Published: March 3rd, 2010
The debut album from Hrdvsion (Nathan Jonson), a non-compromising creator of glitch-heavy electronic music, matches his esoteric vision to the more formal structures of house, techno, electro and breakbeat. Jonson’s prior releases on labels like Itiswhatitis and the upcoming Wagon Repair (run by his brother, Mathew Jonson) are known for their scattered Squarepusher-esque energy, their bleep-drenched melodies and sense of twisted urgency. ‘Where did you just go?’ seems to retain these circuit-busting tendencies yet aims more directly for the dancefloor.
“Where did you just go?” is something my girlfriend often says to me when she’s talking to me and I kind of drift off. I’ll be talking to her then just stop all of a sudden. I think the title reflects me and my music well; there’s this idea of going in one direction then suddenly pausing to dream about a completely different place...”
The album was started when Hrdvsion moved to Berlin in 2009. During a period of insecurity borne of being broke in an alien city, he opened up his laptop and sorted through hundreds of finished and half-finished songs, creating what were ostensibly remixes of the originals.
“I think I’m coming to terms with the fact I don’t have to fight against everyone,” he says. “Four years ago, I would never have released something like this. I would have felt like I was doing it for someone else and that would have bothered me a lot. But now I can see it’s still all done for me even if it doesn’t sound like it. I’ve allowed myself to be more indulgent and ditch some of the anti-social sentiment apparent in older material...”
Release date: May 3rd, 2010 through Wagon Repair.
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