- Artist
- Thavius Beck
- ReleaseProduct
- Cosmic Noise
- Label
- U-Trax
- Catalogue Number
- 5050580766112
- Release Date
- July 9, 2021
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Press Release
Since our first contact with NYC based producer Thavius Beck in 2018, he sent us over 100 unreleased tracks, or beats, as he calls them. 25 of them have been selected for releases on U-TRAX, good for over 2 hours of music, across this album and the Lovesick EP.
Growing up in LA, Thavius Beck entered the hip-hop scene as member of Global Phlowtations, and released several solo albums under the Adlib moniker. In later years, he released five albums under his own name on labels like Mush, Big Dada and Plug Research, and also produced albums for artists like Saul Williams and K‑the‑I???, and did some remixing for amongst others Nine Inch Nails. Nowadays he combines making music with a career as a succesful certified Ableton and Bitwig trainer and as a music teacher at Berklee NYC.
The tracks vary in style a lot, but what they have in common is that they either are moody – in U-TRAX lingo: deep - or they are drum heavy. The common denominator would probably be 'experimental/instrumental hip-hop', reminiscent of producers like Flying Lotus. People have tried all sorts of comparisons to pinpoint Thavius' sound, ranging from 'between DJ Shadow and Orbital' and 'a mix of Massive Attack and The Orb'. None of these are spot on, yet quite a few of these tracks feel like a happy marriage between hip-hop beats and techno sounds.
Despite the fact that some tracks are 20 years old and have been made with widely different gear (one track was even made on a PlayStation 2), this selection sounds remarkably balanced, yet diverse.
From the irresistible single 'Lovesick/Still Sick' to the dark and massive 'Birdsong' (that echoes the sound of his popular song 'Atmos'), and from the head-nodding 'Work!' to the soothing 'Reunited With The All' - if this collection showcases anything, it's Thavius' brilliant production and composing skills, as well as his wizard-level sampling techniques. The result is a luscious electronic music album with a broad appeal.
Available on double 180 grams colored vinyl vinyl, comes in gatefold picture sleeve.
Digital Tracklist
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Primordial Soup
4:14
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Lovesick/Still Sick
4:32
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Coordinated Will
6:10
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Work!
3:16
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Inner Space
4:04
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Taking over Me
3:31
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Chaos Theory
3:25
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Baby Tell Me That…
3:32
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Mr. Mercurial
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Dark Matter
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Thavius Beck
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- Artist
- Thavius Beck
- ReleaseProduct
- Cosmic Noise
- Label
- U-Trax
- Catalogue Number
- 5050580766112
- Release Date
- July 9, 2021
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- Artist
- Thavius Beck
- ReleaseProduct
- Lovesick EP
- Label
- U-Trax
- Catalogue Number
- 5050580765887
- Release Date
- June 11, 2021
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- Artist
- Thavius Beck
- ReleaseProduct
- The Most Beautiful Ugly
- Label
- Plug Research
- Catalogue Number
- PLG138
- Release Date
- September 11, 2012
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- Thavius Beck
- ReleaseProduct
- Symphony of Spheres
- Label
- Plug Research
- Catalogue Number
- PLG135
- Release Date
- April 3, 2012
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- Thavius Beck
- ReleaseProduct
- The Heavens Bleed Sunshine
- Label
- Plug Research
- Catalogue Number
- PLG32
- Release Date
- February 21, 2012
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- Thavius Beck
- ReleaseProduct
- Amber Embers Volume 2
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- Mush
- Catalogue Number
- MH065
- Release Date
- December 13, 2011
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- Thavius Beck
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- Dialogue
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- Big Dada
- Catalogue Number
- BDDNL151
- Release Date
- October 11, 2009
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- Thavius Beck
- ReleaseProduct
- Go! / Away
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- Big Dada
- Catalogue Number
- BDDNL156
- Release Date
- October 1, 2009
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- The Connection Machine
- ReleaseProduct
- BlackHole+
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- U-Trax
- Catalogue Number
- 5UTRQDM30
- Release Date
- December 1, 2023
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- The Connection Machine
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- Catalogue Number
- 5050580814479
- Release Date
- November 24, 2023
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- After
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- Catalogue Number
- 5050580815728
- Release Date
- November 10, 2023
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- Echoes from Tau Ceti (Legowelt Remix)
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- Catalogue Number
- 5050580815711
- Release Date
- October 27, 2023
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- w1b0
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- When Humans Ruled The Earth
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- U-Trax
- Catalogue Number
- 5050580796218
- Release Date
- November 11, 2022
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- The Pilex Program EP
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- U-Trax
- Catalogue Number
- 5050580791428
- Release Date
- October 14, 2022
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- Program Yourself to Feel (Human Form Remix)
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- U-Trax
- Catalogue Number
- 5050580792982
- Release Date
- September 30, 2022
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- Sp@sms
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- From A 20th Century Box
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- U-Trax
- Catalogue Number
- 5050580787438
- Release Date
- July 29, 2022
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