Daniel Araya - Seven Sisters

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  • With the grotty acid sketches of Daniel Araya's latest EP, Seven Sisters, Classicworks has taken another step in a recent change of direction. The Barcelona-based label, established by Cardopusher and Nehuen in 2012, began as a fun outpost for classic house, including late '80s acid with a hip-house twist (Split 01) and DJ Deeon-style tools (I Can Feel It, How Y'all Feeling / Work That Pussy). More distinctive EPs—such as Cardopusher's Police Are Coming—have followed, placing the spirit of Classicworks' early EPs in crustier textures. But Super Hard Something, a cassette of noisy, gore-spattered electronics from the multimedia artists Lolo & Sosaku, set them on the new course they're currently pursuing. Araya is a keen fellow traveller. Gristly 303 contortions are central to his music. Seven Sisters feeds neck-snapping grooves through generous distortion, a combination that, over eight tracks, locates the sweet spot between cohesion and variety. The unvarnished surfaces of Araya's music are most apparent on tracks like "(136.2Ò1.2 pc)" and "Melotte 22," in which bass drums shake the entire sound field. The same can be said of "110' (arcmin.)," whose feedback tones, crumpled electric guitar and hi-hats resemble the soundcheck at a punk gig. Though Seven Sisters has a worn, DIY feel, Araya is an able dance floor technician. He shows that experience on the bleeps and acid of "M45,[1] Seven Sisters" and the heavy-set techno of "3h 47m 24s," which sounds like an almighty landslide.
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      01. +24° 7′ 02. M45,[1] Seven Sisters 03. 3h 47m 24s 04. 444 ly on average 05. (136.2Ò1.2 pc) 06. 1.6 07. Melotte 22 08. 110' (arcmin.)
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