usof - Wish You Were Nicer

usof - Wish You Were Nicer

usof
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user-7154364319

2025/04/14
  1. 1Give Me A Lift
  2. 2Place Of Birth
  3. 3Wish You Were Nicer
  4. 4Brat
  5. 5Peers
  6. 6Goodbye Forever
  7. 7Conz
  8. 8Celebration

ENXPL19

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Open edition

The manifold artistic roles of Lisbon Portugal-based usof - producer, DJ, label-runner, visual artist - matches his multifaceted audio output. usof has been at the forefront of the accelerating expansion of "ambient" into an increasingly liminal space, twisting and morphing the genre origins of meditative and background music into unsettling, fantastically detailed compositions. ENXPL is proud to present π‘Ύπ’Šπ’”π’‰ 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝑾𝒆𝒓𝒆 π‘΅π’Šπ’„π’†π’“, usof's latest album, which draws from 20th century composition, dub soundsystems, 1990s club/rave culture, cinematic sound design, post-cybernetic dreams, and the hauntological ache underlying much of 21st century discourse.

Between the exacting technicality and heady conceptual underpinnings of π‘Ύπ’Šπ’”π’‰ 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝑾𝒆𝒓𝒆 π‘΅π’Šπ’„π’†π’“, usof also makes room for playfulness and humor. On π˜‰π˜³π˜’π˜΅, electronic gurgles and croaks converse above synth pads which would not be out of place on cassettes with titles like "Dolphin Magic" or "The Fairy Ring" that litter dusty corners of thrift stores. The dub bass theatrics on the title track are inflated to an absurd degree. These excursions from more formal and contemplative ambiances demonstrate usof's fully-realized world building skills. The breadth and depth of π‘Ύπ’Šπ’”π’‰ 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝑾𝒆𝒓𝒆 π‘΅π’Šπ’„π’†π’“'s 30+ minutes invite many listenings.

"listening to yourself between kid and future point ideas,
that evolution that obsessive always me

lmaooo looking back on the passing of time, family, friends,
when it was already sometimes good but somehow

when you, us, them, we, where, were, you when we bridged

feeling already like you might be making what I’m thinking" - SeΓ‘n Being

Audio finalized by Glyn Maier
Design by RJM Vanderheyden

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