Variance, by Jega

Variance

by Jega

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wilson-c I think its the second half I enjoy the most, tracks like Aerodynamic and Kyoto Favorite track: Kyoto.

Subterranean Entrance In my early adulthood, Jega was an artist I always used as a go to hear idm executed with raw technically aggressive beauty. There weren’t many artists that pulled all of those traits together like that back then. This album was always an enigma because it took so long (10 years I think) to be released. We were all waiting patiently for this album. I now have it on vinyl, cd and now stream. I pay tribute to Jega for all the joy his music has given me. His sound is truly is an inspiration Favorite track: The Girl Who Fell To Earth.

Pedro Bird I originally found this track in 2009 on a breakcore compilation download Pack. Finally able to repay the artist! Thanks Jega, we miss your Talent! love Favorite track: Hydrodynamic.

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1.	SoulFlute 04:41	buy track
2.	Antiphon 04:43	buy track
3.	Moment 03:06	buy track
4.	The Girl Who Fell To Earth 04:44	buy track
5.	Sakura 04:42	buy track
6.	Eva 04:26	buy track
7.	Dreams 04:36	buy track
8.	Aqueminae 04:01	buy track
9.	Zenith 02:53	buy track
10.	Tensor 00:32	buy track
11.	Shibuya 04:01	buy track
12.	Chromadynamic 04:43	buy track
13.	Cascade Decoherence 03:39	buy track
14.	Aerodynamic 04:36	buy track
15.	Latinhypercube 04:59	buy track
16.	Kyoto 05:21	buy track
17.	Hydrodynamic 04:23	buy track
18.	Reprise 05:13	buy track

about

Described as the Stanley Kubrick of electronic music, having not released an album in 9 years, Manchester's Dylan Nathan a.k.a. Jega is finally set to release his brand new album "Variance" on the Planet Mu record label. In 2003 a draft version of the album was leaked onto the internet forcing Dylan to return to the drawing board and re-write vast chunks of the material. Since then factors outside music have meant Jega's relocation from Manchester to New York and now LA, where he currently resides, and the delay of the project even further. The resulting double album, 18 tracks spread over two cds, bears little if any relation to the leaked material of so many years back.

The album is split into two 9 track journeys each given their own cd / LP. "Variance Volume 1" is the light, and "Variance Volume 2" the darkness. On Vol.1 beautiful synth arpeggios battle with sampled flutes and organic sounding hip hop and soul inspired breaks. On "Antiphon" a lone piano weaves around synthetic rhythms that sound like insects chirping and plastic sounding strings impart a real futuristic sheen to the song. The overall mood is one of joy and hope with many of the melodies featuring rising cadences of notes, resolving in the major. Vol2. is altogether starker. Starting with "Tensor" an electro-acoustic sound sculpture and building up into the dystopian melodies, electro beats and dubstep bass of "Shibuya", In tracks like "Kyoto" and "Hydrodynamic" digital processing and harsh jungle breaks heighten the tempo and the mood towards the end of the disc.

Although Dylan's discography is relatively short considering he has been in the game since 1996, it does include releases on Skam and two seminal breakthrough albums on Planet Mu. The single "Type Xer0 E.P." and it's follow up album "Spectrum" were what inspired Mike Paradinas a.k.a. µ-ZIQ to start up the fledgling Planet Mu as an independent label in 1998, an achievement in itself that should not be overlooked. Dylan's second album, 2000's "Geometry", went on to push his evolving sound from hardcore influenced melodica to futuristic techno inspired stark digital landscapes.

It has been a long nine years for many fans waiting for the follow-up with rare occasional live shows offering the only chance to hear new material.

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released July 20, 2009

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Jega Los Angeles, California

Manchester-born, Los Angeles-based artist Jega released his first two EPs in 1996 and 1997 on Skam records. His LP Spectrum was the first album on the Planet Mu label. Paradinas and Jega studied architecture together in London 1990–1993 on the same campus as Aphex Twin. His second album, 2000's Geometry, reflected his electronic roots, avoiding samples and venturing more into abstract synthesis. ... more

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Variance

Jul 2009
Geometry

Oct 2000
Spectrum

Jul 1998
Type Xer0

Jun 1998

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