Circuit 2, by Hydropark

Circuit 2

by Hydropark

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thepirc Part beats album, part sketches of instrumental magic, this overlooked album is an excellent addition to anyone's wordless music collection. I find myself putting it on to tune out the world when I need to get some work done. Favorite track: J-Train.

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Still waiting on the covers to be finished, but if you wanna secure a copy of Circuit 2 on vinyl, please pre-order! Not sure when they'll be ready to ship, but we do know they won't stick around too long once they're here.

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1.	Plateau 00:29	buy track
2.	Function 03:11	buy track
3.	Calling 02:16	buy track
4.	Airborn 01:07	buy track
5.	Dead-Zoned 01:28	buy track
6.	Arcade 01:19	buy track
7.	Swelter 01:33	buy track
8.	Glow 01:19	buy track
9.	J-Train 02:34	buy track
10.	Mile End 01:29	buy track
11.	Notch Down 00:54	buy track
12.	Against All Odds 01:51	buy track
13.	Slither 01:47	buy track
14.	W.S. 03:44	buy track
15.	Life Dream 00:47	buy track
16.	Pole-Ex 03:57	buy track
17.	Waterlogged 02:14	buy track
18.	Stunned 00:48	buy track

about

Hydropark's route from the moment of inspiration to a publicly shared finished product is always indirect. After our first album crawled into existence in 2016, having it out in the world unexpectedly led to touring opportunities, positive feedback and a weird new feeling that people were listening. We started getting together more often and slowly assembled a small studio to capture new ideas, recording every practice or jam and sometimes returning to the best moments for overdubs. Songs came and went, tested in performance or recorded in different versions. With no hourly rates to keep track of we could try every approach. In the process, we ended up with dozens of tracks and fragments. Some were fully architected songs, some were ideas for samples that outgrew themselves, some were raw, aimless riffs.. the "has potential" file had grown full and random. Inspired by the quickly shifting aesthetic of beat tapes, Circuit 2 is an edit of the best results of hours and hours of experiments, songs switching at the first sign of waning interest. The full chemistry of Hydropark is on display, with various combos of band members, solo pieces, instrument switching and a fully collaborative mixing and editing process. Gears change recklessly, with 18 tracks quickly jumping from ambient glimmering to dazed disco sludge, manic horror movie soundtrack vibes to 2009-approved chillwave. The songs move in hyper nonlinear motion but gel into a strangely cohesive chronicle of ever-shifting evolution, like watching the weather change from the passenger seat on a cross country road trip.

Our friends at 25 Diamonds are pressing up a one-time edition of 200 LPs of Circuit 2, with hand silkscreened covers. Once they physically exist, we'll have a handful for sale here and at our shows.

credits

released August 30, 2019

All songs by Hydropark; Chad Pratt, Chuck Sipperley, Fred Thomas. Recorded 2016-2019 in Ann Arbor, Chicago, Montreal. Mixed and edited February 2019 by the band.

Elliot Bergman plays saxophone on "Waterlogged" and Buchla Music Easel on "Against All Odds".

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Hydropark Ann Arbor, Michigan

Instrumental live electronics quartet. Chad Pratt, Chuck Sipperley, Fred Thomas.

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