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Essential Programming

by ®adår

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    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Runtime Eater, RADR-27, Triple Epoch, Demux Seq, Are We Gawj? (Remixes), Are We Gawj?, Compiler - Level 4, Kind Domains, and 21 more. , and , .

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  • CD
    Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Plain audio CD with hand applied sticker of track listing in a clear jewel case. Case bares a hand cut / applied album sticker.

    Includes 2 bonus tracks (different to the bonus track on the cassette tape)

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  • Master Cassette
    Cassette + Digital Album

    The actual master tape that I intended to keep for myself but due to popular demand, I am giving it up until I can get some more copies made.

    Clear / chrome cased chrome C30 cassette tape in a transparent black TDK jewel case with hand cut / applied album sticker. Does not include the track "DR660 1", to make up for this the cassette tape also features an extra unreleased track which is NOT available on the CD or digital download edition of the album.

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  • Ltd Edition Aqua Cassette Tape
    Cassette + Digital Album

    Clear / chrome cased chrome C30 cassette tape presented in a two tone clear / opaque aqua jewel case with hand cut / applied album sticker. Does not include the track "DR660 1", to make up for this the cassette tape also features an extra unreleased track which is NOT available on the CD or digital download edition of the album.

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  • Cassette Tape
    Cassette + Digital Album

    Clear / chrome cased chrome C30 cassette tape presented in a transparent jewel case with hand cut / applied album sticker. Does not include the track "DR660 1", to make up for this the cassette tape also features an extra unreleased track which is NOT available on the CD or digital download edition of the album.

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October_31st 03:37
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VenriffDX21 03:26
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Calculate 01:12
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Bail 01:36
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Gleam 02:36
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Abominations 02:16
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Hemmick tide 02:44
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DR660 1 02:44

about

Essential Programming is the very first album by ®adår ever to be released in a physical format. The tracks are a collection of the most popular out of previous albums and Soundcloud debuts as well as some that have previously been unreleased. All tracks on this album were produced between early 2015 and mid 2016 using multiple digital audio workstations, a small pallet of hardware synthesizers and a selection of VST instruments. Hardware synths include the YamahaDX21, Teenage Engineering pocket operators, the Korg Microkorg, the Korg Volca Beats and the Arturia Microbrute. There are also samples of classic synthesizers such as the ARP2600, the Yamaha DX series and the Cheetah MS6.

Why buy the cassette?
-There is an extra unreleased (fast paced dance) track featured on the cassette

Why buy the CD?
-The CD holds two extra tracks of an ambient nature (but not the extra track featured on the cassette edition) featured on NTS radio by Joe Muggs.

Add it to your Discogs collection! www.discogs.com/ad%C3%A5r-Essential-Programming/release/8885117

Featured in Bandcamp Daily's Braindance feature on the disciples of Aphex Twin! daily.bandcamp.com/lists/braindance-feature

"Xephem (named for an astronomy software package) is a new label from the British Midlands that showcases a “community” of musicians who may or may not be operating under a score of aliases. One of these—and possibly the label’s founder—is ®adår, who brings a pleasantly unadorned, even lo-fi approach to braindance. [October_31st] is full of pastoral melancholy, and some splendid, splattered handclaps."

- Joe Muggs, 2016

credits

released July 18, 2016

All tracks written and produced by Joel Birkett.
Album art by Joel Birkett.

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Xephem Records is an indie label for electronic producers of braindance music.

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