John Tejada presents Signs Under Test

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  • "There's a bit more dreamy tape wobble going on" says the LA producer of his next album for Kompakt.
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  • Kompakt will release a new album by John Tejada called Signs Under Test in February 2015. It's the Californian producer's third album for Kompakt, arriving two-and-a-half years after his most recent LP, The Predicting Machine. Since then he's released 12-inches for Kompakt, Slices Of Life and Palette Recordings—he also teamed up with Silent Servant to remix Psychic TV's "Alien Be-In" for Dark Entries. "There's a bit more dreamy tape wobble going on throughout," says Tejada, "as I've gone quite analog tape with my delays and patches—on the verge of actually being broken, which gives them a nice character. I've tried to cut out distractions and really focus on the production. Everything is built from the ground up using hardware synths—mostly analog, but that's a bit annoying to say nowadays. It's not a record that fits in with any current stuff, but something that hopefully holds up as it ages. Something that hopefully reveals more on repeated listens." The heavy-duty double-LP version of Signs Under Test comes bundled with a CD copy of the album. There will also be separate CD and digital versions. Listen to album cut "Y 0 Why" below.
    Tracklist 01. Two 0 One 02. Y 0 Why 03. Beacht 04. R.U.R. 05. Vaalbara 06. Cryptochrome 07. Rubric 08. Penumbra 09. Endorphins 10. Meadow 11. Heave In Sight Kompakt will release Signs Under Test on February 2nd, 2015.
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