void beats/invocation trex
Cavern Of Anti-Matter are the new band from Stereolab mainman Tim Gane, now Berlin-based and collaborating with original Stereolab drummer Joe Dilworth, and synth wizard Holger Zapf. This is their first album proper following limited edition vinyl releases on Grautag, Deep Distance, Peripheral Conserve and Associated Electronic Recordings. Features contributions from Bradford Cox (Deerhunter), Sonic Boom (Spacemen 3) & Jan St. Werner (Mouse On Mars). "Cavern Of Anti-Matter are spectrum addicts, setting up tiny rhythmic cells and expanding on them in certain ways, splitting the melody and stretching out. The melodic movement is much slower due to the lack of words. At the moment, the Cavern sound is more what I want to do." – Tim Gane “Repaints the neon-lit underpasses of Kraftwerk and Neu!, while irregular, perverted, wavering synths recalls and elaborates on DAF and forgotten 80s electropop” – The Guardian Tim Gane is the leader of Stereolab (a band beloved by everyone from Pharrell Williams to Blur). He started his musical career as a purveyor of harsh noise in the early 1980s under the alias Unkommuniti releasing self-financed cassettes on Black Dwarf Wreckordings (recently anthologised by Vinyl On Demand). Tim was a key member of McCarthy from 1985-1990. In 2007 he composed his first film soundtrack, La Vie D’Artiste, alongside longtime musical collaborator Sean O’Hagan (The High Llamas), and has recently contributed keyboards to the latest Deerhunter album, Fading Frontier. Praise for void beats / invocation trex: “An expansive set of cosmic post-krautrock groove” – Pitchfork “A delightful head-trip” – Mixmag “Myriad exquisite moments” - The Independent “Catastrophically magical” – MXDWN “An uber-compelling meld of Kraftwerk/Neu!/Harmonia and early techno” - Shindig!
Cavern of Anti-Matter is the new project of Stereolab founder Tim Gane. The songs here cover ground from techno to krautrock to electro and beyond. The unifying element is the loose, jammy feeling to everything: It's easy to imagine these pieces being worked out in the studio in just one or two takes, even with their many moving pieces. Bradford Cox guests on one of two tracks with vocals.
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For anyone missing Stereolab, we review the second LP from Cavern of Anti-Matter, as Tim Gane returns to the fray with an epic 72-minute trip.
Tim Gane's spirit of improvisation has truly found fertile ground in his latest release, with a fresh ensemble of talents that is Cavern of Anti-Matter.
The second solo album from Stereolab’s Tim Gane mixes Neu’s experimentalism, bloopy synths, early techno and live drumming to surprising effect