BT - Artifacture
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“Prophet”, “visionary”; “maven”, “auteur”: when it comes to descriptions of the renowned, Brian Transeau’s likely heard them all. Engineer of ‘IMA’, ‘ESCM’, ‘Movement In Still Life’ and others - his discography is lined with albums that qualify amongst electronic music’s most seminal. Now, in a continuance of his more experimental/theoretical releases, BT has crafted a spiritual successor to works like 2006’s ‘This Binary Universe’ and 'If The Stars Were Eternal' (2012).
‘Dash’? ‘Underscore’? ‘X’? ‘The Album With No Name’?! Right now, there’s no right or wrong way to articulate the title of _. It’s open to interpretation. Yours to reference, entirely as you will. When the future comes, consensus shall decide. Right now, all open source.Filmic, thematic, dramatic? You’d expect nothing less from this release. Asymmetric, anti-algorhythmic and, by design, hard to predict? Likewise, without a doubt. With a trace of Future Sound of London and an evident edge of John Cage, it’s assembled, classically, into 6 tracks, bridged by 3 Movements. It’s also a musical composition in the truest sense of the expression.
Linking the album’s tracks are its 'Artifacture', 'Indivism' & 'Ω' Movements; BT’s modernist take on the classical composition structure. Sonically, each is a minor work of art in itself. Collectively however they make up a 25 section sequence of (as BT defines them) “inter-compositional-themes”), creating 45 minutes of constantly flowing, ever-developing tonality. Every section/Movement - some as short as a minute - is represented by an Italian language subtitle. 'Artifracture’s middle section bridge for example is made up of ‘La Vita Sotto il Mare’ and ‘Niente di Tutto Qualcosa’ (or ‘Life Under the Sea’ and ‘Nothing, Everything, Something’). Using wordplay, metaphor and nuance, when translated, each one subtly relates to what’s occurring musically within the composition.
BT’s album is, as ever, impelled as much by advancements in technology & technique, as it is mood, emotion & inclination. Alongside its more discernible breakthroughs, are far less perceptible and more complex ones. Deep within its cortex, innovative techniques and (per BT) “insane” amounts of new sound design modalities come in to play - all atomically micro-crafting its extraordinary universe.
Working alongside the music are the album’s visual components. The 9 pieces are completed by companion videos, each shot by BT himself. Each, in someway, either inspires the location of the video, or its location has inspired the music. End-to-end, they form a featurette, which - with each passing minute, draws you further and further into the album’s AV relationship.
Location, itself, plays a substantial part in the culture of the album too. It was recorded in places as close (relatively) as Maine & Maryland and as far apart as Iceland, China, Poland, Bora Bora and Australia. The composition of 'Artifracture’ alone, took place in studios located in countries on all 7 continents. The title’s connotations are occasionally as apparent as ‘Found In Translation’ and ‘Tokyo’ (both recorded primarily in Japan). More often though their associations are more suggestive and undertone-like in nature - there for the listener to absorb after looped plays. Likely you’ll be Googling ‘The Code Of Hammurabi’ before so very long.This is an album that works on two significantly different levels. The first, as a dazzlingly, thrilling end-to-end sound-array / feat of technological accomplishment. The other, as a multimedia enigma - an armchair Easter egg hunt, or sonic crossword, where each listen brings new levels of interpretation, enjoyment and appreciation. Whichever way you choose to absorb it, one thing’s for certain: BT - that arch guardian of the avant-garde, has delivered again.
01 Tokyo
02 The Code Of Hammurabi
03 Lustral
04 Lost In Translation
05 nArtifracture
06 Indivisim
07 Ω
08 Chromatophore
09 Five Hundred and Eighty Two
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"Sometimes, I wonder if anything is real. Nothing, everything, something"
I adore that part.
Me as well 😅
BT is the Leonardo da Vinci of electronic music.
без сомнений!
когда хочет, уезжает на 100000000 световых лет вперёд в своих творениях
@@IvanPolyansky вот BT и может. Поэтому прав чувак - Леонардо да Винчи! С его личными семплами... Не зря он их сам пишет.
Absolutely. He is unparalleled.
He is a modern day Mozart. HydroBot 2001
Still freaking amazing... 2.5 years later.
#YEAHBOI
It's the astral album. Music this beautiful tends to ground us who feel lost and lift those stuck to ground. Thank you BT for bringing me back down, 10/10.
This comment is spot on! Hearing BT's music can be a sobering and intimate experience indeed (and I've heard all of it). Brian has a beautiful soul and we should be so lucky to be able to revel in his gift. I'm actually digging this more than his past left-field work, and I thought ITSAE was a thing of beauty. Still underrated…
Its flawless. What a beautiful piece of music and technology that lets you peer into the soul of the musics creator. BT is a musical genius.
I completely agree.
This piece in particular is extraordinary. The synesthesia, 3d evocations of spatiality, the creativity of the composition, the feelings it evokes... just unbelievable.
One of BT's many ghost producers is you mean.
@@MrNerdCustard lmao ok deadmau5.... BT is a master at his craft... you should stick to your crunchy edm garbage... I'll pray for you
@DisplayName The only way in which this statement can make sense to me is if you mean in the same way you might consider Plato a ghost producer of Socrates and then in turn Aristotle the same. To assert otherwise would contradict the wealth of evidence that is available from the 90's that Brian is and remains a genius when it comes to electronic music production.
BT always takes Electronic music to a whole new level. This is awe inspiringly beautiful. Another masterpiece, a successor to 'This Binary Universe' & 'If the Stars Are Eternal So Are You and I'.
And a new masterpiece, The Secret Language of Trees, was born.
MAGNIFICENT ...spectacular footage also
WOW !!! Musical Visionary - nothing less .... Thanks for this amazing sonic ride
its incredible
The last piece always drives me deep in thought and tears.
What an amazing combination of sounds, perfectly mixed and mastered. Great great great job !!!!!!
Agreed
I've never been more ready for a music compilation in my entire life
I can't hit that like button enough. This is heaven. Right here.
This made me feel emotions that are out of this world... I lost my mind. THIS is an outstanding masterpiece among masterpieces. And totally my kind of emotional music... the beginning reminds me of _Skyrim's Atmospheres_ and I love it. The whole track is something else... incredibly amazing and powerful. Divine.
Now you know why BT is one of my biggest inspirations to producing outside pony
@@WhirlwindDrums ! :D Fancy meeting you here! And that's awesome! You have such great inspirations and now I understand even better how you developed such creativity for the more experimental genres in some of your music ^^ Keep it up!
Some of his best work in years, taking me back to the very feelings I had when I first fell in love with his music, circa 1997. One happy BT fan.
14:56 though for real is this love ? I've been a fan since early two thousands and seriously...it's honest love of understanding that has created such understanding
Brian U just brought me back to ESCM and Movement in Still Life.. this is the whole reason that I called you the Godfather of trance..
Thank u for taking me back to 1997 once again.
omg what a cinematic sound week by week black hole delivers some of the best albums
Honestly, one of the most beautiful melodies I've ever heard
I feel like Artifacture gives us an amazing glimpse of what's to come on _ , and BT's vision of what looks to be a modern Koyaanisqatsi. I can not wait to hear and see this masterwork. 😎
What a fantastic piece of music. That's exactly what a music journey should be like! Great to see BT back.
A return to form, finally.
vinnie97 sorry fam, never lost his form just wants to be honest beyond clubs and station.he's honest about timing
Oh hey, I'm a musical genius but I'm also going to photograph perfect visuals...good lord BT you're amazing.
Wow.
This hits all senses. LOVE IT!!!!
Havent been this stoked for BT release in a while! Well done Brian.
What an amazing journey! Congrats to BT on producing such a brilliant piece of musical art and always pushing the boundaries! This is music from the future! Bravo.
I have to say, this was the top of the mountain, and the use of space and motif just perfect. What an electronic music masterpiece, that may stand tall for a very long time.
I can't wait to see what else Brian has up his sleeves for this album. Pre-ordered the USB special edition. Fantastic.
Music is subjective and will mean something different to everyone else. For me personally, I feel like I'm witnessing the birth of the universe and life itself. It's both beautiful to watch in my mind's eye and majestic/powerful. Simply amazing, Brian.
See Tiesto this is how you make an album and timeless masterpieces like this, not the america pop crap you support and play just for the easy dollars... be ashamed of yourself for stopping working with this legend genious visionary that is Brian.. you could have gained the skill to make your own masterpieces and not depending on others to be the "number 1" the wonder of trance again.... bless Brian for this! :)
BT doesn't have a fixed genre either, producing for Disney, NSync and Bollywood. Let Tiesto do what he likes.
This guy has the ASOT logo and goes bashing on Tiesto on every popular trance video there is.
We get it, everyone gets it.
Boom! This comment will always be relevant.
This is amazing on headphones. Another masterpiece!
Such a fantastic musical experience. I get the chills every time the beat comes in at roughly 7:15. Beautiful composed.
I want this to play every second of my life, I will never get bored of this masterpiece.
Holy cow. Be careful out there. I had everything turned up. An unexpected bass run took me by surprise and nearly gobbled my brain.
That relaxing journey
i kno right
This is absolutely incredible. Thank you.
Thank you Brian for sharing your gift with us. _(underscore) may be the first new classic symphony for 150 years. Just as the underscore character leaves the space for new words to be created above, this music creates a clear space (canvas) for my imagination to create something newly each time I listen to the whole album. For me this is "music~art" and I don't know of another way to describe it. It opens up a new realm of music that never existed before. A thing of beauty that I suspect it will outlive all of us.
Absolutely stunning piece. Beautiful video. I will be listening to this for years to come.
the visuals add so much to it, great choice in adding the drone shots to your projects, keep experimenting
Completely amazing. Face melting, eargasming, goosebump-inducing amazing.
The soundscape of this is beautifully moving. Thank you.
holy macaroni, BT!
It comes right when I personnally think that there will be no more good music, in thèse days of money sweells and drops... great BT and great BH recording.
This is just bliss. My goodness so amazing. This is the BT stuff I just absolutely love. This Binary Universe is a favorite also!
It's like Leftfield and Jarre had a baby and BT was the Godfather. Brilliant.
The sound engineer in BT finally comes out :)
This release was the best birthday gift I could ask for.
Rikki Godlewski Happy Bday bb
Nathan Carpenter Thank you, Hon...it made my day.
BT is the number ONE. Insuperable!
beautifully epic. Brian never fails to deliver sonic magic.
BT's Back!!! Heck Yeah!
Reminds me bit of Synkro and ASC. One of my dream collabs would be BT and ASC.
Amazing track bt awesome videoclip for it
Those outro was outstanding
Soundtrack when im at work, meditating, drifting off to sleep, relaxing....I just ADORE THIS SO MUCH.
BT......legend as always.
This is so beautiful and inspiring. I simply can't wait for the full release!
Brian, that was phenomenal. One of my favorite pieces of yours, without a doubt. I hope you tour this, and please bring it to Orlando!
This is one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard and I'm amazed at BT's talent.
8:40 The little dub sounds here are so pretty, BT exels in these type of tracks.
simply beautiful
I want to know how he finds/makes all of these awesome sounds! BT, you're my favorite creative artist. Please come to Beta and play some of this style!
Huge fan of 'This Binary Universe' so I was super excited to hear this new one. Looking forward to buying on vinyl also. Awesome work as always BT. Always present but always elevating and evolving ahead of the game.
Can't. Stop. Listening.
Holy. Shit.
This brought me back to This Binary Universe. And then realized it's been a decade(?) since. Sounds like the past, present and future all in one. There is so much depressing, negative and mind-numbing input coming at us all the time these days - this brought me back to my soul aka - home. Can I please stay here for a while?
pure bliss! BT's a master musician :)/ also dayum those shots and angles and so much work put into it. bravo! (Y)
15:00 goosebumpy ending 17:08
BT. What an amazing piece of music! Stand out sections for me 3m15s/6m/6m50s/7m16s!!/8m52s/9m58s/10m37s/10m55s to the drop at 11m56s (GULP!). Lost track now. This is truly epic stuff and stretched my Denon amp and Q Acoustic Speakers to new levels!
If I see an edm song that is 10+ mins long, I know it is a masterpiece. Then I listen to it, this is out of the world!
I must say that this is a masterpiece!!! BT you are more than awesome! Where is the "i love it" button??
Can’t believe I’m 7 years late on this.. this is exceptional music
the 19minutes felt like it was a 4 minute song. brilliant brian.
Can't get enough of that drop at 11:50
... and of course they put an ad right there! >:(
RESPECT !!! GLAD TO FOLLOW THIS GUY SINCE 97"
BT the living legend
Mister BT ! AWESOME
Amazing ! Thank you very much for this magic moment
I pissed my pants and I am proud to admit it.
lol
this is a proper journey! well done
The final four minutes are some of the most beautiful I've ever heard.
15 miss in Is absolutely perfect . heavens fresh breath
Gorgeous. Innovative. Amazing.
This deserves the 41k views it's racked up. Hopefully the other two reach similar numbers.
Putting on my Mophie Blues right now...
lucky
14:00 08 VIII Un Nuovo Contesto is a awesome song. the best of all
Definitely vibes
Music for the soul !
Thank you for the piece of mind!
What sound..... Incredible!
The first twelve minutes are just foreplay for the last straight seven minutes of eargasm... But what a foreplay!
Amazing. a tour de force. sick drone video
Thanks mr BT
Except for two articulations that sounded a bit rigid for me in the middle, it's great... such talent
Hes good at deep ambiances 🙂
One word, magical.
What a work of art!
Yes
Epic as usual!!
I love how some sections sound like they have been influenced by Gabriel le Mar and the Saafi Brothers!
Brian Transeau (BT) = Modern Day Mozart
This is absolutely stunning.
I can't think of a single artist/group since Led Zepplin that has dropped bomb after bomb their entire career. Absolutely amazing!~
nice video
What a track!
MASTER PIECE, PIEZA MAESTRA, MIS RESPETOS.