Auclair's 'Semaphore' EP is a power quadrant of psych-pop doozies, drawing on the works of Broadcast, Anna Meredith, Colin Stetson and beyond.
Semaphore comes with four cosmic 'Second Signal' remixes, with Shape Worship recalibrating the spiralling prog of 'Mersea Mersea Me', Toby Gale scrubbing 'Here Come the Planes' clean as a whistle, and Anna Meredith draping Auclair's voice in bafflingly elasticated chords, before Sebastian Palomar flings us from this solar system into the inky deep.
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"a delirious reconnaissance mission into the deeper spaces of synth pop music" - Q Magazine
"wonderfully odd yet contagious pop music ... a true nugget of joy" - Clash Magazine
"intuitive songwriting coupled with beguiling explorations in syncopation and odd harmonies that hang suspended like weightless jewels" - The 405
"four mirror versions, deformed, pepped up or lugubriously stretched out to form a weird echo of the original quartet ... The whole thing is quite bizarre and brilliant" - No Fear of Pop
"Slinky minimal soulpop with a psychedelic leftfield bent ... a very seductive mixture indeed" - Norman Records
credits
released September 29, 2014
Written, performed and produced by Auclair.
Tracks 2 & 4: Produced by Auclair and Marc Withasee. Additional drums/synths/programming by Marc Withasee.
Track 3: Produced by Auclair and Tom Wegg-Prosser. Additional guitar/synths/programming by Tom Wegg-Prosser.
Kareem Dayes: cello.
Mastered by Will Worsley at Coda to Coda.
Design and Illustration by Sarah Tanat-Jones and Auclair.
supported by 31 fans who also own “Semaphore / Second Signal”
Late to the party appreciation of a fantastic mix of found sounds and electronica. Beautifully structured and produced headphone music that is at times moving, at time hilarious and sometimes just great dance music. AJ.
supported by 29 fans who also own “Semaphore / Second Signal”
you are floating in a tank of salt water, when suddenly the tank dissolves and you are floating in the ocean. as the ocean evaporates, and you float into the white nothingness above you, this album plays. remy owen
Cheeky makes airy electronic pop with sweet melodies and delicate vocals over gently pulsing beats, perfect for summer-crush dreams. Bandcamp New & Notable Jun 7, 2022
Erskine Lynas rides the line between electronic adventurousness and dance music’s accessibility, delivering woozy, punchy tracks. Bandcamp New & Notable Nov 11, 2017