{"product_id":"doc-sleep-birds-in-my-mind-anyway","title":"Doc Sleep - Birds (in my mind anyway)","description":"\u003cp\u003eFormat: LP\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCatalogue No.: TARC02LP\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRelease Date: 17 Mar 2023\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGenre: Techno\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA1 FALL INTO FLOWERS (INTRO)\u003cbr\u003e A2 TOMORROW IS BEAUTIFUL! (FT. GLENN ASTRO)\u003cbr\u003e A3 FLOODING MEADOW\u003cbr\u003e A4 C\u0026amp;L AT THE SEA\u003cbr\u003e A5 ORANGE GROVE NAP\u003cbr\u003e B1 WIPED MEMORY\u003cbr\u003e B2 FOG VS MOON (FT. M MARIE)\u003cbr\u003e B3 STRANGE SUN\u003cbr\u003e B4 SECRET SPELLS\u003cbr\u003e B5 UNDER HIGH BRANCHES\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTartelet Records is thrilled to present the debut album from Doc Sleep – 10 tracks of exquisitely rendered melodies and rhythms shaped with grit and beauty in equal measure. Birds (in my mind anyway) is a widescreen vision of electronica as a medium to express your personal situation and respond to your environment – a rave adjacent art form free from the perceived rules of the dancefloor. To date, Melissa Maristuen known as Doc Sleep has established herself in the context of the club – first engaging with the culture in San Francisco before moving to Berlin. She helps run the Room 4 Resistance party, DJs on Refuge Worldwide, co- owns the Jacktone label and has released on Detour, Dark Entries and her own label. But in making Birds (in my mind anyway) she set herself an ultimatum.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e “At the time of recording this album, my life, all my routines and priorities had to change – music was no exception. I decided if I couldn't be happy making an album free of the dancefloor, I was finally going to be done with music. Instead, I found a musical voice free of tempo and textural restriction. Eventually, I had a sound, and once I had the sound, the album came pretty quickly. It was a very different process writing music for no one...except myself.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e If the impression given is one of a consistent style across the album, think again. Doc Sleep moves freely between tempos and themes, even if there are some recurring qualities binding the music together. She weaves fluttering arps with poise, lending them an almost choral quality which gives the album a very human touch. But they’re equally emotionally ambiguous or pockmarked with sonic interference – reflections of the collisions and conflicts\u003cbr\u003e that typify the human experience.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Every inch of the album is a personal touch – the title was pulled from Doc Sleep’s mother’s response to hearing the album, while her friend Kiernan Laveaux offered a beautiful text which appears on the back. Those closest to her all fed into the artwork process, which captures the curious dichotomy between urban brutalism and botanical finery often found in the parks of Berlin – a vital place of respite when she was making the album.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tartelet Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42264694882460,"sku":"TARC02LP","price":22.84,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0130\/8714\/6043\/products\/unnamed_f025712c-536d-4aaa-b805-a7215c93f477.jpg?v=1672861977","url":"https:\/\/www.horizonsmusic.co.uk\/products\/doc-sleep-birds-in-my-mind-anyway","provider":"Horizons Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}