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Second Language
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Second Language
Artist
Minor Science
Label
AD 93
Catalogue Number
WHYT028
Release Date
3 aprile 2020

Minor Science presents his debut album 'Second Language', out on the 3rd April 2020.
The LP gives us a widescreen view of a musical world previously glimpsed through the producer’s series of 12" releases. A kaleidoscope of tempos and intensities, the record is often fast but rarely heavy, fizzing with detail but full of space, euphoric in places but frequently blue in mood.

As the title suggests, the album takes translation as a guiding principle, putting an idiomatic spin on familiar styles - from Detroit-ish techno and hyperspeed electro to twilit electronica, musique concrete and sour modal jazz. Minor Science's language is a knotty one, packed with odd time-signatures, brain-bending sound design and a playful palette of switch-ups, fake-outs and digital hiccups. But it's also soft and emotive, and shot through with vibrant melody.

Minor Science’s relationship with languages is a strong feature of the record. More precisely the relationship between a second and third language, and a mother tongue.
It signals an effort to get out of familiar habits, echoing the relationship he has with his own music writing and music making. Regardless of attempts to be precise, a translation can never fully capture the original meaning.

“Parce que c'est plus facile d'écrire sans style” - Samuel Beckett

The cover of ‘Second Language’ devised by Alex McCullough, shows the handling of a tablet carved in Portuguese Limestone (and later painted) by architectural sculptor George Edwards. Immortalising the phrasing of Samuel Beckett alongside the album title. The stone artefact was photographed by Oskar Proctor directly after completion, documented in transit whilst being manoeuvred.

Sleeve credits:
Design and art direction by Alex McCullough
Limestone tablet carved by George Edwards
Photograph courtesy of Oskar Proctor

Lista dei brani digitali

  1. 1 Second Language (Intro) 2:14 Acquista

    Second Language (Intro)

  2. 2 Balconies 3:37 Acquista

    Balconies

  3. 3 Polyglottal 3:50 Acquista

    Polyglottal

  4. 4 Spoken And Unspoken 3:45 Acquista

    Spoken And Unspoken

  5. 5 Second Language (Tender Phonemes) 1:57 Acquista

    Second Language (Tender Phonemes)

  6. 6 For Want Of Gelt 4:19 Acquista

    For Want Of Gelt

  7. 7 Blue Deal 4:53 Acquista

    Blue Deal

  8. 8 Gone Rouge 4:29 Acquista

    Gone Rouge

  9. 9 Second Language (Kid The Moon) 2:39 Acquista

    Second Language (Kid The Moon)

  10. 10 Voiced And Unvoiced 5:13 Acquista

    Voiced And Unvoiced

Minor Science

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