Published
Thu, Jul 9, 2009, 13:45
- The young Dutch producer will release his debut album on Riley Reinhold's Traum label next month.
Applescal is set to release his debut album on Riley Reinhold's Traum imprint in August.
The young Dutch producer has only had one previous physical release, which was also for Traum, but Reinhold is extremely enthusiastic about his future on the label. "We were attracted by the approach of releasing a full long player by a very young talented person who has more to say than a dozen 12-inches could actually carry," he states. Applescal—real name Pascal Terstappen—lists his musical heroes as Extrawelt and Nathan Fake, and you can clearly hear the influence that these Border Community acts have had on his sound throughout the record, which goes under the title of A Slave's Commitment. While the chiming trebly melodies reminiscent of those acts have a heavy presence on the record, it's certainly not a one dimensional one, as Terstappen hops between dark, speaker-busting acid ("Fink & FC"), ambient washes ("Music for Her Ears"), and slow, loping micro-house ("Nottingham Hobbits," "Reeeer") throughout the album's twelve tracks.
Tracklist
01. The History of Love
02. Nottingham Hobbits
03. Ugly But Nasty
04. In the Mirror
05. Music for Her Ears
06. I Can't Stand (feat. Jord-n)
07. The Forms of Abstract Life
08. How Heroes Die
09. The Red Dress
10. Fink & FC
11. Local Daddys - Sjeesh Up (Applescal Remix)
12. Reeeer
Traum will release A Slave's Commitment on August 3rd, 2009.