{"product_id":"elintseeker-life-without-dreams","title":"elintseeker - Life Without Dreams","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eelintseeker is the solo project of Fuzz Lee from Singapore. With composition, textural sound design, silence, improvised movements of guitar, sound processing, light glitch electronics, found sound and field recordings, he articulates or expresses his feelings about daily life into musical form. He has released albums on various labels and independently since 2011, the most recent being \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eGeography Of The Heart\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (PLOP\/Nature Bliss) in 2015. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eGeography Of The Heart\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003ereceived positive reviews and was included in notable culture website The Silent Ballet’s top albums of 2015 list. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eAfter seven years of silence, elintseeker returns with a new album titled\u003cem\u003e Life Without Dreams\u003c\/em\u003e. In this release, he ventures into the many faces of pop music, looking inwards for musical highlights he is fond of from eras past that shaped both his life and musical journey in the period between childhood and adolescence. Originally an album of slow, beatless ambient pieces composed from moments of hypnagogia during sleepless and dreamless nights, the atmospheric and melancholic aspects were retained but the songs were given a structural makeover with an eye to the guidelines of pop music: a comfortable groove, predictable structures and progression, melody and accessibility.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe album features some guest appearances. Most notably, the Greek flautist Stelios Romaliadis (of Lüüp) returns for another performance and the Japanese singer and musician Piana lends her voice to most of the songs, fulfilling elintseeker’s longtime wish to work with her. Some of the songs in the album like \"East Side Life\" and \"City Horizons\" were written during the mid-to-late 2000s specifically with Piana’s voice in mind and with her participation in the album, the songs could finally be realised the way he envisioned it many years ago. Journeying in between the fringes of jazzy ambient prog rock, hazy AOR and balearic, reverb-heavy new romantic, new wave and art pop, \u003cem\u003eLife Without Dreams\u003c\/em\u003e is an album that celebrates the power of pop music at its most dreamy, romantic and evocative, as well as creating a sense of music born from, or made for, the city after dark. It’s also a documentation of the musical reaction that started from the forced stillness and uncertainty in his life and around the world during the initial months of Covid lockdown. A desire to suggest ‘motion’ and ‘urgency’ in the musical sense was the preferred and appropriate response, instead of the usual calm and stillness of the ambient route. It also served as an opportunity for him to fully revisit the art of song crafting and execute much loved musical clichés that have been replaying in his head for a long time, of styles and sounds that are fading into oblivion as the years go by. — (via Label)\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIndividually cut in real time by hand on transparent lime green and dark polycarbonate discs with special engraving on reverse side. Strictly limited numbered copies \u003cstrong\u003eavailable exclusively\u003c\/strong\u003e at The Analog Vault.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/7jdcKW3A854okkGK9cpgbE?utm_source=generator\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e↓\u003cbr\u003eLabel: Plop, Nature Bliss Inc.\u003cbr\u003eFormat: \u003cspan\u003e 2 x Vinyl, LP, \u003c\/span\u003eAlbum, Lime Green, Indigo Blue\u003cbr\u003eReleased: 2024\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Electronic\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Ambient, AOR, Balearic, Vocals\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFile under: Singapore Music\u003cbr\u003e⦿\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nature Bliss","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44444185067678,"sku":"PLOP23","price":70.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/5434\/3838\/files\/a1679230894_10.jpg?v=1729669452","url":"https:\/\/theanalogvault.mom\/products\/elintseeker-life-without-dreams","provider":"The Analog Vault","version":"1.0","type":"link"}