Tyondai Braxton – 21+
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Tyondai Braxton
Splayed Werks
(Erased Tapes)
By Piotr Orlov
My philosophy on releasing music has changed a lot, but also my idea of what it means to be an artist. The important part of the artists job is to archive what youre doingwhat youre excited about, what youre dealing with, what youre reacting againstputting that in a form that documents your life At the moment, were all looking out into the world, dealing with the helplessness in a time of war, media over-saturation. Whats the role of the artist in that? I think the archiving of any particular creative idea in the moment is one of the most significant things an artist can do now. Things I previously thought were importantthis piece means so much to me, or listen to how this chord arrivedare actually much less so.
Even at first blush, Splayed Werks, Tyondai Braxtons fifth album, his first full-length release since the recording of his 2018 symphonic work, Telekinesis, reveals itself as unlike what came before and marks the beginning of a new chapter with UK label Erased Tapes. First off, theres a lot more music here, 70+ minutes of pure electronics and sound design. Plus, its divided in a way thats out-of-step with the longer forms the 47 year-old composer/producer has previously imagined into being. Of the albums 15 tracks, more than two-thirds are sub-five minutes.
The album brings together mostly newer works alongside pieces composed across the past decade, some of which appeared previously as standalone releases. To fully represent the scope of this period, Braxton incorporates the Dia / Phonolydian (2022) and Multiplay (2023) singles into Splayed Werks, foregrounding the projects long-form compositional arc. Along with Salt Point and previously unreleased commissioned works such as 4 Zones (2018) and K Space (2021), these pieces were always part of a broader, evolving body of material. Here, they are re-edited as newer versions and remastered by the excellent Matt Colton at Metropolis Studios in London and woven into a continuous narrative. The result is not so much a compilation, but a record that traces its own lineage in real time: a body of work composed across years, now fully realized as a single, cohesive statement.
Splayed Werks
(Erased Tapes)
By Piotr Orlov
My philosophy on releasing music has changed a lot, but also my idea of what it means to be an artist. The important part of the artists job is to archive what youre doingwhat youre excited about, what youre dealing with, what youre reacting againstputting that in a form that documents your life At the moment, were all looking out into the world, dealing with the helplessness in a time of war, media over-saturation. Whats the role of the artist in that? I think the archiving of any particular creative idea in the moment is one of the most significant things an artist can do now. Things I previously thought were importantthis piece means so much to me, or listen to how this chord arrivedare actually much less so.
Even at first blush, Splayed Werks, Tyondai Braxtons fifth album, his first full-length release since the recording of his 2018 symphonic work, Telekinesis, reveals itself as unlike what came before and marks the beginning of a new chapter with UK label Erased Tapes. First off, theres a lot more music here, 70+ minutes of pure electronics and sound design. Plus, its divided in a way thats out-of-step with the longer forms the 47 year-old composer/producer has previously imagined into being. Of the albums 15 tracks, more than two-thirds are sub-five minutes.
The album brings together mostly newer works alongside pieces composed across the past decade, some of which appeared previously as standalone releases. To fully represent the scope of this period, Braxton incorporates the Dia / Phonolydian (2022) and Multiplay (2023) singles into Splayed Werks, foregrounding the projects long-form compositional arc. Along with Salt Point and previously unreleased commissioned works such as 4 Zones (2018) and K Space (2021), these pieces were always part of a broader, evolving body of material. Here, they are re-edited as newer versions and remastered by the excellent Matt Colton at Metropolis Studios in London and woven into a continuous narrative. The result is not so much a compilation, but a record that traces its own lineage in real time: a body of work composed across years, now fully realized as a single, cohesive statement.
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