Digital Naturism

by Solent

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Solent - Digital Naturism EP [JW022]

Digital Naturism [JW022] is the first EP to be released by Solent on Jingweir. Recorded throughout 2018 in cooperation with producer Brad M. Seippel aka thruoutin at Brevity of Motion Sounds in Beijing, China. The pieces have been constructed to represent a snapshot of modern life in Beijing as an outsider and onlooker of the unfolding spectacle: contrasting ideas and emotions, of both excitement and disappointment; layers of ambient sound and musical phrases designed to be meditative and immersing; and ultimately, a desire to escape self-imposed confines of modernity and submerge oneself in an alternative state.

The title of the EP reflects a paradox which is inherent to modern-day capitalism and global development, namely, that as we migrate further towards an ecosystem of digital devices and become fully immersed in the rhetoric of Dataism, there is a deep yearning for the ‘genuine’ and ‘natural’ in spite of these constructed artificial environments. As a reaction to this phenomenon, the work of Solent attempts to provide an alternative auditory space for the listener to both exist in, and temporarily submerge themselves within. Akin to the sensation of escaping to an alpine retreat, or secluded forest, the listener may rediscover their inner voice, and recalibrate accordingly. This is the essence of Digital Naturism.

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released August 9, 2019

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Solent Beijing, China

Solent is a music project based in the neo-capitalist urban sprawl of Beijing, China. Designed as a platform for audio- visual collaboration, the project functions as both a personal and multi-faceted project. Loops and field recordings form the foundation of tracks, ideas which have been extracted from ambient, psychedelic, new age and drone. ... more

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