Alex Under - New Album - La Máquina de Bolas

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March will see the release of La Máquina de Bolas, the second LP from Alex Under.

As well as running the CMYK label – previously home to Thomas Brinkmann and Kevin Gorman – Under has been intermittently releasing meticulous electronica under his own name. Seven years after the release of his first album, Dispositivos De Mi Granja, the producer and DJ is now returning with an album of new material on Soma.
In contrast with its more techno-orientated predecessor, La Máquina de Bolas promises to be a gentler, more exploratory record. The album’s title translates as ‘the ball machine’: a fitting figure for his delicately calibrated and propulsive sound. The (rather austere) tracklisting is below:
Tracklist:
1. Bola1
2. Bola2
3. Bola3
4. Bola4
5. Bola5
6. Bola6.1
7. Bola 6.2
8. Bola7

from here: http://www.factmag.com/2012/02/06/al...lbum-in-march/

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Alex Under | La Máquina de Bolas [SomaCD096] Out now on CD & digital: Spanish artist Alex Under marks the progression of his work with the release of second album, ‘La Máquina de Bolas’, released in March 2012 through Soma Records. The acclaimed producer and CMYK label boss returns a more experienced, complex artist after a seven year album hiatus following 2005’s Trapez LP release, ‘Dispositivos De Mi Granja’. In this latest release we hear an engaging offering from the Madrid native. There are some signature musical aspects which were also part of AU’s earlier output such as the introduction of an theme early on, which is subsequently manipulated and built upon. The focused concentration on a limited selection of sounds also reflects earlier work. However, much of Máquina subverts the practised minimal style of the mid-00’s showing a desire to create expansive sounds within this stripped-down minimalism. Alex Under’s collaborations with Soma have given scope for much exploration. The recent remix of Pablo’s ‘Turn the page’ track for the Soma 20 compilation highlights this. The idiosyncratic original seems a difficult remixing prospect with varying tempos between the vocal and sampled tracks in original and remix. The success of the remix serves to reiterate the artist’s mastery of sound, form and style. His attention to detail enables the finished product freedom from any sort of overbearing production. La Máquina de Bolas certainly conveys a new direction for Alex Under with his aesthetic obsessions and meticulous production holding him in good stead. This new material broadens expectation for the producer and the range of sound doesn’t unnecessarily complicate. This affecting second album signposts the next period in AU’s trajectory.

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"La maquina de bolas"