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Portals

by ERAS

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    Eras - Portal

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1.
Eros 03:27
2.
Deus 05:02
3.
Taxa 03:22
4.
Abeo 03:35 video
5.
Oath (free) 03:16
6.
Coma 03:52
7.
Ares 03:13
8.
Port 06:07

about

ERAS - Portals

Portals exists in a unique space giving equal reverence to both the DIY noise scene of The Smell and the leftfield hip-hop beats of the Low End Theory/Brainfeeder scene. The LA-based producer already has plenty of acclaim bubbling underground with a few well-received limited releases to his name and pumping out dark, trance-inducing remixes for artists like Death Grips and Chelsea Wolfe.

Almost as if it was a double EP, ERAS embraces the vinyl format with a dualistic approach to the record as if it were two sides of a coin. In a striking new direction, Portals' first side explores new territory for ERAS with lush textures, warm pads, and agile celestial synth melodies all pushed to the forefront. The fingerprints of his previous work are there with an underlying tension and mystery, but it treads along into familiar territory as well with a pastoral, futuristic hymn quality recalling Boards of Canada and/or M83 more so than the more punk, beat induced Throbbing Gristle-isms we've heard from him in the past.

From the first few seconds of the flipside's opener "Oath", the howling drones of sacred musics and tribal war drums clearly signal a more sinister intent for the second side of Portals. Also surprising, the foreboding distorted glitch atmospheres of "Coma" give way to a steady beat wrapped in dark, warped R&B vibes. As if the b-side has taken you to the dark corridors in an underworld of sound, it is consistent in tone and restraint but also full of interesting juxtapositions whether it's layering expansive shoegaze over meticulously edited breakbeats or power electronics held together by subtle chord arrangements.

With the nature of the dualistic release, it would be inappropriate to assign any sort of genre to the music on Portals but fans of the classic Warp catalog, Editions Mego releases, even the new generation of witchier dark electronics will find a lot to like in ERAS' latest.

Press quotes:

“It looms and sways as stuttering wails punctuate the steady beeping of the great engine’s life support system”
-Electronic Beats Magazine

“Eras paints the whole picture for you, so you can't say you haven't been warned.”
-Impose Magazine.

"ERAS is most exciting to me as representative of a strain of “pastoral futurism” that seems to resonate in the well-warmed not-pastures of LA and in the near infinity of balmy regions that spreads and thickens as you cross the western desert."
-Secret Decoder Magazine

"ERAS is a producer from the Los Angeles region who is expanding the boundaries of experimental electronic music in a way that deserves a lot of credit and attention"
-Sound Colour Vibration

"The electronic artist embraces the duality of vinyl—the first side explores new soundscapes, creating a lush, warm atmosphere, while the howling drones of the second side set a more sinister mood."
-The Deli Magazine

credits

released June 12, 2012

All Music Written and Recorded By: Nathaniel Eras For Tranzmundane Music ASCAP MMXII.

Mixed and Mastered By: Mark Stone and Nathaniel Eras.

Cover Photography By: Mark McInerney
Insert Photography By: Angel Mendoza

Art Direction/Design By: Track Number Records and Sam Farfsing.

For more information please visit: www.tracknumberrecords.com

Artist Info: www.nathanieleras.com

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