Description
On either side of the river Mersey, transcendental communications are traded
back and forth. Two late-night revellers, one fring messages flled with music, the
other returning them laced with lyrics. The result, a dopamine hit of oddball
machine soul, melded with a highlife, Afrofuturist touch. Wonky and murky yet
deeply emotional, Transmission One, is a debut album that also marks the frst
release on Luke Una's E Soul Cultura label, encompassing expertly the off-kilter
atmosphere the label sets to orbit.
A synthesised landscape with a Northern charm, Transmission Towers marry the
musical worlds of two artists that last collaborated over a decade ago. 10 years
have passed, lives have been led, but a gravitational pull has placed Mark
Kyriacou and Eleanor Mante back in each other's spheres on opposite sides of
the city of Liverpool. Energised with a newfound desire to strip it all back to the
sounds that infuenced their formative years in the late '80s and '90s - astral
travelling, intoxicated on Motor City techno, Black Dog IDM and mystical Sun Ra.
Mark half Irish, half Greek Cypriot, Eleanor half Nigerian, half Ghanian, the music
contained within is an alchemy of those roots and the pivotal acts that buried
deep into their minds. A cosmic contrast, part machine- made, part distinctly
human. Take the opener 'UP', an ESG- channelling, sci- f punk beatdown or the
polychromatic hyperspace anthem 'Roller Skater 23'.
Transportive throughout, you ride the solar waves, pace and emotion ebbing and
fowing. Tracks like 'Go Slow Heart' and 'Cosmic Trigger' step to a slower beat but
hit with a punch. The former, a slo-mo blast of celestial tenderness, the latter an
otherworldly, chugged- out lunar excursion, micro- dosing on whacked- out Wah
Wah and Eleanor's ethereal vocals. Beaming love letters to space and back,
'Sparse' marries the organic with the artifcial, pianos and percussion circling
around synth pads and broadcasting bleeps.
Elsewhere, vibrations move faster. 'Mega' strikes, fusing sonic tribalism with
psychedelic swirls, as 'Everything' sweeps you up in its extra-terrestrial new wave
grip. Synth stabs and basslines fzzing from every angle.
Demos of Transmission Towers music surfaced on Luke Una's radar, making him
stop in his tracks. Something magical was emerging, perfectly aligned with the E
Soul guardian's tastes. Guidance followed, quickly turning into conversations
about Transmission One becoming the frst release on Luke's own label.
Escapist and futurist yet grounded and relatable. Transmission One is synthesis
meets sentiment with a deep, spine-tingling soul at its core.
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