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Yogtze
Yogtze
Running Back Incantations
- Cat No: RBINC005LP
- Release: 2020-01-17
- updated:2020-04-13
Shimmering oriental synths conjure an abstract sonic space, with percussion that seems to float right out of the mix. "YOGTZE" — a dream team of leftfield frontline producers pairing DANIEL MEUZARD, boss of 〈INTERNATIONAL MAJOR LABEL〉, with DANIEL HELMER of "MANTRA MANTRA," his project alongside SAM IRL — makes its debut on 〈RUNNING BACK〉!
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Running Back Incantations present Yogtze!
A joint venture of Daniel Helmer - musician, producer (Mantra Mantra, Gudrun von Laxenburg)and filmmaker from Vienna and Daniel Meuzard - (Feater, Skymax, Vallay) and a headstrong trip deep into the tune-in-turn-on-drop-out-mentality of European minds outside of their natural environment. Helmer and Meuzard met around 2005 in Peru where they both participated in an ayahuasca ceremony.
After this experience they decided to travel and discover South America together for some weeks. During that journey, the idea of a musical project (Yogtze) was born.
Two years and many miles later, Helmer and Meuzard saw Alejandro Jodorowskys Montana Sacra at a small film festival in Paris. The movie inspired them to create a musical composition that reflects its spirit and atmosphere. In order to do so, they decided to travel Morocco and record music on a small 8-track tape machine at a friends home studio in Essaouira. “The artistic process felt very natural. All we had to do was to open up to the cosmos and let the music flow through our bodies, said Meuzard. Neither Meuzard nor Helmers intented to release those recordings, since the sessions were more of a personal nature and meant to create a musical experience for themselves.
A decade later, their moroccan friend, who stumbled upon the tapes while cleaning his storage, urged them to release their recordings so everyone could experience the same musical journey as they had back in 2007. “It would be a grand act of selfishness not to share this work of art with others he told them. Luckily for thew world, Helmer and Meuzard decided to finally edit, mix and master the rest of the material in 2018/2019 and named their project YOGTZE. Expect a record full of wondrous soundscapes, haunting melodies and capturing themes that would fit in many categorie
A joint venture of Daniel Helmer - musician, producer (Mantra Mantra, Gudrun von Laxenburg)and filmmaker from Vienna and Daniel Meuzard - (Feater, Skymax, Vallay) and a headstrong trip deep into the tune-in-turn-on-drop-out-mentality of European minds outside of their natural environment. Helmer and Meuzard met around 2005 in Peru where they both participated in an ayahuasca ceremony.
After this experience they decided to travel and discover South America together for some weeks. During that journey, the idea of a musical project (Yogtze) was born.
Two years and many miles later, Helmer and Meuzard saw Alejandro Jodorowskys Montana Sacra at a small film festival in Paris. The movie inspired them to create a musical composition that reflects its spirit and atmosphere. In order to do so, they decided to travel Morocco and record music on a small 8-track tape machine at a friends home studio in Essaouira. “The artistic process felt very natural. All we had to do was to open up to the cosmos and let the music flow through our bodies, said Meuzard. Neither Meuzard nor Helmers intented to release those recordings, since the sessions were more of a personal nature and meant to create a musical experience for themselves.
A decade later, their moroccan friend, who stumbled upon the tapes while cleaning his storage, urged them to release their recordings so everyone could experience the same musical journey as they had back in 2007. “It would be a grand act of selfishness not to share this work of art with others he told them. Luckily for thew world, Helmer and Meuzard decided to finally edit, mix and master the rest of the material in 2018/2019 and named their project YOGTZE. Expect a record full of wondrous soundscapes, haunting melodies and capturing themes that would fit in many categorie
The two are already linked through DANIEL MEUZARD's "FEATER" and "SKYMAX" projects, both collaborations with SAM IRL of 〈JAZZ & MILK〉. Beyond experimental new age pieces like "Montana Sacra," where polyrhythmically carved percussion swims through abstract synth space, and "So Many Times," where drums gradually surface amid undulating modular tones, the record also covers dancefloor cuts such as "Proxima," built around breakbeats. The melodic writing, brimming with an orientalism drawn from their travels together in Morocco, is another unique touch. (Original Japanese text by Akie)