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TOKEN 088LP
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2LP version; 180 gram vinyl; includes CD. Continuing on from a series of successful EPs on Token including Ostinato (TOKEN 075EP, 2017), Antigone returns to the label with Rising, his first experiment with the LP format. Rising is an album that exerts itself to stimulate the mind and the body simultaneously. As such, it's a record that gives the dramatic illusion of having a physical pulse. The artist, real name Antonin Jeanson, already has a substantial body of work behind him. Considering his previous releases on Token, Indigo Aera, Concrete Music and Taapion, and his experience as a resident at Concrete in Paris, the level of artistic maturity he possesses while still being under 30 is highly impressive yet unsurprising at the same time. For Rising, Antigone manages to oscillate between great ambient introspections carried by spacey synths and deconstructed rhythms, and elegant techno epics that are suitable for listening pleasure as much as for the pure abandonment of reality. The title track's delicate arpeggios meld into strings with stirring cadences, delivering above and beyond the standard intro, as it breaks and continues for a second round with added depth. "Sands Of Time" stands out with tiny, breathy samples, pitch bent into something ever different from the last. "Lost And Found"'s granulated percussion sits adjacent to a cinematic sea of strings, while "Out There" provides a tasteful fragment of the sci-fi reverence many listeners demand of a techno album. "Duality Of Mind" hints once again at the measured moods of Cantor Dust (TOKEN 053EP, 2015), his Token debut EP. "It Follows" alludes to supernatural horror with call-and-response variants on an almost microtonal theme. "Infinite Limit"'s tension from the offset brings a UK-influenced sound to the record, which continues with the IDM-feeling "Dume" and the equally glitchy and pulsing "Love Field", while the in-between "Irreversible" is an immersive piece with a piercing high-end, guaranteed to induce a physical sensory response.
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TOKEN 088CD
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Continuing on from a series of successful EPs on Token including Ostinato (TOKEN 075EP, 2017), Antigone returns to the label with Rising, his first experiment with the LP format. Rising is an album that exerts itself to stimulate the mind and the body simultaneously. As such, it's a record that gives the dramatic illusion of having a physical pulse. The artist, real name Antonin Jeanson, already has a substantial body of work behind him. Considering his previous releases on Token, Indigo Aera, Concrete Music and Taapion, and his experience as a resident at Concrete in Paris, the level of artistic maturity he possesses while still being under 30 is highly impressive yet unsurprising at the same time. For Rising, Antigone manages to oscillate between great ambient introspections carried by spacey synths and deconstructed rhythms, and elegant techno epics that are suitable for listening pleasure as much as for the pure abandonment of reality. The title track's delicate arpeggios meld into strings with stirring cadences, delivering above and beyond the standard intro, as it breaks and continues for a second round with added depth. "Sands Of Time" stands out with tiny, breathy samples, pitch bent into something ever different from the last. "Lost And Found"'s granulated percussion sits adjacent to a cinematic sea of strings, while "Out There" provides a tasteful fragment of the sci-fi reverence many listeners demand of a techno album. "Duality Of Mind" hints once again at the measured moods of Cantor Dust (TOKEN 053EP, 2015), his Token debut EP. "It Follows" alludes to supernatural horror with call-and-response variants on an almost microtonal theme. "Infinite Limit"'s tension from the offset brings a UK-influenced sound to the record, which continues with the IDM-feeling "Dume" and the equally glitchy and pulsing "Love Field", while the in-between "Irreversible" is an immersive piece with a piercing high-end, guaranteed to induce a physical sensory response.
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TOKEN 075EP
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After Time Enough At Last (TOKEN 068EP, 2016), Antigone returns with Ostinato. The record is thematically accurate, adhering to its title's suggestion. The tracks play with layering techniques, gradually building a spectrum of sound around their respective persistent motifs. Antigone shifts these insistent base elements, allowing them the foreground before masking within a blend of processed and organic-sounding details. "Ostinato 1" is mild and disconcerting with strings that seem unnatural in their high pitch. "Ostinato 2" is more traditionally dramatic, the space filled with keys that follow the theme, building to an ostentatious crescendo reminiscent of the roots of trance.
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TOKEN 059EP
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Antonin Jeanson aka Antigone follows his Token debut, the 2015 Cantor Dust double-12", with the Saudade EP. "Night Adrift" delivers an unapologetic heaviness as Jeanson showcases the physical quality at the root of his sound. On "Hiraeth," harmonic elements emerge throughout before snapping out of earshot. The track's title is a Welsh word that has no direct English translation; Oxford and Merriam Webster define it as "a homesickness for a home you cannot return to, or that never was." The Saudade EP is wistful, dreamlike, and ethereal, while also conveying Jeanson's masterful understanding of electronic music with every beat.
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TOKEN 053EP
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180-gram vinyl. Since debuting in 2011 on Zadig's Construct Re-Form, Parisian producer Antonin Jeanson aka Antigone has enjoyed an impressively consistent run of releases. His inaugural release with Kr!z's Token reflects of his inclination to mix the abstract with the functional. "Anna Livia" opens with Klaus Schulze-reminiscent, spatial electronica before "Enter" asserts Jeanson's dancefloor sensibilities, chugging forward unfalteringly. On "Prime Mover," reverberant stabs lunge forward over driving low-end. On "Artefakt," the interplay between rasping mechanical percussion, booming low-end, and grinding drones is rushingly intense. "Blue Note" provides a moment of reflection, with distant synthesizers easing out gently above booming rhythms.
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AERA 011EP
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11th Indigo Aera release by Antigone. Hand-stamped & numbered vinyl, no repress. Antigone is responsible for highly-acclaimed releases on Construct Re-form and Ars Mechanica, Children Of Tomorrow and the Concrete label. Antigone's signature sound is a fine blend of soul-searching strings on top of cutting-edge sci-fi techno rhythms, as evidenced by the eerie and spine-tingling "Words of Silences." Next, "Third from the Sun" is much quicker and more frantic, but just as smooth. Includes a mix of "Words of Silences" from Jasper Wolff & Maarten Mittendorff.
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