After creating two ambient / IDM oriented albums exclusively on the Elektron Machinedrum, I wanted to find out if I could do the same with an analog drum machine. And after some false starts and trial and error, this album started coming to life on the Elektron Analog Rytm mk2. Written between December 2022 and February 2023, reverse|alchemy is drone, soundtrack and ambient in equal measures with some elements of IDM sprinkled on top. Beautiful yet haunting. Out there yet in your face. All live takes from the Rytm (and about 85% Rytm synthesis, the rest being samples).
As always, the album is priced at free / pay-what-you-want. All proceeds from the sales of this album will go to Luonnonperintösäätio (The Finnish Natural Heritage Foundation). Founded by the late Pentti Linkola in 1995, the foundation buys old forests that are in as natural a condition as possible and apply for permanent protection of the forests in accordance with the Nature Conservation Act. To read more, please visit luonnonperintosaatio.fi/en
I also cut a 17-minute edit of the album for Youtube. The visuals were created by the Finnish artist (and fellow Elektronaut) Timo Juntunen. Using an old Sony Vidicon tube camera and a CRT television for feedback and an LZX video synth for processing the signal, he managed to grasp the gist of what I wanted to say musically and translate it into captivating visual art.
Kinda lost touch with Sigur Ros after the Takk album but really loved them up until that point, so I understand it’ll be part of my musical DNA forever. Same goes for a handful of other bands that I listened to A LOT in my formative years.
