entrancing chords floating across the stereo image in ostensibly changing time-signatures on “A Halo Somewhere” – the LP’s uncharacteristically kosmische musik come-down. The track, and ‘Through The Cortex’ as a whole, reflect what can be described as Fixmer’s idiosyncratic take on both techno subgenres as well as the larger pool of electronic music in general. This broad approach translates into a sound that is not only difficult to pin down, but also one that lends itself to multiple listens.

Listen at
Bandcamp: ostgut.bandcamp.com/album/through-the-cortex
Apple Music: itunes.apple.com/album/through-th…ortex/1432899334
Spotify: open.spotify.com/track/7f7IR7dTSF…IaS7KtO7jH9lza5w

Taken from the forthcoming Ostgut Ton album: Terence Fixmer | Through The Cortex [OSTGUTCD44/LP30], out October 12, 2018.
Pre-order album as LP, CD or in digital formats: ostgut.bandcamp.com/album/through-the-cortex