ricardo villalobos: dependent & happy 1

here we have the brand new full length from villalobos divided into 2 doublepacks. yeah i know it's vogue to hate on this guy but i'll tell you what, ricardo is not making records for a disposable culture audience. this album kills it with how advanced it is. sure some people can't relate anymore because they are too busy jocking the next wave of superstars. honestly i don't think villalobos ever wanted to be part of that scene. the music is too cerebral to give a shit about what people in miami or ibiza are dancing to. a total pioneer. his records have knocked us out for over a decade and i'm very happy to say this one continues down that path.

press release: The distance from Ricardo Villalobos' last field trip Thé au Harem d'Archimède in 2004 to the present epic album is a galaxy of electronic expression through sound, independent from time and space. It is said that funk is defined by the notes that are not being played. The space between the notes here is so vast, that funk becomes transformed into the spirit that creates unfathomable emotional adventure. The rules of dynamics between 0 and 1 shift the relation from reality to relaxation. Previously-unreleased, mixed, free-floating sessions are made out of natural, secret ingredients from the limbic system of astro-Aztecs. They evolve from rituals, ending in the release of the sinuous percussion ghost from the machine who breathes out a score for easy living, which sounds like a primordial soup aerosol of funky molecules and molluscs. The vinyl edition comes in three parts and contains a total of 14 tracks.