{"id":16117,"date":"2020-03-11T16:05:47","date_gmt":"2020-03-11T16:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/castthedice.org\/?p=16117"},"modified":"2020-03-11T16:05:47","modified_gmt":"2020-03-11T16:05:47","slug":"qasim-naqvi-set-to-release-new-ep-beta-for-record-store-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/?p=16117","title":{"rendered":"Qasim Naqvi set to release new EP, Beta<\/em>, for Record Store Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We’re thrilled to know Qasim Naqvi<\/a> has a new release on the way, following last year’s Teenages<\/em>, which was one of our 15 Album Picks of 2019<\/a>. Entitled Beta<\/em>, the album is meant as a sister release to Teenages<\/em>, which was brought to life using an analog modular synthesizer built by Naqvi over the course of two years. The extraordinary percussionist and composer explains:<\/p>\n

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“Beta is a prequel to the story of Teenages. At the time I had the most basic elements of a modular synthesizer- one oscillator and a random voltage generator which is a module that releases sporadic currents through the system. Ironically, this component provided a lot of warmth and humanness to the music, a kind of fallibility. I fed simple melodic ideas and rhythmic patterns into this bare bones setup and observed the responses, while occasionally guiding the music in other directions. It was like a diagnostic test. At the time I felt that this music was underdeveloped but listening back, I think the Beta tracks add an interesting dimension to the entire Teenages arc. They’re the zygotes.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The B side of the record is a live performance of the track ‘Teenages’, recorded at London’s Southbank Centre in February 2019. “I had performed this work just a couple of times and this particular one was special”, says Naqvi. “There were microphones up everywhere and you could hear the room bleeding into the sound of the synthesizer.”<\/p>\n

Beta<\/em> will be released as a limited edition on clear vinyl for Record Store Day<\/a> on April 18th through Erased Tapes<\/a> but we can already hear a striking track off it, ‘Matic’. Take a listen below.<\/p>\n