Mirrors, by Odd Nosdam

Mirrors

by Odd Nosdam

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Armageddon_Speaking i wandered in to the deep forest again. what a strange place to wonder. Favorite track: Tall Wind.

fritz Mirrors is the shit. On repeat, can’t get sick of this. Sounds sublime.

gooball60 Great album from Odd Nosdam: a satisfying mix of beats and ambience - on par with Nosdam's classic style. It's a pity that it's short as it is, though I suspect this is because of the limited LP length. Favorite track: Cookies.

GalacticSON my speakers are swoonin

Andy Arkley COOKIES is ❤❤❤

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12" LP pressed on black virgin vinyl housed in colorful, eye-popping inner sleeves

For best possible sound quality, vinyl was custom cut @ Optimal Media, Germany

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1.	Mirrors I 02:48	buy track
2.	Air Up 03:22	buy track
3.	Beyond 01:30	buy track
4.	Cookies 03:48	buy track
5.	The Burn 01:25	buy track
6.	Tall Wind 03:18	buy track
7.	Mirrors II 09:47	buy track
8.	Re: Flect 06:14	buy track

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ALL SOUNDS FOUND, MANIPULATED & COLLAGED BY NOSDAM

PRODUCED & RECORDED 2015-2018 @ BURNCO, BERKELEY

MIXED & MASTERED BY NOSDAM @ TOKI G, BERKELEY

COVER PHOTO BY MISS A / BACK COVER COLLAGE BY NOSDAM

DESIGN / SATOMI / WWW.SATOMI.STUDIO

WITH THANKS TO MARKUS, TOKI, ANTONIO, JOJI,
LISE & LITTLE RIVER FOR THE DREAM

This spring, acclaimed abstract hip-hop producer and cofounder of Anticon Records, Odd Nosdam, will release MIRRORS - a new LP via Alien Transistor. Composed entirely of found sounds, most of them sourced from rare and private press vinyl, MIRRORS’s instrumental beats and sound collages pulse with a sense of exploration and rediscovery that has been Nosdam’s calling card since the turn of this past century. Its every track presents a treasure trove of unique aural gems, each nestled in atmospheric textures that swirl like a cloud of dust just blown off of some once-overlooked heirloom.

Designed specifically for vinyl, the record’s A and B sides play out like a pair of cohesive psychedelic dreams. Yet even a skilled psychoanalyst would struggle to categorize these reveries as either pure seraphic bliss or full-on nightmare. By sneaking strategic bursts of beauty into MIRROR’s more sinister beats (“MIRRORS I”) and by lacing its largely angelic compositions with foreboding tones (“THE BURN”), Odd Nosdam has crafted a record that is not only engrossingly nuanced, but that captures a highly specified, often hypnogogic, mental state with breathtaking accuracy: cognitive dissonance.

The sensation of experiencing an emotion that runs in direct opposition to one’s circumstantial narrative - a sense of melancholy when things are ostensibly fine, a smile as the world seems to crumble - may once have been predominately the stuff of dreams. But in our current age of ebullient social media fac¸ades, and at a sociopolitical moment when joy feels like an aberrant blip in an up-scrolling sea of horror, MIRRORS provides an unsettlingly apt soundtrack to the waking experience of the modern era.

Oneric interpretations aside, at its core MIRRORS is simply a stunning and dynamic beat tape. As he has for two decades - whether in crafting instrumentals for avant-rap legends cLOUDDEAD and art-rapper Serengeti, soundtracking skate videos for Element Skateboards, or adding to his prolific catalog of solo recordings - Odd Nosdam uses his special knack for marrying monolithic, lumbering drum arrangements with novel melodic flourishes to create a breed of experimental hip-hop music entirely his own. An evocative record that seamlessly blends transcendence with menace, MIRRORS is a captivating addition to the producer’s body of work and one that will continue to leave listeners awed by his creativity, versatility, and his singular vision.

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released April 12, 2019

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