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"Cogitate"/"Tape 1" LP/Cassette Combo
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
The Cogitate 12" and the Promoter Tape 1 Cassette combo deal.
Tape 1 includes a selection of tracks from the Promoter vault created in the same (head)space as the Cogitate release.
Nice price, maximum Promoter.
Cogitate is the first release from NYC local Promoter and an invitation to gaze inward and sit with sound. Borne of hours lost in loops, the record swims in deep, dubby bass rumble, off-kilter rhythms and murky atmospherics, relishing in repetition and subliminal evolution. Disorienting, engaging and engulfing, Cogitate is the 4th release on NYC-based Patience, catching you off guard then inviting you in.
Cogitate offers two cuts from the same cloth - one locked into the grid, the other drifting far above it. Both begin with shards of static cascading over submerged synth stabs - on Cogitate 1.1 a bassline bubbles up from below before a kick drum sneaks in and drops anchor, driving forward a slice of sparse zero gravity dub techno for a zonked out dancefloor in a dream. Cogitate 2.0 offers a pared back version of 1.1, slowed down and stripped of the rhythm section. A gentle brain scrub or a cascade of mind tricks depending on your headspace. Is the sequence evolving or is your perspective on it shifting? Does this sound like something I know or nothing at all? Has this been going for 3 minutes or 3 hours? Is this climax sublime or simply creepy?
Whatever it is, Promoter presents an opportunity to let the mind wander, repetition inviting participation. Both cuts simmer in ambiguous emotion, never spelling out what to feel but allowing the listener to be their own trip commander.
Promoter is a new project from a life-long NYC resident, most recently releasing a couple of 12”s under the Image Man moniker, who for the most part would prefer that the music is received on it’s own terms, with a mind wide open.
Following this release will be an extremely limited cassette of material recorded in the same time and (head)space. Keep an ear to the ground for that one.
credits
released September 17, 2020
Written and produced by Promoter.
Cogitate 1.1 mixed by CZ Wang.
Mastered by M. Geddes Gengras.
For this LP, Formen modified old 16bit effects units which were then cascaded via internal patch points to develop a glitchy sound. Bandcamp New & Notable Dec 18, 2021
As magical as it it visceral. Deep and deeply appreciated. Healing and revelatory. My praise could not be more hyperbolic. The AI blurb is completely on point. Seek out his work on Denovali + releases under his other monikers. holobiont