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                 [: ARTIST..... :] about_river
                 [: TITLE...... :] 24 Years Apart
                 [: GENRE...... :] House
                 [: RIP DATE... :] 2022-10-30
                 [: LABEL...... :] Sound Avenue
                 [: CAT NR..... :] SA001AB
                 [: TRACKS..... :] 12
                 [: SIZE....... :] 188m
                 [: QUALITY.... :] 320kbps 44.1kHz
                 [: CODEC...... :] MP3 (MPEG-2 Audio Layer III)
                 [: ENCODER.... :] LAME
                 [: URL........ :] https://www.deezer.com/album/362803387

                          [ ::..    Tracklist    ..:: ]
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             01. Seven Cats (Original Mix) .................... 07:01      
             02. Frozen (Original Mix) ........................ 05:16      
             03. Snowing Inside (Original Mix) ................ 07:17      
             04. Two Birds (Original Mix) ..................... 05:22      
             05. Moonlight (Original Mix) ..................... 05:58      
             06. Pluck (Original Mix) ......................... 07:28      
             07. Disappeared (Original Mix) ................... 06:53      
             08. Underworld (Original Mix) .................... 06:37      
             09. Dropped (Original Mix) ....................... 07:21      
             10. Never Forget (Original Mix) .................. 07:31      
             11. Keep Awake (Original Mix) .................... 08:37      
             12. 24 Years Apart (Original Mix) ................ 06:22      

                          [ ::.. RELEASE  NOTES ..:: ]
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             Presenting their first and much anticipated artist album, 
             about:river returns to Sound Avenue with long player '24 Years 
             Apart'. Based in Estonia, about:river is a unique collaborative 
             project between father and son. Conceptualized by father Oleg in 
             2018, the following year saw his 12-year-old son Ervin join the 
             project. Initially a clarinet and keyboard player, Ervin quickly 
             became a committed member of the project, contributing not only 
             to live performances but also in the creative process, writing 
             the main themes of their musical creations. Their productions 
             tell a dynamic and sometimes epic story that happens to be set 
             in a dance-groove environment. Since first emerging, the duo's 
             fresh style has continued to delight both their fans and 
             contemporaries, with the world's premiere electronic music 
             tastemakers championing their work. An initial bond with Sound 
             Avenue began in 2021 when the duo took to remodeling Nopi's 
             'Flatter', before going on to release the thematic three tracker 
             'Three Drops of Dopamine' earlier this year. With twenty-four 
             years separating this elusive father and son duo, it seems only 
             fitting that they unveil the biggest project of their young 
             careers via Sound Avenue, an expansive audio travelogue 
             appropriately titled '24 Years Apart'.

             Comprised of twelve distinctive and equally compelling 
             creations, it is the deep, nourishing sounds of' 'Seven Cats' 
             which sets the tone for the album. Instantly seductive, its 
             delicate beats and dulcet pianos provide the perfect prelude to 
             'Frozen'. As the album's first showcase piece, about:river 
             flexes their free thinking muscles with evolving, emotional and 
             hypnotizing structures, allowing the listener to relish in the 
             groove, building anticipation towards an array of colourful keys 
             and warm atmospheric phrasing. Continuing to diversify their 
             portfolio, selection three 'Snowing Inside' lands as the 
             collection's second showcase piece and finds the duo at the peak 
             of their creative powers, juxtaposing soulful instrumentation 
             over exotic drum arrangements for a heartfelt seven-minute 
             journey. Meanwhile, on 'Two Birds' dusty percussion flickers 
             through misty textural refrains, while melancholic keys paint a 
             wondrous rustic landscape.

             about: river's knack for storytelling resonates across selection 
             five, the aptly titled 'Moonlight'. Full of detail and 
             idiosyncrasies, it's a dimly lit voyage where the duo explores a 
             storyboard of glassy motifs, balmy swells and meandering musical 
             coactions. A perfect mood to introduce the eager optimism of 
             'Pluck', a near eight minute piece where about:river reaffirms 
             their ability to tip a dance floor over the edge through 
             pulsating grooves, cascading aquatics and playful acid lines. 
             Moving forward, 'Disappeared' maintains a confident club energy, 
             carrying that momentum from its predecessor and plunging you 
             into a wormhole of rebounding rhythms, kaleidoscopic melodies 
             and frayed textural bliss. The duo's relentless curiosity for 
             rhythmic experimentation basks in retro-radiance on 
             'Underworld', as broken beats, nasally lines and timely piano 
             stabs emerge from a delirious blur of harmonic fragments.

             Beneath the hopeful qualities of 'Underworld' lies the enchanted 
             realities of 'Dropped', a swing-heavy drawl where Mediterranean 
             motifs marry buoyant acid lines and creamy tones for the 
             collection's third showcase piece. More elusive yet is 'Never 
             Forget', building with a balmy majesty, its smoky resonance and 
             riveting beats make you think but also feel, conjuring up 
             bucolic visions, perhaps from a time we've yet to experience. 
             These echoes of extra-dimensional sound salvage tastefully melt 
             down into the heartrending concepts of 'Keep Awake'. Evoking a 
             utopian style ecstasy, its limitless exhalation perfectly sets 
             up the album's closer '24 Years Apart'. Pitched somewhere 
             comfortably between dreamy reverie and symphonic bliss, its 
             reflective nature is apt, planting gentle mounds of serotonin 
             throughout, and in turn cementing an impressive debut long 
             player from the inimitable duo.

             Written by Mitch Alexander | www.releasepromo.com

             Mastering by Subnode | subnodemusic(at)gmail.com

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