Product Description

This full-length album delves further into the mind-body separation. It s as straightforwardly club-ready as anything Tin Man has released, but its ambitions are no less lofty: Neo Neo Acid creates a space beyond intellect, a stimulant for creativity at its least abstracted. As the title implies, the 303 remains very much at the center of these dance floor excursions, whether holding down the low-end on Devine Acid and The Muses or stretching far and wide across the track, as we hear on Museum Of Acid and Absurdist Acid. It is uncanny how simply Tin Man whips up a frenzy: a cut like Futurist Acid, with crisp hi-hats and a steady thump delivering a circular 303 line with little more than delay as ornamentation, evokes a multitude of colors and emotions. The compositional intuition of producer Johannes Auvinene is as strong as ever here, its tracks unfolding with simultaneous calm and immediacy. Of Finnish descent, but born and raised in California, Tin Man now has a home in Vienna, a town perfectly suited to his deep and moody productions. Tin Man launched his Global A label project in 2005. The first two releases, Places and Acid Acid, weighed in at three pieces of vinyl each, and showcased his two major musical passions: fragile deep electronica and acid house. Tin Man has acclaimed releases on the Finnish record label Shk / Keys of Life, Cheap Records from Vienna, and continues with new releases on his own imprint, Global A . While the output of Tin Man is diverse in its references, certain underpinnings can be heard throughout. There is always a strong reference to acid house music, as well as a strong reference to ambient and electronic pop music from the past 30 years. The newer output of Tin Man features his voice and follows a concept album format. Thus, complete records are as important as individual songs. The songs tend to follow a simple structure with changes that grow slowly within motifs. Mood construction and story telling are both equally important. And with each new record, there are new historical references to tell different stories. Tin Man also continues with his passion for acid house by continuing to produce retro-acid tracks and playing live shows regularly. These live shows celebrate early house music, its hypnotic charm, and its blissful raw energy.