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Struggle & Emerge - Lakker
3 out of 5
(8 tracks - 29 mins)
$
5.99
$
3.99
Country: International Genres: Electronic, Pop Styles: Experimental Techno, Techno, Dance Moods: Crunchy, Dramatic, Exciting, Feral, Fiery, Harsh, Unsettling, Wintry, Ominous, Severe, Suspenseful, Technical, Threatening, Thrilling, Turbulent, Clinical, Intense, Nocturnal Themes: Open Road, Late Night, Night Driving, Nighttime
Re:VIVE, an initiative of the Netherlands' Institute for Sound and Vision, sought Dara Smith and Ian McDonnell to produce a conceptual work, based on the theme of water, using their audio-video archive as a sample source.
The duo obliged with Struggle & Emerge, released in 2016 as the third Lakker album.
It incorporates the producers' own field recordings, as well as material from radio and television broadcasts.
The Netherlands, by necessity, has a complex infrastructure for water control, so manipulations of rhythmic machinery are a natural component of the album.
The sense of unease, punctuated with bursts of harsh noise, evoke the land's constant flood threat.
"Maeslantkering Gating" grinds and batters with far more force than anything heard on the 2015 Lakker album Tundra.
"Broken Clouds" is filled with bristling distortions that obscure an alarmed dispatch of some kind.
Even when the pummeling recedes and gives way to muted whirrs and ghostly melodies, Struggle & Emerge is a bracing -- sometimes stifling -- album to absorb.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reclamation | Lakker | Play | 03:48 | 8 MB | 26 MB |
| 2 | Maeslantkering Gating | Lakker | Play | 04:06 | 9 MB | 32 MB |
| 3 | Emergo | Lakker | Play | 04:18 | 9 MB | 26 MB |
| 4 | Broken Clouds | Lakker | Play | 03:29 | 8 MB | 27 MB |
| 5 | Ever Rising | Lakker | Play | 05:21 | 12 MB | 31 MB |
| 6 | Fierljeppen | Lakker | Play | 02:30 | 5 MB | 18 MB |
| 7 | 5000 People | Lakker | Play | 02:30 | 5 MB | 10 MB |
| 8 | Open Clouds | Lakker | Play | 03:15 | 7 MB | 16 MB |
| 29 mins | 67 MB | |||||
| 29 mins | 189 MB | |||||
Note: You are able to listen to 30-second samples for preview purpose.
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lakker | Primary Artist |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |