Evergreen LPÄ 3x12"

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3 x 12” vinyl with full cover print IGLO returns to Figure with EVERGREEN, his first full-length release for the label and the most expansive expression yet of his distinctive approach to techno. With a background that stretches from the Thomanerchor Leipzig to playing guitar in bands and eventually finding his way into electronic music, Luis Fischer has always approached techno with a strong sense of musicality. Melody, harmony, dynamics and atmosphere are as important to his productions as rhythm and sound design. On EVERGREEN, these different sides of his musical personality have room to exist alongside each other, resulting in a record that feels unusually open and personal. Across fifteen tracks, IGLO moves freely between driving, physical techno and slower, more atmospheric pieces that follow a different logic altogether. The heavier tracks show his instinct for powerful, functional rhythms, while others strip things back to sparse arrangements and slowly unfolding melodies. In between, deeper grooves, playful basslines and strange electronic details reveal a lighter side of his sound. Together, these different directions crystallize the breadth of IGLO’s musical vocabulary without ever feeling disconnected. A big part of that cohesion comes from the use of own voice as an increasingly important part of this language, appearing throughout the album in different forms. Disappear for instance, uses warm vocal fragments as part of its atmosphere, while elsewhere the voice becomes more direct. On Concentrate and Lost Cooperator, those fragments develop almost into lyrics, bringing a sense of vulnerability rarely heard in this kind of music. It is one of the clearest examples of what makes IGLO’s work so personal: the precision and physicality of techno meeting something more human and emotionally exposed. The album also gives IGLO room to follow his more cinematic and introspective instincts. Several tracks step away from the dancefloor almost entirely, allowing ambience, melody and slowly developing soundscapes to take over. The progression from the sparse breakbeats and expansive atmosphere of Can You Remember Who You've Been to the gradually building, soundtrack-like Silent Green shows how naturally he can create tension and narrative without relying on conventional club structures. Rather than simply extending the musical language of his previous EPs, EVERGREEN gives IGLO the freedom to explore all of these instincts at once. It can be physical, deep, warm, playful or vulnerable, sometimes within the same piece. What emerges is less a collection built around one particular idea than a portrait of an artist whose broad musical instincts give his work a character all of its own. All tracks figured out by Luis Fischer.