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My Sentient Shadow

by Portable Aka Bodycode

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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Tracklist :

    A1. The Simulacrum
    A2. The Spacetime Curvature
    A3. Foreign to You (feat. NiQ E)
    B1. The Self Assembling
    B2. Analogue World
    B3. Cages
    C1. I Feel Stronger Now
    C2. We Exist (feat. Mandy Alexander)
    D1. Ripple Effect
    D2. Fractal Distortion

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Following hot on the heels of lead single and recent mind-body tantalizer “I Feel Stronger Now,” we are now truly proud to present you with Portable’s latest full-length My Sentient Shadow. Filled to the brim with all of the inventiveness the sonic auteur has commanded we expect from his sizable and consistent body of work on world-renown labels such as Perlon, ~scape, !K7, and his own Süd Electronic and Khoikhoi imprints, and dare we say offering us perhaps the most cohesive, emotive, and balanced of his highly-admirable catalog here to date. By using the analogy of a shadow that possesses its own consciousness, the theme of light and its distortion vs balance with the inherent and necessary darkness that surrounds it is in clear vision.

Immediately from the warmly bizarre vibes of opening cut “The Simulacrum”, it’s clear Portable is requesting clearance to other worlds of funk and ingenuity. The delightfully trippy, smoky, back-room of the Tattooine Cantina feel sets the stage just right to curb expectations and let the carefully constructed noise movements wash over us. Elsewhere amongst the generous set we find tracks like “Cages” and “Ripple Effect” continue in the direction of horizontally-maximized aural tapestries oozing with texture, while at the other end of the energy spectrum pieces such as “The Self-Assembling” and “We Exist..” roll and bounce with all the sci-fi gyrations and slick synth layers hinting at a hypnotic halfway rendezvous point to his Bodycode moniker. And of course, no proper Portable outing would be complete without his own robust tenor vocal tone, which feels right at home front-and-center on the space travel anthem “The Spacetime Curvature” and used in more calculated micro-doses on “Analogue World”, as well as the gorgeous “Foreign to You” whose meta-title features a rare guest starring vocalist NiQ.E, and brings to hearts some of Herbert’s finer moments with dear friend Dani Siciliano, albeit done-up entirely in some distant yet alluring parallel dimension. The LP journey finishes with the frenetically-charged closer “Fractal Distortion” which will no doubt please many-a cosmic techno purist while making percussion masters from the afterlife such as Jaki Liebezeit and Tony Allen proud, and is quite possibly the closest thing to a danceable musical take on the current state of cognitive dissonance in the world that surrounds us, offering us a one-way ticket out from the not-too-distant future. Please join us in welcoming and celebrating this wonderful album from Portable on Circus Company.

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released February 4, 2022

Written and produced by Alan Abrahams

Vocals and lyrics on « Foreign to You » by NiQ E

Lyrics on « I Feel Stronger Now » by Bradley Hermans

Poem and narration on « We Exist » by Mandy Alexander
Double Bass on « Cages » by Leo Fernandez

Percussion on « The Simulacrum » by ZINDA

Bass on « The Simulacrum » by Pierre Edjolo

With love to Christophe Pastel, for your guidance and input

Mastered by Matt Colton at Metropolis, London

Artwork by République Studio
Published by True Music Publishing
P & © Circus Company 2022 – CCS120

All rights of the producer and of the owner of the recorded work reserved, unauthorized copying, hiring lending, public performance and broadcasting of the records prohibited.

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