Artist: Borealis
Title: Vivipary
Label: Heard Island
Remixers: Axel Helios, Mondkopf, Mateo Murphy
Release Date: 5th May 2017
Formats: Digital, Vinyl
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Tracklist
Borealis – Heartshell
Borealis – Heartshell (Axel Helios Remix 1)
Borealis – Wild Blue Rose
Borealis – Wild Blue Rose (Mondkopf remix)
Borealis – Heartshell (Mateo Murphy remix)
Borealis – Heartshell (Axel Helios Remix 2)

 

From the same people in charge of Shabu Recordings (releasing the likes of Avus, Norwell, Vaghe Stelle, Sigward and many more), we are introducing Heard Island. Inspired by the unique and inhabitable nature of the eponymous island, Heard Island creates a dichotomy with previously released material, focussing on more Techno, Ambient and abrasive sonorities.

*As sometimes it is the case, birth might also bring the end of something else. For its first release, Heard Island introduces the last release of Canadian Jesse Somfay under his Borealis persona. To complete his legacy with his Voidness and Glittervoice albums released on Origami Sound, Vivipary consists of throbbing Techno pieces while keeping the same techniques and textures from Borealis’ previous work.

Heartshell comes out as a perfect sum of Borealis work, joining lush vaporous string pads to pulsating and harsh percussions, somehow bringing it close to an abstract idea of early 90’s Trance, while Wild Blue Rose puts out an ominous voice and psychelic percussion, making it reminiscent of older cuts of Tribal Techno. Remix-wise, Mondkopf takes the more abrasive aspects of Wild Blue Rose and adds power chords and relentless melody, turning it into a more industrial cut of the original.

Heard island’s head Axel Helios made two different remixes of Hearshell. The first one, exclusive to the 12” of the release, takes the melodies of the original and turns it into an Acid Break jam while the second one, exclusive to the digital version, deconstructs the instruments into a spacious and ominous ambient cut.

To complete this release, the digital exclusive Heartshell remix by Mateo Murphy is a hypnotic Techno experience bringing to the forefront a clever use of sonic space while being somehow claustrophobic at the same time. This conclusion to the Borealis alter ego creates the foundations on which Heard Island will build.