Watched Watchers, by Valgidrà

Watched Watchers

by Valgidrà

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1.	David II 01:22	buy track
2.	Queried 03:28	buy track
3.	Mood 02:48	buy track
4.	Golden Trap 03:12	buy track
5.	Moaïs 03:43	buy track
6.	Strings Interlude 02:17	buy track
7.	Yellow Kalaw 03:40	buy track
8.	Hypnic Jerk (Feat. Cyrod) 03:52	buy track
9.	Watched Watchers 02:26	buy track
10.	Sampling Life 04:37	buy track

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IRM Netlabel :

"Quatrième sortie déjà pour Valgidrà sur IRM Netlabel, après deux EPs avec Konejo et un premier album, Warplush Vol 1, paru il y a tout juste un an. Aux influences électroniques warpiennes de ce dernier, influencé notamment par Boards of Canada ou les "Selected Ambient Works" d'Aphex Twin, le Rennais a préféré pour "Watched Watchers", composé sur près de deux ans, une approche plus éclatée qui fait feu de tout bois, une narration plus dynamique aux contrepieds fréquents et aux respirations d'autant plus captivantes. L'album télescope ainsi à la manière d'un "Psyence Fiction" sampling baroque et beats abstract (David II), trip-hop lynchien et spoken word (Hypnik Jerk), nappes électroniques déstructurées et mélodies acoustiques (le single Golden Trap), ambient cinématographiques et spleen cristallin (Yellow Kalaw), orchestrations malmenées et rythmique en roue libre (Strings Interlude), synthés saturés et groove hip-hop (Queried, peut-être le sommet du disque), évoluant d'un downtempo capiteux (Moaïs) à une électronique plus froide et malaisante (le morceau-titre), de syncopations mélancoliques (Mood) en pulsations techno étouffées (Sampling Life). Comme chez UNKLE à l'époque où DJ Shadow tenait encore les rênes, l'humeur est plutôt sombre voire légèrement paranoïaque, à la mesure du thème qui sous-tend ce deuxième opus aussi cohérent que contrasté : observateur, n'est-on pas soi-même observé ? Est-on le sujet ou l'objet, a-t-on réellement le rôle que l'on pense jouer ?".

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released November 20, 2021

Thanks to Cyrod for releasing vocals on 'Hypnic Jerk'.

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Valgidrà Rennes, France

Awkward sound maker from Rennes, France. Influenced by trip-hop/Warp music.

Please feel free to contact me for anything (collab, remix, etc).

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