{"id":39225,"date":"2023-04-20T12:15:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-20T16:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=39225"},"modified":"2023-04-09T10:36:35","modified_gmt":"2023-04-09T14:36:35","slug":"rich-aucoin-shares-new-single-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=39225","title":{"rendered":"Rich Aucoin shares new single \u2018Space\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Electronic musician Rich Aucoin is releasing his newest single <em>Space<\/em> which follows <em>Pure<\/em> and <em>Prophet<\/em> as tastes from his forthcoming album\u00a0\u2018Synthetic &#8211; A Synth Odyssey: Season 2\u2019.\u00a0<br><em>Space<\/em> features the rare and powerful Freeman String Symphonizer giving the track this warmth offered by the synth\u2019s staggering 25 oscillators. The track feverishly repeats its 8-bar progression with all the filters and cutoffs opening into a space echo the entire track as it pulses onward. A Daft Punk rhythm section with Caribou orchestration, the track is a standout for the album.\u00a0Listen to <em>Space<\/em> via YouTube below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fp_tBZdrTG8?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>About Synthetic &#8211; A Synth Odyssey: Season 2<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>On\u00a0\u2018Synthetic: Season 2,\u2019 Halifax pop artist and composer\u00a0Rich Aucoin\u00a0continues his journey through the history of synthesizers. The second entry in his quadruple LP series once again features an armada of the world\u2019s most rare, historic, and highly sought after electronic instruments. Gaining access to the collections of Calgary\u2019s National Music Centre and LA\u2019s Vintage Synthesizer Museum, Aucoin ran amok on machines to create four albums of thrilling, transporting instrumental music.\u00a0<br><br>Each song on\u00a0\u2018Synthetic: Season 2\u2019 conjures a world of its own, combining Aucoin\u2019s melodic sensibilities with textural, genre-agnostic experimentation. The album swerves into action with the wiggling synths and thunderous drum breaks of <em>Wav<\/em>\u2013 recorded on the Hammond Novachord from 1939 and considered the very first analog, fully polyphonic synthesizer \u2013 stacking hooks like a cinematic training montage as it climbs toward the first of many transcendent conclusions. <em>Shift<\/em> changes course into eerie, frostbitten industrial territory with rubbery beats that bounce like pogo sticks, switching tempos unexpectedly and dissolving into skittering arrays of sound.\u00a0<br><br>The squelching groove of <em>Pure<\/em> brings a touch of \u201990s French House, like Daft Punk jet-setting around the world. Six minutes pass in a flash during this playful brain-dance. <em>Space<\/em> is a thumping banger built upon chiming, subaquatic beats that slice through thick drones and filter disco drops. Its passages of extraterrestrial techno tranquility will make you feel like an astronaut floating in the inky void, making shapes in zero gravity.\u00a0<br><br>The warbling synths of <em>Tech Noir<\/em> sing with a strangely human quality, crossing over the uncanny valley into a sonic space that feels comforting in its retro electronic nostalgia. Perhaps this is because its atmospheric sounds arrived via the EMS VCS3 Prototype, used on Pink Floyd\u2019s\u00a0\u2018Dark Side of The Moon\u2019. The jack hammering beats of <em>Roger Luther<\/em> \u2013 recorded on the titular Moog directly in the National Music Centre while on exhibit drive its dramatic synths forward at 1,000 mph. There\u2019s a feeling of excitement and danger, like you\u2019re racing down the Autobahn with a ticking time bomb in the back seat. \u201cLyra\u201d, recorded on a Moog prototype also at NMC, slows the pace with a pensive, watery melody, before the song transitions into heavenly arpeggios from the school of Tangerine Dream\u2019s \u201980s horror soundtracks, all while maintaining a hip-hop head nod.\u00a0<br><br><em>Prophet<\/em> launches\u00a0\u2018Synthetic: Season 2\u2019\u00a0towards its final destination with ominously proggy synth lines cresting into a majestic, shimmering crescendo. Recorded with the Vako Orchestron \u2013 a floppy disc-fuelled competitor to the Mellotron \u2013 it feels like you\u2019ve arrived at the gates of a fabled lost city. Finally, <em>Liminal<\/em> concludes the journey with a soft drone, rising up with airy synths and submerged drums that pump like a heartbeat. A strange new world is revealed, yet as you gaze around at the beautiful, otherworldly surroundings, you won\u2019t want to return to reality just yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/095F2F60-1A94-4C72-AF6F-958FB833B724.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/095F2F60-1A94-4C72-AF6F-958FB833B724-1024x1024.jpeg?resize=1024%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Synthetic - A Synth Odyssey: Season 2 Cover artwork \" class=\"wp-image-39228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/095F2F60-1A94-4C72-AF6F-958FB833B724.jpeg?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/095F2F60-1A94-4C72-AF6F-958FB833B724.jpeg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/095F2F60-1A94-4C72-AF6F-958FB833B724.jpeg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/095F2F60-1A94-4C72-AF6F-958FB833B724.jpeg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/095F2F60-1A94-4C72-AF6F-958FB833B724.jpeg?w=1100&amp;ssl=1 1100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2018Synthetic &#8211; A Synth Odyssey: Season 2\u2019 <strong>track list <\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>1. Wav<br>2. Shift<br>3. Pure<br>4. Space<br>5. Tech Noir<br>6. Roger Luther<br>7. Lyra<br>8. Prophet<br>9. Liminal<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/url7304.disco-mailer.net\/ls\/click?upn=iv09c6IKQuwif-2F-2BgKB34zV6BPZlIuH-2BSNa1TbUXv7yv9qBPgSj-2B0bN1sDys9LIilFz0QA7Qa-2FDThaQ3aC3seGky4r-2BPGRcK9eD9hPtrWTxOaQnrDLebuboc2ZQd8Zb5a5EKZWazCPXphebBpB-2FfqOmEe5i-2BFtjGTtl1qdrSkewbcn4ST3rPJmYV6vkmctChu9um0Ol2QX6AgiJXcwN6Bw7e7Ni6xEbhUeTDEL5H0ttEV7-2BfXZc-2FhUk-2FhENA7mJLv7GlskKYDFFYRE5yLGVUtlQ-3D-3DRTlx_B2dcTDhSQi6Fhub-2Bz-2B8J0-2FiOqrP-2B9BiOFWG8kT1c6CN2ujGDVXlfRKole6rNVTPe-2FMNmUVSMCGFpiLMHVe-2FhD-2BXMOqfWLHWggSXTGCD9wASQbc4ls2o-2BXzaQWwfodBgiuKS16vyE-2F6VcJ1TnzvSzfBEjUbBWFo2F0v6gY5tCSHqO8hc7xeDG-2BrFMJBaNPA-2FvE8p6txpOVJ-2F0K-2BK3FZtSv0pkDINIHecc9ecEMlxeX51gxDIcCNTHfkfXbCH3Y-2FLp6zE5VfYrBybwwpr-2F-2B5ofxD8-2BOBnZVf-2FEQYF050Jwjk7u0omxirIoEha6rAR9E-2FcuRBFGKZbeqsyQf-2BQbByZvs6usZIJ0BFIg1cmp2gi1uVOTU6EDNMZoCWSyCM3l7uOglW3uco-2Fr5Y6EgruzRbGICg-3D-3D\" title=\"\">Pre-Order Synthetic: Season 2<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.disco.ac\/uploaded_image\/?pk=uploaded-image-148899%3AZm4cFPgZYr5cOXE1GaRn4_t87HY&amp;mode=contain&amp;width=1100&amp;height=1374\" alt=\" Rich Aucoin tour poster\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Electronic musician Rich Aucoin is releasing his newest single Space which follows Pure and Prophet as tastes from his forthcoming album\u00a0\u2018Synthetic &#8211; A Synth Odyssey: <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=39225\" title=\"Rich Aucoin shares new single \u2018Space\u2019\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39226,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[13,23,25,28,30,1907],"tags":[977,3138],"class_list":["post-39225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-electronic-music","category-indie","category-live","category-music","category-new-release","category-news","tag-rich-aucoin","tag-space"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/F3DD84C3-E311-4EF5-A139-9AE8F15CEC81.jpeg?fit=1100%2C733&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-acF","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":28043,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=28043","url_meta":{"origin":39225,"position":0},"title":"Rich Aucoin shares &#8216;The Middle&#8217; video","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"January 28, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Nova Scotia-based musician Rich Aucoin has released his new single The Middle. 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