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2014, 12″ LP, Ecstatic.
Alex Wilner, the artist most commonly known as The Field, unveils a new project and a new sonic direction with The Soul Is Quick LP for the Ecstatic label established by Walls pair Sam Willis and Alessio Natalizia. The HANDS project promises to be something of a departure from the signature washes of ethereal sound that have informed Wilner’s much loved work as The Field, this album is split into four tracks of “plaintive devastation” – as the artist himself describes it! Seemingly drawing it’s inspiration from the 19th Century Berlin Beelitz-Heilstatten sanatorium complex that existed as a rehabilitation centre for tuberculosis patients, you can imagine that the tone is dour. Recorded over the course of one month at Wilner’s Garmonbozia Studios in Berlin early last year, the four long form drone pieces were composed using a Roland JX-3P, a Roland SH-101, a Tenori-On, and an Elektron Machinedrum. – Juno
