Exotopia by Sanger and Sanger

Credits:
Music by Joseph and Luke Sanger
Mastered by Alex at quiet details studios
Artwork by quiet details in collaboration with Sanger and Sanger
Design by quiet details
© quiet details 2024 all rights reserved

For the last quiet details release of the year, very pleased to share an interpretation from two wonderfully musical brothers - Joseph and Luke Sanger.

Luke will be well known to followers of qd, being the man behind qd03 Salt Water Motifs, and also to anyone interested in electronic music in recent times. A tireless explorer, from intricate and deeply melodic experiments on labels such as Balmat, Frequency Domain, Miracle Pond and more, to heavy dance-floor cuts as Luke’s Anger (a mainstay in the boxes of leading DJs) and plenty of other aliases too.

While less known in electronic circles, Joseph Myoushin Sanger, is equally talented. Having played Clavinet and Rhodes in numerous bands in the 90s and early 00s, as well as experimenting with his own instrument designs and tuning systems, he moved to Japan in 2006, where he took up the shakuhachi. He has been studying the “Honkyoku” (traditional/classical solo pieces associated with meditation and Zen Buddhism) with a grand master in Hiroshima for over twelve years, reached the level of master himself, and is fascinated by exploring the sonic possibilities which this seemingly simple instrument offers.

With Joseph on standard and long shakuhachi, and Luke on a trinity of Ciat-Lonbarde instruments (esoteric and highly creative wooden electronic instruments) and other effects, together they’ve made an album of immense depth and hypnotic beauty.

The combination of these two superficially disparate worlds shows, in the hands of such creative minds, the whole becomes infinitely more than the sum of its parts.

The soft triangle waves emanating from Luke’s Sidrax Organ meld perfectly with Joseph’s bamboo flute, intertwining in their spellbinding, always evolving microtonal themes.

Luke’s instruments also allow the live processing of the shakuhachi, it’s tones being exquisitely suited to being reimagined electronically - down-sampled delays and loops move around the panorama while fluctuating sonic wonders come and go like whispers.

These textures fill the spectrum creating something that is at once organic and synthetic, at all times fundamentally human and full of fraternal emotion.

As they say:
Bamboo and primitive electronics
Depict a post-technological world
Roots entwine with broken machines

Huge thanks to Joseph and Luke, a stunning addition to the series.

The artwork was made as always influenced by the music and idea behind the album - originating from a photo from Joseph and Luke which was then captured with analogue photography and processed here at quiet details studios.

As usual, the album is presented on the physical edition, a custom six-panel digipack with a separate fine art print too.
The CD also has a special long-form continuous mix of the album, representing the music in its purest form.

https://lukesanger.bandcamp.com

Tracklist

1.	Plant Energy	4:37

2.	Energy From Nothing	4:54

3.	Hyperpod	8:01

4.	Dream Ripples	2:41

5.	Bubble Nebula	5:03

6.	Cave At Dusk	5:43

7.	Warm Alert	4:20

8.	Slow Collapse	5:48

9.	Rain And Dust	7:01

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released December 4, 2024

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