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Dar Embarks
Let's Start Our Own Thing
Acid Camp Records
- Cat No: ACR011
- updated:2024-11-25
今年で10周年を迎えたロス・アンジェルスのパーティー〈Acid Camp〉のレーベルから、Beau WanzerとのJuzerなどで活動するDan Jugleと、〈L.I.E.S.〉等からリリースするCircling VulturesのKenneth ZawackiによるプロジェクトDar Embarks。RAWなマシーンサウンドで描かれたユニークな音の世界。
Dar Embarks, the hardware-based collaboration of Chicagoans Dan Jugle and Ken Zawacki, share four precious recordings of bouncing, highly-acidic machine funk and industrial ambiance. This is a posthumous release for Dan Jugle, who departed in 2018.
Dan was a multi-instrumentalist and a pillar of Chicago's techno scene who left an indelible mark on it with his distinctive sound. His infatuation with electronic music began in the mid-90s when he found his way to Midwest raves as soon as he was old enough to drive to them. He began working with analog gear to create his own expression of the music he heard there. Jugle, Zawacki, and Mike Broers started experimenting with a thrifted Roland TR-707, figuring out the controls through trial and error. They performed together as Ghost Arcade in the early 2000s.
Years later, Jugle and Zawacki reunited creatively, forming Dar Embarks and building the foundation for their project. Jugle gained a reputation for crafting washed-out, saturated club tracks as Juzer, a project formed with Beau Wanzer. Dar Embarks' debut EP Fleer (released on CLEAR USA) and Juzer's Horseplay (on Anthony Parasole's label The Corner) were both released in 2014, both elevated by Dan Jugle's live-action knob-twisting and button-pushing composition inspired by sci-fi and comic books. Despite his early passing, Jugle's legacy lives on through his work and his passion for Midwest techno that his friends and fans still remember and carry.
Lovingly wrapped up and presented to Acid Camp by Ken, these heaters are finally set free to move asses and minds.
Artwork by Jeremiah Chiu
Layout by Danielle Davis
Mastered by Tim Xavier at Manmade Mastering
Distributed by wordandsound
Dan was a multi-instrumentalist and a pillar of Chicago's techno scene who left an indelible mark on it with his distinctive sound. His infatuation with electronic music began in the mid-90s when he found his way to Midwest raves as soon as he was old enough to drive to them. He began working with analog gear to create his own expression of the music he heard there. Jugle, Zawacki, and Mike Broers started experimenting with a thrifted Roland TR-707, figuring out the controls through trial and error. They performed together as Ghost Arcade in the early 2000s.
Years later, Jugle and Zawacki reunited creatively, forming Dar Embarks and building the foundation for their project. Jugle gained a reputation for crafting washed-out, saturated club tracks as Juzer, a project formed with Beau Wanzer. Dar Embarks' debut EP Fleer (released on CLEAR USA) and Juzer's Horseplay (on Anthony Parasole's label The Corner) were both released in 2014, both elevated by Dan Jugle's live-action knob-twisting and button-pushing composition inspired by sci-fi and comic books. Despite his early passing, Jugle's legacy lives on through his work and his passion for Midwest techno that his friends and fans still remember and carry.
Lovingly wrapped up and presented to Acid Camp by Ken, these heaters are finally set free to move asses and minds.
Artwork by Jeremiah Chiu
Layout by Danielle Davis
Mastered by Tim Xavier at Manmade Mastering
Distributed by wordandsound
SUWA SINGOやMAGIC TOUCH なども参加してきた、今年で10周年を迎えたロス・アンジェルスのパーティーACID CAMPのレーベルから、SIMICやNATHAN Hなどと共にレーベル主要アーチストでもあるシカゴのDAR EMBARKS。コンピューター・グラフィックのようであり、宇宙やミクロの世界、デジタルと神話的神秘もあるようなアートワーク。ハードウェアのRAWなマシーンビート、ヴォイスチョップ、ゲットー・シカゴ、アシッド、インダストリアルな世界観の４曲。実験精神とサイケデリックな遊び心もあり、推薦盤。 (サイトウ)