French artist Trudge returns to Lobster Theremin with his debut LP No More Motivation arriving on March 18th with a genre-bending and original masterstroke; charged as it is cerebral. The album's concept points to the artist's tumultuous relationship with music; plagued by life events and the looming shadow of tragedy. That same relationship however, has led to an album of nuance, a cathartic whirlwind that pushes and pulls from one part of the psyche to the next.

 

From the laden house sounds found in his earlier work, to the hard-hitting emotive techno we hear today, both Trudges’ personal and artistic evolution runs parallel, drawing between the lines of introspection and dance music’s modern functionality.

 

Bangkok Radio kicks off proceedings with a reminiscent drive through the city's bustling landscape, as space unfolds the further we travel from the hustle and bustle of daily life. No Motivation, meaningless is a nod to the producer's headspace - burdened by the unpredictability of reality and it’s governing influence on art; echoing throughout the entire album.

 

Mazzomba explores the duality of light and dark; heavily submerged sounds can be heard melting below the surface, as airy synths create an ethereal glow - acting as our torch through the crud-infested trench. The album's interlude ‘Berserk’ provides a rest bite, an ambient dreamscape laced with deeply layered textures - casting warm fluorescent light amongst the clouds as balance is restored.

 

Tracks Dead Orange and Gradient demonstrate the artist's knact for intelligent sound-design and world-building soundscapes, while Unghosted and Punishments sees Trudge venture into raw and unwavering compositions created for the dance-floor.

 

Closing the album is Blue Ritual, a thought-provoking piece that has the ability to transport and heal. It’s introspective layers point to the changing winds to come - rounding off an album not binded by genre, but an eclecticism that characterizes an artist true to his craft.

 

Track list:

1. Bangkok Radio

2. No Motivation, Meaningless

3. Mazzomba

4. Snake Dance

5. Unghosted

6. Berserk

7. Dead Orange

8. Gradient

9. Punishments

10. Eleven

11. Blue Ritual

 

A double vinyl is available for pre order now. The album is out on 18 March 2022.

 

Two great singles have been released so far "No Motivation, Meaningless" and "Dead Orange":

 

 

 

Hypeee :w00t: :cheer:

The album is out now and it's great, genre bending piece of work. The track order really helps with how it ebbs and flows between the ambient and techno. "Punishments", the single which preceded the album, is my fave and the (sort of) title track has grown on me a lot recently.

 

I was a fan of Trudge's BJSC entry but I think there are actually a couple of songs on this album that I like even more than that - 'Punishments' is my fave as well :heart: 'No Motivation, Meaningless' was a great single too and my highlights from the album tracks are 'Unghosted', 'Eleven', 'Snake Dance', 'Gradient' and 'Bangkok Radio'. (Not as huge of a fan of some of the more ambient songs but they at least prevented the album feeling too samey I guess!)

 

He's dropped a couple of really good remixes recently as well, one for SWIM's 'No More Tears' which I think was already posted in the SWIM thread and also this random one:

 

 

Not heard the original but this version is great xx

New single Be My Clone is a STOMPER!

 

Shattered EP was released yesterday:

 

'Voltage' and 'Frozen Glass Dome' are my standout tracks from this EP :music: (was a fan of 'Be My Clone' too, great that he has been so prolific of late)

Ty for the bump! And reminding me to add the epic that is Frozen Glass Dome to my main playlist *.*

A new trancey banger called Thirst Trap has been released as part of a Maiden Close Records compilation :music: