#constant connection

Erasers, the Perth, Australia, duo of Rebecca Orchard and Rupert Thomas have been creating wholly immersive desert–dungeon-synth since they formed in 2009. The duo is returning to announce their new LP, Constant Connection, which is out April 22 via Night School Records (UK/EU) & Fire Talk Records (US/ROW) and are sharing the title-track from the record online now.

Speaking to their new single ‘Constant Connection’ Erasers write; "The core of this song came together quickly over the course of a morning writing session. As many good ideas do, this one seemed to gel in the space of a few minutes, the drum rhythm, bassline, and repeated synth melody sat well together immediately. While we haven’t played this one much in the live realm yet, when we have it’s been a joy to play. Often you get tired and bored of your own songs, but there’s something about this one that just sits really well with us, so it seems fitting to have named the album after it. As usual, layers of synth and keys whirl around over the top of a classic Rupert drum loop. Voice is used almost as another instrument, making melodies and repetitions on the delicate nature of existing in the world and the strength in connection"

On their third album Constant Connection, Erasers have gone further than before in aurally mapping their arid surroundings. Based in Perth, regarded one of the most isolated cities in the world, Orchard and Thomas’s music has brewed in the city’s vibrant DIY/Outsider community and evolved into a meditation on landscape, power, the shadow-world of human emotions and stream of consciousness. Constant Connection, with its waves of sound and chant-like vocals evokes a trance that suggests an infinity just beyond the senses.

Constant Connection:

01. I Understand 02. You See 03. Constant Connection 04. Folding 05. A Breeze 06. Recall The Words 07. Away From It All 08. Easy To See

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I notice this as a trend with my friends and me. More often than not, most of us sit at social events with our phones in our hands. While we do manage to have conversations together, we spend a significant amount of time scrolling through our phones as well. This isn’t bothersome to the friends who are connected in all areas of social media, but to a person like my sister for instance, this habit…

Losing Yourself In A World Full of Constant Communication

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Part 3 – “The End of Absence” (Michael Harris) Book Review

This is the last of a three-part series of reviews that I am writing on The End of Absence: Reclaiming What We’ve Lost in a World of Constant Connection written by Michael Harris in 2014.

In “Part 1 – ‘The End of Absence (Michael Harris) Book Review,” we looked at the definition of absence and how it relates to our quality of life.

We also discussed how constant connection to technology is…