Otider

Record label

Rosten

Catalog Number

ROSTEN5

Release Date

May 28th 2018

Genres

Techno

Tracks

play	pos	title	artists	duration
play_circle_outline	A1	01
play_circle_outline	A2	02
play_circle_outline	B1	03
play_circle_outline	B2	04
play_circle_outline	B3	05
play_circle_outline	C1	06
play_circle_outline	C2	07
play_circle_outline	D1	08
play_circle_outline	D2	09
play_circle_outline	D3	10

After an excellent 12inch on Rosten label SSTROM drops his first full length Otider, which is by far the most diverse offering of the project encompassing elements of different genres and putting them in woolen and dense sonic textures. Otider could be loosely translated as un-times or non-times. It positions the tracks out of specific context and rather represents them as some rediscovered artifacts relating to personal experiences of the artist. Otider slightly distances SSTROM from techno label as the compositions elegantly drift between lush transparency and thick grooves of outsider/lo-fi house as in Kronofobi or Svvaren or sensitive, yet subtly monolith and mellow techno on Damm and I Huvudet. In Modernisten we can even trace echoes of coldwave/synth aesthetics with melancholic guitars sweeping over hypnotic rhythmic patterns, while closer Sov Nu introduces something which reminds a darker form of garage music with light synthpads constantly surfacing among raw mechanical beats. All the tracks were created over a relatively long period between 2010 and 2017 by employing the process where he let his hands work automatically without interference from his head. This freedom could be felt across the release, which juggles with different musical forms so lightly and organically, but at the same time maintains a coherent vision, which illustrates the vast scope and diversity of the artist.