Last Updated 11/02/2024 07:23 PM EDT
LOG IN
CART
Cart Items :
Sub Total :
artist
label
title
catalog #
any field
advanced
New Releases
Artists
Labels
Forthcoming
Best Sellers
Reviews
Jobs
soundclips
[All Countries]
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Brazil
Canada
Chile
China
Colombia
Croatia
Czech Republic
Denmark
Egypt
Europe
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hong Kong
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Korea
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nigeria
Norway
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Romania
Russian Federation
Scotland
Senegal
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan
Thailand
Turkey
UK
Ukraine
United States
Uruguay
World's Leading Terrorist State
World's Misleading Terrorist State
[All Formats]
Book
Cassette
CD
Clothing
Digital
DVD
MISC
VHS
Vinyl
[All Genres]
CLASSICAL
COMEDY
ELECTRONIC
EXPERIMENTAL
HIPHOP
JAZZ
Misc
ROCK
WORLD
artist
catalog #
label
title
any field
Tweet
Send Email
PRICE:
$11.00
$11.00
IN STOCK
01. THE FIELD - They Won't See Me
Your browser does not support the audio element.
02. THE FIELD - Black Sea
Your browser does not support the audio element.
03. THE FIELD - Cupid's Head
Your browser does not support the audio element.
04. THE FIELD - A Guided Tour
Your browser does not support the audio element.
05. THE FIELD - No. No...
Your browser does not support the audio element.
06. THE FIELD - 20 Seconds of Affection
Your browser does not support the audio element.
ARTIST
FIELD, THE
TITLE
Cupid's Head
FORMAT
CD
LABEL
KOMPAKT
CATALOG #
KOMP 110CD
KOMP 110CD
GENRE
ELECTRONIC
RELEASE DATE
10/1/2013
Hailed as his "most diverse and satisfying statement to date" (Resident Advisor) and a "victory lap for the power of the loop" (
XLR8R
),
The Field
's
Looping State of Mind
(KOMP 094CD/(KOM 241LP) --
Axel Willner
's third full-length under his most prevalent moniker -- ranked high in those 2011 charts, being featured on virtually every "best albums" list known to man and reaching well into 2012 with sold-out concerts and its universally-acclaimed remixes. Now, the Berlin-based Swede presents
Cupid's Head
, the first album recorded solo since his debut
From Here We Go Sublime
(KOMP 057CD) and a powerful touch-up of his landmark hypnotism, but also a departure for new shores both personal and musical. A first glance at the black cover already signals the profound changes entering the well-defined artistic framework of The Field, where the tools may remain the same, but the outcome significantly differs from what has gone before. The Field's multi-layered approach to sound now transcends its technicalities and reaches far beyond mere production values, entering a phase where its original message has become the medium for wildly differing emotions that also draw from Axel's many side-projects: ubiquitous traces of his alter egos -- like
Loops Of Your Heart
's ambient bliss or
Black Fog
's dark disco inspired by classic horror movie soundtracks -- can be found all over
Cupid's Head
. From opening epic "They Won't See Me" to the more upbeat (and very "Field-ish") title-track, the gauzy softcore of "A Guided Tour" or the intriguing ambient ornamentation of "20 Seconds of Affection,"
Cupid's Head
invites the listener to a highly immersive experience that feels as comfortable on the dancefloor as it does in private. Continuously wandering off into the woods of its very unique sound world, the album finds not one, but many rabbit holes to bravely explore, basically rewriting the love letter to the loop that lies at the center of The Field's quasi techno to include more than that one recipient. More open than hermetic,
Cupid's Head
presents itself as tremendously accessible work, whose focus lies well beyond the tunnel vision of studio-bound antics or sophisticated navel-gazing.
Other releases on KOMPAKT
Other releases by FIELD, THE