The Material Turn, by Moritz Simon Geist

The Material Turn

by Moritz Simon Geist

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1.	Entropy 06:14	info	buy track
2.	Under Deconstruction 05:22		buy track
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Moritz Simon Geist, media artist and robotic musician, publishes his first record. It is the world's first techno record played entirely by self-made futuristic robots.

This is the 4-track EP to the following full-length album out 16. Nov. 2018. All of the sounds on his records are played by robots: small motors that beat on metal, futuristic 3D-printed robo-kalimbas, salvaged parts from old hard drives that click and cut. It took Geist several years to build, tweak, test and play all his DIY robotic instruments.
His 'Sonic Robots' try to push the boundaries of the imaginable. He did so already in 2012 with his well-known oversized 808 robot – an iconic drum machine gotten real, 4 by 2 meter, filled with robotic parts which play the instruments live and in front of the audience.
Now, Moritz Simon Geist goes even further to discover the unknown and futuristic world of techno robotics. For this quest he teamed up with the berlinian sound wizards from Mouse On Mars and dug deep in the history of mechanical music and experiments of early electronic music.

On the 4-track EP “The Material Turn” Moritz Simon Geist turns materials into sounds. The opener “Entropy” is a bassy club-track, played by futuristic bass-kalimbas, a psychedelic pattern of tonal glasses and pneumatic hi-hat patterns. It is core piece to this EP and is also featured in the main video. Even without a visual part, listening to his music, a sound world opens up which is unheard before: in definition, reference and organic nature. Geist: “When you listen to robots playing, you realize, that they sound precise, but in contrast to digital sounds they transport an immense organic feeling. No beat is like the other, everything is played with actual acoustic physicality and thus actual error. On the same time, the repetitive nature of the robots make it perfect for playing electronic music. Its industrial and organic at the same time.”
The second track ”Under Deconstruction” is a metal-on-metal slammer with a heavy beat played on a big sheets of metal. “I often try to compose a track around one instrument”, explains Geist, ”letting the sounds take a lot of room so they can stand out.” The B-side starts with “Supercharged” - a heavy drone, reminding of the darked sides of music concrete. Here, tuned air fans, and a metallic percussion robot create the texture. “Detok” closed the EP with an up-tempo club track, featuring complex rhythmic textures and well defined robotic percussion elements.
What Moritz Simon Geist came up with is a stunning record of what is possible today – to explore the sound of mechanics that keep on filling our world. Geist creates a smashing soundtrack for both the precise automation and physical fragility that shapes today's society.

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released October 12, 2018

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Caen, France
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Zürich, Switzerland

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