Roll The Dice - Roll The Dice

- CD EDITION FEATURING TWO BONUS TRACKS AND
REVISED ARTWORK
- DEBUT ALBUM FEATURING THE PRODUCTION GENIUS
OF PEDER MANNERFELT – ONE OF THE MINDS BEHIND
THE FEVER RAY PROJECT
- SUBLIME ANALOGUE ELECTRONICS FOR FANS OF
JOHN CARPENTER, EMERALDS, CLUSTER, FEVER RAY,
ISAN, EARLY KRAFTWERK ETC.
Though this is the official debut recording from Swedish duo
Roll the Dice, Malcolm Pardon and Peder Mannerfelt are
certainly not strangers to the world of independent music.
Mannerfelt has been producing records for years as The
Subliminal Kid and also produces for and tours with Fever Ray
while Pardon continously composes for film and television.
Having shared a studio in southern Stockholm for several
years, they finally decided to join forces in something musical.
If the original impetus was little more than sharing a bottle of
wine and attempting to make something different, the final
result is something far beyond.
Each session started and ended in the same way. There were
to be no pro-conceived ideas going in, but had to be a
completed track at the end of each day. These forced
limitations led to a creative cloudburst, finding unexpected
passages from beginning to end. Elements of early analogue
electronics bleed into hints of minimalists such as Terry Riley
and Arvo Pärt. Repetition and understated progression engage
the listener subtly. It may bring a piece of Basic Channel to
mind, but it's another beast entirely. Each track consists of
only synths and piano. Nothing more. No computer
processing. No drum machines. Pure analog. The result is
something warm and emotive. There may be a murky
darkness underlying these tracks, something almost sinister
but there's a streak of something comfortingly familiar running
throughout.
Two years after their first session together they put the finishing
touches on the record through the API desk at the legendary
Gröndal studio in west Stockholm. It is music that etches itself
in your mind like diamond on glass. Pardon and Mannerfelt
operate with absolute precision, expressing raw emotions and
ideas that are as flitting as they are unforgettable. Each new
morning is a chance and Roll the Dice are just getting started.


TRACKLISTING:

1/. The New Black 2/. Axel 3/. Guadeloupe
4/. Into The Mild 5/. Swing 6/. Into The
Ground 7/. After 8/. Undertow 9/. Return

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