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01. Andrew Pekler - Globestructures
02. Andrew Pekler - Rhythm Study 1
03. Andrew Pekler - Fabulation For K
04. Andrew Pekler - Rhythm Study 2
05. Andrew Pekler - Cumbia Para Los Grillos
06. Andrew Pekler - Rhythm Study 3
07. Andrew Pekler - Cymbals In The Mist
08. Andrew Pekler - Rhythm Study
09. Andrew Pekler - Intermittent Chimes And Organ
10. Andrew Pekler - Rhythm Study 5
11. Andrew Pekler - Globestructures: Option II
12. Andrew Pekler - Rhythm Study 6
ARTIST
TITLE
New Environments & Rhythm Studies
FORMAT
LP

LABEL
CATALOG #
FAITICHE 038LP FAITICHE 038LP
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
6/27/2025

New Environments & Rhythm Studies finds Andrew Pekler returning to the humid zones he explored on previous albums such as Sounds From Phantom Islands and Tristes Tropiques. Split between longer immersive compositions and shorter glimpse-like sketches, these 12 tracks feature new juxtapositions of Pekler's familiar palette of synthetic field recordings, warm, undulating electronic textures, shifting percussion patterns and serene melodies. As with much of his recent work, Pekler's compositions here are structured around the beguiling effect of synthetic and non-synthetic sounds mirroring, mimicking and modulating one another. The teeming atmospheres within tracks such as "Globestructures," "Cymbals In The Mist," or "Globestructures: Option II" are, despite their seemingly anthropogenic nature, entirely synthetic. Elsewhere, the lopsided grooves of "Cumbia Para Los Grillos" or "Fabulation For K" are derived from recordings of crickets and other insects which Pekler loops and uses to trigger electronic percussion -- producing a pleasantly skewed rhythmic base for the fragments of melody which are layered on top. The six "Rhythm Studies" also follow the same principle -- a playful interweaving of the organic and synthetic. New Environments & Rhythm Studies is a further attempt to re-describe past tropes which laid claims to authentically represent music and sound from beyond the Western world (exotica, ethnomusicology, field recording) as undertakings of the imaginary. Written and produced by Andrew Pekler, mastered by Giuseppe Ielasi, artwork by Morgan Cuinet, graphic design by Dmytro Nikolaienko.