Poging Twee by Tomlaan
Dutch artist Tom Laan (tomlaan) offers up his six-track album, Poging Twee, on the Wandering Astray label.
Six songs that almost read as one big opening sentence. It results from multi-layered recordings of several modular synthesis sessions combined with bass guitar loops and processed vocal recordings. This album is a sonic experience that tends to take on a heavy face but always has a light note as well as a humoristic glance. It offers you a smaller road to wander off, enclosed by emotional landscapes and surprising soundscapes.
In times when the digital world keeps offering us opportunities so we feel as if everything is manufacturable, this album rather explores limitations in tools and rules. It's where you'll find beauty when you hear nature's randomness coalesce with predictable structures rooted in contemporary electronic music. Inspired by artists like Alessandro Cortini, d'Voxx, and Ripperton but also more classical composers like Arvo Part and Erik Satie. Poging II' asks you to slow down, even sit down, and make room for contemplation.
Born and raised Dutch artist Tom Laan (tomlaan) studied interactive/media/design at the Royal Academy of Art and is known for his humane digital approach to music and interactive media. It resulted in a thesis on live-performing electronic music, but later on, the Bangers and Ash EP was released on NY-based Styles Upon Styles and has exhibited interactive installations throughout Europe, South Africa, and India.
Exploring and combining the fields of interaction design, graphic design, code-based imagery, and, of course, music. Tom appreciates making music with analog synthesizers nowadays since it feels like dealing with a living organism.
Tomlaan - Poging Twee
Release Date 25th October 2024
Label Wandering Astray
Tracklist
1. Oval
2. Slow
3. Drive
4. Eindeloos
5. Orbit
6. É