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ARTIST
TITLE
Trains, Planes & Automobiles
FORMAT
2LP
LABEL
CATALOG #
WGA 003LP
WGA 003LP
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
7/9/2021
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What began as a challenge to fight creative stagnation, soon grew into a fully-fledged audio-visual project for Belgian DJ, producer, and live artist, Biesmans. Setting himself the goal of making three tracks per week for a month, he re-scored '80s pop culture moments -- including films, TV shows and games, resulting in a brilliant 12-track work encompassing new wave, indie, dark wave, electro and disco. Moving his modular-heavy studio to Berlin in 2014, the ensuring years saw Joris Biesmans drop heat on Correspondent, Disco Halal, AEON, 17 Steps and Future Disco. He's been a core member of Watergate family since his arrival in the capital, working as the club's sound technician. The Trains, Planes & Automobiles album took shape in April of 2020 as the lockdown was starting to take grip. Ensconced in the music of his childhood and '80s pop cultural fodder, he locked himself in his studio and set about creating, later digging through archival footage to match the music. Biesmans, who previously undertook work scoring films, was so absorbed by the process, he'd sometimes do it in reverse; allowing the vintage media be the guide. Throughout the period, the clips were shared each Monday, Wednesday and Friday on his Instagram, building up a firm following. And thus, the project found its wings, developing into an album. Throughout the dozen tracks, highlights are plentiful; from the neon ambience of the Kraftwerk-inspired "Cosmic Cruise", which later accompanied a smoky scene between Tom Cruise and Rebecca de Mornay in Risky Business; the sun-soaked, retro-pop title track, which became the album's first single, and was paired with a jubilant dance scene from the Breakfast Club; "Cold Void", the album's second single, which saw Biesmans link up with fellow Belgians Boi Wonder and Tom the Bomb for a dark wave creation built around a heavy guitar solo and set against a backdrop of Blade Runner clips; and the silky electro funk of "Another World" that soundtracks scenes from Miami Vice. Biesmans on Trains, Planes and Automobiles: "I started this as a lockdown challenge, in which I would make three tracks per week for a month, alongside providing videos where I re-scored footage of '80s pop culture moments. Inspired by the movie of the same name, I picked the title because it ties to the theme of 'mobility'. Our society is based upon being mobile and when Corona hit us, we could taste a bit of being immobile..." Black-and-yellow vinyl; gatefold sleeve; includes poster.
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