Name and Form EP Digital

OOP015DA — T. Nguyen — Name & Form EP

Label: outofprint records  |  Genre: Garage  |  Year: 2022  |  Format: Digital EP

Publishing: Record Archive Publishing (ASCAP)

OOP015PR
Immediate Release Date: 10/19/2022
Artist: T. Nguyen
Title: Name & Form EP
Label: outofprint
Publishing: Record Archive Publishing (ASCAP)
CAT: OOP015DA

Runtime 24 Minutes
All tracks written and produced by T. Nguyen
Special thanks to A.L.F

This latest release from T. Nguyen touches on the mode of seeking, identity, and the inner make-up of the world within us. In 2019, the writing of these vignettes started to grasp various geographical locations from the north of England interplaying with 130+ bpm drive, and deep den club nights during his past travels.

Throughout the Name & Form EP, one hears the overlying theme of tape smashing against synthetic organs from a Roland keyboard, Garage music shuffles and found sounds archived from dusty old records. Visions from his trip to Leeds in the 2010's, when Northern Bassline and Organ House scenes were prominent, can be heard permeating throughout the listening experience while boundless sound forms wrestle with the finite space of a Teac X-10R Reel to Reel tape machine. Finally finished in late 2022, T. Nguyen takes these works and gives a non local response, recreating conversations between past destinations and triggering momentary concepts of existence in future listeners.

Mistaken Identity hits the road running with a bouncing bassline and driving drum shuffle. The perpetuating bassline sits underneath a solitary organ motif surrounded by New York City police sirens. The drop comes at around 2:28 introducing a panning inner voice at the moment of uncertainty. Mistaken Identity is about not only misidentifying others' hairy situations, but misidentifying oneself when shrouded by uncontrollable emotions.

Hide & Seeker conceptualizes a vacuum-like bassline gripping the listener with horns soloing out questions of identity. The organ motif moves through experiences on top of Deep Club music style synths and simple Garage House style drums, setting a play of mystery always in motion.

Incarnate brings back an old Drum and Bass breakbeat loop, mixed with an organ bassline and early Garage style synth stabs. The coalescing of organs and breakbeats are sounds often brought together in T. Nguyen's works, merging sampled records with digital sources into one idea.

No Wear takes the main characteristic of boundless sound smashed against finite reel to reel tape at 114 BPM, with soft synths, vocals, arpeggiation and plucked melodies. The kick sounds as if pushing out of a car stereo with distortion, mimicking one's feeling of agency while speeding down the highway.

released December 23, 2022
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