Subexotic are pleased to announce that their first release, From Zero by Blank Disco, is scheduled to hit the racks soon. This is the debut album from the band, featuring ten tracks incorporating strands of electronica, techno, ambient and field recordings.
From Zero maps a territory of shifting and subtle moods, exploring an ambiguous emotional borderline between aching melancholy and intangible elation. Highlights include the off-kilter metronomic euphoria of ‘Midsummer’, and the bubbling electronics and subliminal whispers insinuating their way through ‘Even numbers’. On ‘Blind faith’ skittering percussion is eccentrically orbited by radiophonic synth, while the languorous throb of processed crackle and hiss on ‘Last transmission’ evokes the final vestiges of a pale sun disappearing over the horizon. The oasis at the heart of the album is provided by the gauzy reverie of ‘Where are they now?’, whose daubs of reverberant bass recall the mood of some of John Martyn’s most horizontal 1970s sonic explorations.
From Zero will be available to buy on CD and via download. Details of official release date and stockist will be finalised shortly. We think Blank Disco are destined for big things, and we hope you’ll agree.