We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Phocid

by Anders Ilar

/
  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      £5.49 GBP  or more

     

  • Phocid
    Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    High Quality CDR
    All overseas orders will be marked as sample and low value to try our best to save you any import duties in these crazy times.
    Thanks for your support.
    Pulse State

    Includes unlimited streaming of Phocid via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

    Sold Out

1.
Erebus Bay 05:55
2.
3.
4.
Circumpolar 06:17
5.
6.
Ice Born 08:30
7.
8.

about

What is Phocid? Could it be the combination of the two words Phonic and Acid? Maybe. Well, it could be... However, the Wikipedia entry for Phocid reads:
"The earless seals, phocids or true seals are one of the three main groups of mammals within the seal lineage."
OK! Seals are cool! (pun intended) In fact there is one specific kind of seal in Antarctica called the Weddell Seal (Leptonychotes Weddellii) that makes the most unusual and amazing sound. It has rightly been compared to vintage analog synthesizers and as soon as I heard these incredible sounds I knew I had to include them in my music somehow.
The idea behind Phocid album started in early 2021 when I decided to acquire a couple of new hardware synths. This would be my first new hardware since I sold all my gear back in 1997. The desire to work with physical gear again was something I noticed while gathering tracks for Demotapes 1989-1997 Vol 1-5 and reminiscing on all the machines I've used over the years. Usually my desires for hardware tweaking is satisfied by my collaborations with John H every year. But with Covid-19 stopping that fine tradition the urge to get some new toys was enough to go ahead with procuring three new machines. Two Korg Volcas; Volca Nubass and Volca Keys, and a Behringer TD-3.
Phocid is the first eight tracks I made with these new machines. The sounds of Weddell Seals are also explored on every track of this album. Some in the form of natural background noises and soundscapes and sometimes reversed and half-speed, others as hihats and percussions. The purring noises of the animals and machines combines perfectly and makes for a hopefully pleasurable and enjoyable musical experience.

The music itself touches on Ambient, Berlin-School, Acid, Dub-Techno and Electro.

Enjoy!

credits

released June 4, 2021

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Pulse State UK

A new label for 2021 . Hopefully bringing a variety of electronic goodness to you all

contact / help

Contact Pulse State

Streaming and
Download help

Shipping and returns

Redeem code

Report this album or account

If you like Phocid, you may also like: