The venerable Dark Entries celebrates it’s 300th release with Panoramic Coloursound, a triple LP from the Creative Technology Consortium. Traxx, Andrew Bisenius, and Jason Letkiewicz forged the CtC during the depths of pandemic isolation. Drawing from film and television music of the 80’s/90’s and armed with a mighty array of vintage analog and digital synthesizers, they set out to explore heists, vices, and catastrophe. Panoramic Coloursound collapses sound and image into a neon blur throughout its 25 tracks.
While retro scores were the starting point for the CtC, the project does more than pay dutiful homage — these notes are warped and skewed, devolving into decaying digital soundscapes. EBM-inflected basslines pop up on tracks like “Catastrophe” and “A Retro Vice”, menacing numbers that recall Traxx and Letkiewicz’s legendary work as Mutant Beat Dance (a project also featuring Beau Wanzer). “Follow Our Kode” pairs heroic synths with funky bass, striking cosmic chords akin to the material that Traxx and Bisenius have released as An Anomaly. Krautrock-esque guitars slide along anthemic pads on “Beautifully Polluted Sunset”, which comes across like an alien Miami Vice closing theme. The CtC channel corroded VHS vibes while making music for the future. Panoramic Coloursound was mastered by Frédéric Alstadt. The sleeve was designed by Eloise Leigh, and features a photograph by Jason Letkiewicz. Also included is a postcard featuring liner notes, a gear list, and a photograph by Maria Tzeka.
3x12" LP Full Tracklist:
Side 1
A1. A Retro Vice
A2. Addiction (Vicki's Revenge)
A3. Babalorichas
A4. Beautifully Polluted Sunset
Side 2
B1. Better Living Through Circuitry
B2. Catastrophe
B3. Complicity In The City
B4. Confrontation
Side 3
C1. Down The Hall - What We Make Happen
C2. Far From Amateur
C3. Follow Our Kode
C4. High Altitude Meditation
Side 4
D1. Initiative
D2. Know Your System
D3. Looming Shadows
D4. Nyte Sequence
Side 5
E1. On The Edge Of Confrontation
E2. Out Where The Transit Buses Don't Run
E3. Palm Tree Inferno
E4. Rapido
E5. Sympathetic Ear
Side 6
F1. The Descent"
F2. The Monaco Falcon
F3. Triangle (Cue Take)
F4. Undercover Heist
While retro scores were the starting point for the CtC, the project does more than pay dutiful homage — these notes are warped and skewed, devolving into decaying digital soundscapes. EBM-inflected basslines pop up on tracks like “Catastrophe” and “A Retro Vice”, menacing numbers that recall Traxx and Letkiewicz’s legendary work as Mutant Beat Dance (a project also featuring Beau Wanzer). “Follow Our Kode” pairs heroic synths with funky bass, striking cosmic chords akin to the material that Traxx and Bisenius have released as An Anomaly. Krautrock-esque guitars slide along anthemic pads on “Beautifully Polluted Sunset”, which comes across like an alien Miami Vice closing theme. The CtC channel corroded VHS vibes while making music for the future. Panoramic Coloursound was mastered by Frédéric Alstadt. The sleeve was designed by Eloise Leigh, and features a photograph by Jason Letkiewicz. Also included is a postcard featuring liner notes, a gear list, and a photograph by Maria Tzeka.
3x12" LP Full Tracklist:
Side 1
A1. A Retro Vice
A2. Addiction (Vicki's Revenge)
A3. Babalorichas
A4. Beautifully Polluted Sunset
Side 2
B1. Better Living Through Circuitry
B2. Catastrophe
B3. Complicity In The City
B4. Confrontation
Side 3
C1. Down The Hall - What We Make Happen
C2. Far From Amateur
C3. Follow Our Kode
C4. High Altitude Meditation
Side 4
D1. Initiative
D2. Know Your System
D3. Looming Shadows
D4. Nyte Sequence
Side 5
E1. On The Edge Of Confrontation
E2. Out Where The Transit Buses Don't Run
E3. Palm Tree Inferno
E4. Rapido
E5. Sympathetic Ear
Side 6
F1. The Descent"
F2. The Monaco Falcon
F3. Triangle (Cue Take)
F4. Undercover Heist