What Would I Do With Saturn, by Slacker

What Would I Do With Saturn

by Slacker

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deadshotkeen Majestic. Still brings the dancefloor breakbeat intensity of his earlier work but adds a warmer cinematic feel. Definitely built to last and the soft synthwave tunes are great too. Strong contender for year's best LP. Favorite track: Void Hopping.

Koko_Lastiko I have listened to the whole album through my headphones this morning and wow...This is a wake up. From the first seconds you get in the mood & know that it will be something. All is a superb blend of ambient sounds, complex D&B and stylish electronica vibes. Dear Slacker, you have gained my admiration. Favorite track: let these waves wash upon you.

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1.	deep in the forest, a sacred pool 06:04	buy track
2.	As I Fear The Ground Opening 04:33	buy track
3.	Unturned 04:36	buy track
4.	One Hundred Ideas 05:27	buy track
5.	My Own Moon 04:54	buy track
6.	The New Face Of England 04:20	buy track
7.	Nothing Is Enough 06:31	buy track
8.	the myth of visibility 03:02	buy track
9.	Void Hopping 05:18	buy track
10.	Prisoner Of The Sun 05:49	buy track
11.	Summer Of '18 ft Guy Liner (Album Version) 04:00	buy track
12.	let these waves wash upon you 05:03	buy track
13.	[DIGI ONLY] Summer Of '18 ft Guy Liner (Single Version) 06:27	buy track

about

Following the release of Twisted Heads comes Slacker’s most complete work to date. The artist's debut LP - What Would I Do With Saturn - arrives on Lobster Theremin on Friday 2nd July and demonstrates Slacker’s killer ear for capturing the cross-sections that exist within UK sound; floating between the artist's drum & bass upbringing and introspective, world-building electronica.

“The main idea was to think 'what would an outside observer to our planet think when looking down at this moment in time, what does the moon think when looking down on us?'” he says. “It was a way of me both building another world whilst also expressing the strife of the world that we were living in. I was lucky enough to be quite secluded in the first lockdown around a lot of nature, but then feeling the isolation ten-fold as I was so far away from civilisation. I think that the album has this schism represented in it with the more classically "nice" tracks standing next to the more aggressive and expressive tracks; it is both an escape and capturing of the world we live in.”

Designed to have inward-gazing and aggressive tracks side by side - to represent the day to day mood swings that only extensive isolation can bring - the record is a tripped-out voyage through rich, flora-drenched ecosystems and Halo ring worlds. A cathartic release to heavy isolation, the album opens with ‘deep in the forest, a sacred pool’ - angelic tones and tranquil chords symbolising a melting in the ocean, the contemplative silence that comes when one puts their head beneath water, shutting out the outside world.

‘As I Fear The Ground Opening’ represents the anxious rush when the bubbles start to rush and your time of total freedom reaches its inevitable end; it’s frantic drum patterns scoring an intense scene, trancey atmospherics enticing you to keep turning the corner. ‘Unturned’ continues down the cinematic route, before the B-side introduces Slacker’s breaks heritage: ‘One Hundred Ideas’ sounding reminiscent of the fire wave of experimental, stripped-back percussion currently championed by the likes of Al Wooton and his TRULE label; green fields, optimism and wicked breaks.

‘My Own Moon’ channels open-the-clubs energy with a percussive melter, before completing the B-side with a call to arms on ‘The New Face of England’; it’s trap-techno energy encapsulating the anger and frustration felt in the face of rising English nationalism.

Staying true to the testament of his most complete work to date, Slacker relentlessly switches up his sonic palette in pursuit of differing - yet uniquely connected - experiences, entering future-electro territory on the C-side; ‘Nothing Is Enough’ giving off Tron Legacy largeness - temporarily paused by the emo-ambience of ‘the myth of visibility’ - before ‘Void Hopping’ crashes back down to earth with that rough-edged, raw aesthetic that has become so synonymous with the Slacker name.

The climatic D-side provides the most mixed bag yet; ‘Prisoner Of War’ opening an unmarked door as we venture further into the UK’s underground; the smells and sights of a packed-out jungle rave being expressed through ripples, blares and vaporous breaks, while the nostalgia inspired ‘Summer Of ‘18’ - featuring Guy Liner - offers a synthy, nu-disco vibe that manages to incorporate the emotional aesthetic that has been built throughout the album.

‘let these waves wash upon’ you draw the curtains as we take a deep breath to venture back into a scary world that lies beyond the door. A world of dreams, fears, love and sadness. Optimism, hopelessness, anxiety and inspiration. The world is opening up, and Slacker’s rise is imminent.

credits

released September 3, 2021

Production & Arrangement by Slacker
Photography Josh Stadlen
Design by Ross Aitken
Mastered by at Ten Eight Seven
Pressed with vibes at Kuroneko