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Almost a decade after the first Batu single, Bristolian producer and DJ turns to his own label Timedance for his first full length release. Born in 2020, Opal is the result of reflection in a time of upheaval and uncertainty. Traces of Batu’s past work can be found in sonic fossils across the record, carved and weathered until they reveal completely new forms. Like many jewels, opal is formed by pressure. Groundwater carrying silica forces its way through fissures in rocks, compacted by layers of sediment, and eventually solidifying into dazzling displays of mineral fire. It’s no wonder that Batu’s prismatic debut album takes the same name.
Scraping metal moves with instinctual force, opening portals to the past in ‘Former World’. It’s an intricate and intimate introduction to an album that relies heavily on sound design. Sounds are amorphous chunks of hewn rock, split open to reveal iridescent cores. They exist in the dark yet familiar world that Batu has created, full of dripping crystal stalactites, and the shifting of gravel as creatures pound the earth.
‘Convergence’ explores the negative space of these labyrinthine audio crevasses, where streams of consciousness merge as the track’s corrugated rhythms collapse on themselves. A thrillride of musical non sequiturs, ‘Atavism’ reveals many of the album’s themes. Vocals tap into primal energies, and synths have intensely natural conviction under Batu’s molecular level of detail. The thunk and twang of wooden arrows on ‘Solace’ meet serpentwithfeet’s melismatic delivery, and surging synths on ‘Squall’ shake the earth with tremendous might.
Opal is an aural excavation of electronic music, a celebration of the Earth’s geological heartbeat, and Batu performs his sonic metallurgy with breathtaking execution.
Batu
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- Artist
- Batu
- ReleaseProduct
- half speed
- Label
- A Long Strange Dream
- Catalogue Number
- ALSD002
- Release Date
- 8 dezembro 2023
- EP
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- Artist
- Batu
- ReleaseProduct
- For Spirits
- Label
- A Long Strange Dream
- Catalogue Number
- ALSD001
- Release Date
- 26 maio 2023
- EP
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- Batu
- ReleaseProduct
- I Own Your Energy
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- Timedance
- Catalogue Number
- TIMEDANCE025
- Release Date
- 12 novembro 2021
- EP
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- Batu
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- False Reeds
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- Catalogue Number
- TIMEDANCE017
- Release Date
- 17 maio 2019
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- Rebuilt
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- Catalogue Number
- XL922DS
- Release Date
- 1 junho 2018
- Download
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- ReleaseProduct
- Marius
- Label
- Hessle Audio
- Catalogue Number
- HES030
- Release Date
- 23 junho 2017
- EP
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Timedance
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- Artist
- Bruce
- ReleaseProduct
- Not Ready For Love
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- Timedance
- Catalogue Number
- TIMEDANCELP004CS
- Release Date
- 22 dezembro 2023
- Cassete
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- ReleaseProduct
- For when we haven’t slept
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- Timedance
- Catalogue Number
- TIMEDANCE028
- Release Date
- 15 setembro 2023
- EP
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- Pollen, Pt.III
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- Timedance
- Catalogue Number
- TIMEDANCE027
- Release Date
- 5 maio 2023
- EP
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- Air Max '97
- ReleaseProduct
- Psyllium / Eat The Rich
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- Timedance
- Catalogue Number
- TIMEDANCE024
- Release Date
- 17 setembro 2021
- EP
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- Artist
- Various Artists
- ReleaseProduct
- Sharpen, Moving
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- Timedance
- Catalogue Number
- LP002
- Release Date
- 27 novembro 2020
- LP
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- Artist
- Metrist
- ReleaseProduct
- Pollen, Pt. II
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- Timedance
- Catalogue Number
- TIMEDANCE021
- Release Date
- 5 junho 2020
- EP
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- Timedance
- Catalogue Number
- TIMEDANCE020
- Release Date
- 8 maio 2020
- EP
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- Air Max '97
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- Timedance
- Catalogue Number
- TIMEDANCE019
- Release Date
- 27 setembro 2019
- 12”
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Experimental House and Techno
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- Artist
- Osheyack and Nahash
- ReleaseProduct
- Bait
- Label
- SVBKVLT
- Catalogue Number
- SBKT063
- Release Date
- 18 abril 2024
- Download
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- Peder Mannerfelt
- ReleaseProduct
- Big Ball Variations
- Label
- Peder Mannerfelt Produktion
- Catalogue Number
- 8718723253734
- Release Date
- 11 abril 2024
- Download
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- Artist
- The Exaltics
- ReleaseProduct
- They Arrive
- Label
- Creme Eclipse
- Catalogue Number
- CremeClassics05
- Release Date
- 10 novembro 2023
- EP
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- Aluna
- ReleaseProduct
- MYCELiUM (UTOPIA Remixes)
- Label
- Mad Decent
- Catalogue Number
- MAD630
- Release Date
- 29 março 2024
- Download
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- Will Hofbauer
- ReleaseProduct
- Four! Beats!
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- Aus Music
- Catalogue Number
- AUS193
- Release Date
- 29 março 2024
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- Hieroglyphic Being
- ReleaseProduct
- Quadric Surfaces
- Label
- VIERNULVIER Records
- Catalogue Number
- VIERNULVIER003
- Release Date
- 23 fevereiro 2024
- LP
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- U
- ReleaseProduct
- Parade / Watchers
- Label
- Phantasy Sound
- Catalogue Number
- PH128D
- Release Date
- 12 março 2024
- EP
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Bass
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- Artist
- Hudson Mohawke & Nikki Nair
- ReleaseProduct
- Set The Remixes
- Label
- Warp Records
- Catalogue Number
- WAP486XD
- Release Date
- 18 abril 2024
- Download
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- Osheyack and Nahash
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- Bait
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- SVBKVLT
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- SBKT063
- Release Date
- 18 abril 2024
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- Various Artists
- ReleaseProduct
- PRIMARY FOREST 02
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- C.E.E.
- Catalogue Number
- CEEXYZ03
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- 18 abril 2024
- Download
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- Charlotte de Witte
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- KNTXT
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- KNTXT026S1
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- 11 abril 2024
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- Honey
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- Merge Records
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- MRG848S
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- 8 abril 2024
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- Ikonika
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- Details
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- Night Slugs
- Catalogue Number
- 8718723254359
- Release Date
- 10 abril 2024
- Download
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- Little Simz
- ReleaseProduct
- Drop 7 (Instrumentals & Acapellas)
- Label
- Forever Living Originals
- Catalogue Number
- FLO00019IA
- Release Date
- 22 abril 2024
- Download
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- Eliza Rose and MJ Cole
- ReleaseProduct
- Business As Usual
- Label
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- Catalogue Number
- OHX030a
- Release Date
- 3 abril 2024
- Download
Limited Editions
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Pré-encomenda
- Artist
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- ReleaseProduct
- Module 2
- Label
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- Catalogue Number
- 538987501
- Release Date
- 26 abril 2024
- LP (special)
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- Catalogue Number
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- Release Date
- 10 maio 2024
- LP (special)
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- ReleaseProduct
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- House Of God
- Catalogue Number
- HOG2024DISC6
- Release Date
- 3 maio 2024
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