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Thailand-based The Dude of Stratosphear releases a hypnotic, spiritual dub EP

Risaav रिसाव includes an original mix & a ‘brainfreeze mix’

  • Zita Chan
  • 9 February 2021
Thailand-based The Dude of Stratosphear releases a hypnotic, spiritual dub EP

The Dude Of Stratosphear is Geneva-born, Thailand-based Jerome Doudet’s solo project. He’s just released a new EP, entitled Risaav, on February 3. Risaav रिसा translates to 'leakage'. Of the project, El Duderino says: "Made with the constant idea of tripping with friends and aliens once again in a near future, on a remote place far away from all the disasters to come. Let's escape the matrix and reconnect with the community!"

El Duderino's EP has two renditions of Risaav रिसाव: an original mix and a ‘brainfreeze mix’. One was made for the body — the original mix — and one was made for the mind — the brainfreeze mix. The original mix combines moody, tribal drum patterns with bright, Sitar-influenced synths in the intro, implying a passive drone-like tonality with its resonating major fifths, as if commencing a hypnosis. A four-on-the-floor kick anchors the track as wide-panned flangey, metallic sounds are introduced. There is a sense of alienation, of emotional ambiguity; the consistent, reassuring beat, and the wonk, unfamiliar stabs and swells are tastefully balanced. Mid-track, an airy, string synth is introduced, evoking the sense of spiritual ascension into the heavens.

Risaav's 'brainfreeze mix' is a downtempo rendition that leaves out the four-on-the-floor in the original mix and spans a darker tonal territory. An intricate and controlled steady kick-snare pattern here demands authority with its half-time hits. The blurry, cosmic atmosphere is marbled with layers of harsh, psychedelic dub synths. Both mixes are linear, explorative journeys, expanding horizontally over time. Risaav is beyond our perceivable world, slouching towards enlightenment. Arranged, produced, mastered and with artwork created entirely by himself, The Dude Of Stratosphear's latest EP recorded and mixed at Subsphearic Sounds / Bang Bao at Koh Chang, Thailand.

'Risaav रिसाव ' by The Dude Of Stratosphear is out now on Sphearic Records. Buy the album here.

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