Universalist (HTRA008)

by ACT!

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1 x 12" clear vinyl LP featuring original artwork by Andreas Nicolas Fischer and design by Olenka Szymonski. Preorders include cassette copy of Ceramic TL - Sign of the Cross Every Mile to the Border (HTRA002)

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1.	Ecstatica / On Patrol 02:53	buy track
2.	U Don’t Know The City 02:09	buy track
3.	Para 03:53	buy track
4.	No Conflict 02:33	buy track
5.	Lava Valley 01:59	buy track
6.	Trader 04:05	buy track
7.	Unity Mind 02:33	buy track
8.	Test 02:34	buy track
9.	BTHL 03:30	buy track
10.	Wish 03:45	buy track

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Universalist is the first album by ACT! Baroque, kaleidoscope electronics; material sound for a disembodied world. The energy is optimistic and posi - even naive - a statement of unity in the age of psychic dislocation.

10 Tracks of phosphorus midi and brittle digi textures feel indebted in spirit to the masters of psychic jazz as much as the physical euphoria of the club. Above all, this album belongs to the catalogue of Halocline Trance, yet subtle references connect it to a larger lineage of free sound. The empty, divine heaviness of songs like Ecstatica / On Patrol invokes Yusef Lateef’s Little Symphony, while the computerized spontaneity of Lava Valley feels somehow connected to Yasuaki Shimizu’s Music for Commercials. Non-musical sounds and evocative melodies sit side-by-side - new psychedelia for love and life in the digital jetstream.

ACT! is a project from Toronto-based musician David Psutka. Building on a diverse body of releases as Egyptrixx, Ceramic TL, Anamai and various other collaborations, ACT! denotes a new chapter of creative output from Psutka and the Halocline Trance label. Universalist follows a prolific string of releases in 2017 with Anamai - What Mountain; Ceramic TL + Ipek Gorgun - Perfect Lung; and Egyptrixx - Pure, Beyond Reproach, and synthesizes recurring themes of materiality and the unifying potential of sound.

Perfect Lung is released on July 13th.

The album features original artwork from the V0ID series by Andreas Nicolas Fischer and design by Olenka Szymonski. Mastered by Sam John at Precise. Distributed by SRD and available to purchase via fine music retailers worldwide. All songs by David Psutka.

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released July 13, 2018

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ACT! Toronto, Ontario

ACT! is the solo recording project of Toronto-based musician + producer, David Psutka. Building on a complex body of work as Egyptrixx, Ceramic TL, Anamai and various other projects, ACT! represents a new chapter of creative output from Psutka. The material is of a universal mind - new psychedelia braided with ecstatic groove; a pastiche of physical sound, composition and freeform electronics. ... more

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Apr 22

Tv Eye

Ridgewood, NY
Apr 26

Gulfhaus Jugend- & Kulturzentrum

Vechta, Germany

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