Esse Ran - What Once Was [HMDX003]

Support the label, buy it here: Artist: Esse Ran Title: Derelict Memories Label: Humidex Records Catalogue: HMDX003 Format: Digital Genre: Electronic Style: #Techno Release date: June 10, 2022 Mixed by Esse Ran and Stéphane Claude Mastering by Stéphane Claude @Studio Oboro Artwork by Cléo Sjölander and Anna Arrobas Additional artwork, design and layout by Jesse Osborne-Lanthier Web press kit by Cyrus Khalatbari Tracklist: 1. What Once Was 2. Dripping Lights 3. Fossilized Data (Interlude) 4. Insect Behavior 5. Rêve étrange (Interlude) 6. Wind Whirl Esse Ran (pronounced “ess ran”) is an electronic music producer based in Montreal, Canada. His hardware-based practice gives rise to an obscure industrial techno where both rhythms and textures share a common ground, which foregrounds experimentation as a central tenet to his practice. His music is composed with a distinctive palette of synthetic percussion sounds blended with analog synth sequences and noisy layers, without ever losing sight of the groove. On Derelict Memories, Esse Ran dives deep into the hypothetical of human extinction by imagining, pondering, and constructing the sonic landscapes of a post-human earth. The artist has described this world as a “deforested, excavated, and drilled out planet covered with concrete infrastructures, plastic islands and enormous data centers containing all the bits of its very own exploitation. From the epilog, It was all documented. Written on precious minerals, encrypted and yet intangible. Therefore, all this data is sitting still without an ear to hear nor an eye to see; encoded, dead cold. The Derelict Memories of a bygone humanity.” The six track album builds a fluid narrative of an uncanny universe collaged together with miscellaneous and ambient sounds. Some of them oddly resemble the chirps and croaks of insects, as if one is in a nebulous wonderland filled with living organisms, reminding us that life will carry on beyond human existence. Follow #EsseRan here: Follow #HumidexRecords here: ___ DISCLAIMER: All tracks are uploaded in a low quality for promotional purposes only and with buy links to respect label and artists. CONTACT EMAIL: hatemusic1@ Follow us on INSTAGRAM and FACEBOOK for releases previews and news: Follow us on SOUNDCLOUD for exclusive podcast series: