Gordian, by Cosmin TRG

Gordian

by Cosmin TRG

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A1: New Structures For Loving
A2: Gordian

B1: Desire Is Sovereign
B2: Defeated Hearts Club (new mix)

C1: Divided By Design (new mix)
C2: Semipresent
C3: Epsilon, Epsilon

D1: Noise Code
D2: To Touch Is to Divert
D3: Terminus Abrupt

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01. New Structures For Loving
02. Gordian
03. Desire Is Sovereign
04. To Touch Is To Divert
05. Defeated Hearts Club
06. Divided By Design
07. Semipresent
08. Epsilon, Epsilon
09. Noise Code
10. Vertigo
11. Terminus Abrupt

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1.	New Structures For Loving 03:56	buy track
2.	Gordian 06:16	buy track
3.	Desire Is Sovereign 05:48	buy track
4.	Defeated Hearts Club 06:06	buy track
5.	Divided By Design 05:10	buy track
6.	Semipresent 03:48	buy track
7.	Epsilon, Epsilon 02:12	buy track
8.	Noise Code 05:54	buy track
9.	To Touch Is To Divert 02:16	buy track
10.	Vertigo (CD Exclusive) 05:59	buy track
11.	Terminus Abrupt 04:42	buy track

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Two years after his debut full length on the label, Modeselektor’s 50 Weapons will release the second artist album, Gordian, by Romanian Cosmin TRG on April 26 . Since that debut, the now Berlin based Cosmin has toured the globe, taking his rusted techno frequencies to places like fabric, Berghain and Sonar, at the same time as releasing more essential EPs on Rush hour and 50 Weapons.

The new album marks something of a new direction for Cosmin, however – it’s a much more intricate affair that deals in plenty of fuzzy texture, percussive energy and his trademark skimming bottom ends, but looks outside the techno world for its influences.

"Gordian is as much a document of my past year as it is the beginning of a conversation. The title references an ancient myth, but describes the very contemporary, impossible task of discerning between real and replicated, authentic and contrived. Coping with facts, objects and bodies, the necessity of 'making it', fear of failure, fear of 'not being happy' are today's topics, and Gordian is my attempt at an exploration of those issues."

Starting with the deep, alien laced ambience of ‘New Structures For Living’ its clear from the off Cosmin’s production has continued to improve and evolve since Simulat. Abstract yet heartfelt, it’s followed by the more implosive snare rattles and crossing synth lines of the title track ‘Gordian’ that sounds like a factory gone feral.

Opposing light with dark, density with space, tracks like ‘Desire is Sovereign’ manages to be both propulsive and cerebral. One thing that ties the album to Cosmin’s nuanced back catalogue is the gauziness of tracks like ‘Divided By Design’ where the distant hum of radio frequencies turn your thoughts to Cold War era transmissions lost in blizzards of snow.

Though the heads down surges of tracks like ‘Semi Present’ sure will work on the floor, there’s an underlying narrative that makes this album as suitable for listening on headphones. Non-standard melodies, otherworldly blips and a ruined intergalactic energy seem to course throughout, truly transporting you to another world entirely.

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released April 26, 2013

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