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Teal / Tear

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1.
Teal 04:26
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2.
Retrait 03:50
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3.
Pericon 04:53
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Redolent 04:27
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5.
Tear 03:39
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Opalglas debuts on Crux Axul with Teal / Tear, an EP full of molten bass pressure, dread techno and occasional gestures towards deliverance.

Teal / Tear is the first more substantial release under the Opalglas alias by polymath C. Kolf, best known for his work in metal projects like Valborg or Owl. Here he channels his interests in bass heavy fringe electronics into five tracks of scorched earth rumble and fleeting melodic shimmer.

The opener Teal and its counterpart, the closer Tear, are exemplary of this. While they seem to buckle under the sheer force of their basslines, that force eventually gives way to rushes of harmony and ambience. In contrast to the almost elliptical nature of these tracks, the ones in between are more propulsive exercises in restraint and texture. Retrait pulses relentlessly around its negative space, Pericon feels like a John Carpenter thumper trapped in a blown out techno cage and Redolent’s pads could almost be blissful, if they weren’t steadily swallowed by waves of insectile hiss.

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released February 19, 2021

Produced by C. Kolf
Mastered by M. Siegenhort
Summer 2020
Artwork by Sarah Kowalewski
Design by Ferenc Petöcz

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