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8DPromo · Polygon Rainbow - Approaching Eternity Remixes (Harmonious Discord)

Harmonious Discord continues to celebrate the music of Oregon multi-modal artist Polygon Rainbow with this exquisite revisit to his Approaching Eternity EP released earlier this year. The remix consortium delivers a cadre of melodic mysteries, stretching the original contents to new stratospheres. Joining the release are artists KiloWatts, Erothyme, A Path Untold, Encounters, RFRKT, and A Concept Being — a collection of artists who explore the well of infectious inspiration. A Path Untold washes the title track into a shaded melodic journey with the collision of massive walls of sound playfully dancing with plucked synthetics. Accented with staggered drums, precise bass accents, and penetrating sub-bass. Infinite levels of deepness ascend with expert precision in this opening selection. KiloWatts saddles the stars with his Interstellar Transmission Mix, gently riding comets of cacophony. A tide pool of swirling melodies ultimately produces a dub groove that attracts and synchronizes the melodies like delicate strands of time. Out of the snowy capped tundra comes the next revisit by sonic inventor Erothyme. Showcasing his masterful manipulation of tone and tremolo, Erothyme layers intelligent drum programming with bigger-than-life harmonics. The programming enjoys moments of insanity while always docking safely into a well-tempered workout. Harmonious Discord label chief dons a new moniker aimed at exploring the trails outside the dancefloor with the next remix. The Concept Being teases out the subtle evolutions of “Inner Workings of External Processes,” adding a swung groove to bounce the track onward. A quick diversion finds us at sharp synthetic basslines and a further floating of the many arpeggiated sequences into delicious disorientation. Polygon gets his own hands dirty on the project, this time showing the emerging sounds of his alter moniker RFRKT. RFRKT ups the tempo and drops the bass floor with a dynamic reinterpretation, with phase for days. The final remix comes from Encounters, who constructs around the beautiful dulcet tones and guitar accents in “Reconstructing Corrupt Memories.” There is no end to the levels of euphoria that descend on this epic finale to the Polygon project.

Klaus Benedek (Fortunea Records) – “KiloWatts & The Concept Being made interesting versions of these tunes.” Psycho-Jones (Kater Blau) – “It’s like floating in space.” Andreas Kinzl (Aromabar) – “As always, outstanding mixes.” DJ Morpheus (Lysergic Factory Radio Show) – “Excellent remixes. All of them, top notch!” Jon Fugler (XLNT radio show) – “Some standout moments here - Approaching Eternity hitting the spot - Encounters Remix sounding rather lovely too.” Simon Kirk (Proton Radio) – “Magical Electronica. Conversations with the Void in particular is just beautiful.”

Lots of talk in our scene about freedom, and being free.

If by "freedom" you mean, not wanting to have the burden of choice on your shoulders, not wanting to be accountable for your actions, and wanting to act like you have zero responsibility for the impact you have on others, then we have a very big problem on our hands.

If by "freedom" you mean the ability to make choices, accepting the power and responsibility of having an impact on the world and the people around you by deliberately using your strength of will, and having the ability to be authentic even when it's easier not to be, then you may be on to something.

I am frequently amazed at how people's misconceptions of freedom, and short-sighted attempts to experience it, are often the very thing which prevents them from being free. Including myself, at times, of course.