As Nathan Fake rises from the nocturnal subterranea and rave catharsis of his previous records, on Evaporator, he resurfaces into the domain of daylight, bringing a tangible sense of air rushing against your face, of big skies, and endless landscapes. The idea of pop accessibility that trickled into 2023\u2019s Crystal Vision is refracted here through the prism of sweeping ambient, deep electronica, and trance uplift. Evaporator is Fake\u2019s idea of \u201cairy daytime music\u201d, with each track a different barometer reading across the album\u2019s varying atmospheres, which range from vibrant sunbursts, bracing rainscapes, and fine mists of clement melodics. \u201cIt\u2019s not overtly confrontational electronic club music,\u201d states Fake. \u201cIt\u2019s quite pleasant, it\u2019s accessible. As I was progressing through making the tracklist, I called it a daytime album. It doesn\u2019t feel like an afterparty album.\u201d For the past decade Fake has been gingerly introducing collaborations with heroes and friends alike into his lone, idiosyncratic working process. Border Community alumni Dextro AKA Ewan Mackenzie transmutes his ferocious drumming for Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs into the blurred choral thump of \u2018Baltasound\u2019. \u2018Orbiting Meadows\u2019, meanwhile, is his second collaboration with Clark, an eerily idyllic duet where microtonal 18EDO piano clangs slowly twirl around wailing pads. Evaporator marks the junction point of old technology and ever fresh creativity for Nathan. The trusty \u201cdinosaur\u201d age software, particularly Cubase VST5, that has powered two decades of music is rarely updated. \u201cI used to sort of feel a bit ashamed of using such old software, and then I kind of had an epiphany \u2013 that\u2019s just how I work\u201d, comments Fake. \u201cThat\u2019s just how I play. I\u2019m very fond of these old tools, and I get the most joy out of them, but now I\u2019ve incorporated new technology too.\u201d When an artist accumulates so much synergy with their instrument, music making becomes instinctual. By Fake\u2019s account, much of Evaporator just fe…<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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