Headless Horseman, by Phonopsia

Headless Horseman

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1.	Lumina 08:26	buy track
2.	Jacked 05:07	buy track
3.	Luna 06:42	buy track
4.	Jacqued 08:09	buy track

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"Beautiful deep techno!" - Ralph Lawson

"Digging the pure tones and vibe of these tracks, especially Luna and Lumina." - Derailleur

"Jacked & Jacqued are immense.. Super slinky deep as anything pumpers.. Brill" - Jaye Ward

"Absolutely rolling. Particularly love the shuffle to Lumina. Will be supporting!" - Alfred

"A colorful mind made these" - Lakker

"Second release on this label is as superb as the first" - Andrew Duke

Headless Horseman is the second release on Phonopsia's new Horse Category label. The music was created entirely in 2006 during a period of intense focus and renewed energy. Headless Horseman gathers four of the five tracks from this period (the fifth track will be released on HC003), which are only now being published for the first time. "Lumina" was the first of these, and was the most refined Phonopsia track at the time, balancing minimal elements with melodic depth to create a techno track that works as well at home as on dancefloors.

Having finished "Lumina", the sister track "Luna" followed in short order. It cast some elements aside, slowed the tempo to a medium house pace, and added a bassline that pulls the track in a different direction, owing a large debt to the Gemini tracks that were a huge influence on Phonopsia's musical development in the mid-'90s.

The second pair of tracks started with "Jacqued", unveiling some of the range of the Nord Modular that formed the heart of the Phonopsia palette at the time. The dense beginning makes way for a slower groove that could be house or techno, underpinning a composition that requires the full length of the track to complete its initial pass. Not much later, "Jacqued" was joined by a sibling, "Jacked", which (as the name suggests) converts the fuller techno of its predecessor to a stripped down Chicago format where space displaces depth. Although the palette of the two tracks shares much in common, most of the sounds on "Jacked" have been reduced to their essence to fit the new style.

With the exception of "Lumina", no more than a dozen people have heard these tracks until now.

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released May 21, 2021

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Phonopsia England, UK

Tristan Watkins started DJing as host of the dance music show at KRUI in Iowa City in 1992, and has made music as Phonopsia since the mid-‘90s. After many moves Tristan settled in London in 2002. He became a regular guest of Bleep43 from 2002-2010, and resident at Süd Electronic from 2007-2009. After spending years shelved, Phonopsia’s productions will now see daylight alongside newer work in 2021 ... more

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