{"type":"doc","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Over a string of self-released "},{"type":"text","marks":[{"type":"link","attrs":{"href":"https://c0tt0nm0uth.bandcamp.com/","target":"_blank","class":null}}],"text":"EPs and singles"},{"type":"text","text":", "},{"type":"mention","attrs":{"id":"3cacbeef-aa49-4cd1-ac02-dd3d14090012","label":"Cotton Mouth"}},{"type":"text","text":"'s sound explorations mutated and fizzed with life. His debut album, "},{"type":"mention","attrs":{"id":"195f0477-fa4e-44c3-9bdd-eafb1bd7e4ac","label":"Homeward Ryder"}},{"type":"text","text":", moves further, emerging as a fully animated sonic experience."}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Flowing with tangible, organic textures and rhythms, Homeward Ryder pulls focus on the ecological qualities of dance music, already stirring in dub-techno, breakbeat and the fringes of abstract electronica."}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Cotton Mouth's self-styled genres, including "},{"type":"text","marks":[{"type":"link","attrs":{"href":"https://shop.year0001.com/row/products/cotton-mouth-trekkno-t-shirt-black","target":"_blank","class":null}}],"text":"\"trekkno\", \"mudstep\", and \"dew-age\""},{"type":"text","text":", reflect an urge to draw reality in closer and create something irregular and evolving that aligns with the strangeness and beauty of the world around us."}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"mention","attrs":{"id":"9359e9d8-13d7-43a6-8a92-5f4847154d65","label":"YEAR0001"}},{"type":"text","text":" sat down with Cotton Mouth to unearth "},{"type":"text","marks":[{"type":"link","attrs":{"href":"https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7cuZL7oEN6JYGKFjVzsT5I?si=fca1408e511248f4","target":"_blank","class":null}}],"text":"nine tracks"},{"type":"text","text":" that inspired the sounds and scenes of Homeward Ryder."}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Listen to the "},{"type":"mention","attrs":{"id":"69d1ae35-ca1e-47c7-9c6f-a9d27264566b","label":"YEAR0001: SOUNDS"}},{"type":"text","text":" playlist in full via "},{"type":"text","marks":[{"type":"link","attrs":{"href":"https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7cuZL7oEN6JYGKFjVzsT5I?si=88a8e8286f0e4b8e","target":"_blank","class":null}}],"text":"Spotify"},{"type":"text","text":" & "},{"type":"text","marks":[{"type":"link","attrs":{"href":"https://music.apple.com/se/playlist/year0001-sounds-cotton-mouth/pl.7ce13f48fb054c74a579cd7c32b91428","target":"_blank","class":null}}],"text":"Apple Music"},{"type":"text","text":"."}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Interview and text by Jamie Hudson."}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Photography by Philip Svensson."}]},{"type":"heading","attrs":{"level":1},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"Gas — Königsforst 5"}]},{"type":"embed","attrs":{"src":"","type":"video","title":null}},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"I love "},{"type":"text","marks":[{"type":"link","attrs":{"href":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Voigt","target":"_blank","class":null}}],"text":"Wolfgang Voigt"},{"type":"text","text":", especially his "},{"type":"text","marks":[{"type":"link","attrs":{"href":"https://kompakt-gas.bandcamp.com/","target":"_blank","class":null}}],"text":"GAS"},{"type":"text","text":" alias. This is definitely something that shaped the early Cotton Mouth releases. It feels connected to nature, to time and to shifting perspectives. That is how I imagine "},{"type":"text","marks":[{"type":"italic"}],"text":"trekkno"},{"type":"text","text":". Music for walking meditations. 4/4 tempo. Steadily going onward."}]},{"type":"paragraph"},{"type":"heading","attrs":{"level":1},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"Sa Pa — Recovery"}]},{"type":"embed","attrs":{"src":"","type":"video","title":null}},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"This is another example of how I imagine trekkno. In this "},{"type":"text","marks":[{"type":"link","attrs":{"href":"https://sa-pa.bandcamp.com/album/in-a-landscape","target":"_blank","class":null}}],"text":"Sa Pa"},{"type":"text","text":" track, the sounds of the natural environment are more present and embedded in the music. I think of field recordings as instruments, frequencies that sit in the mix and make the whole experience feel tangible and real."}]},{"type":"paragraph"},{"type":"heading","attrs":{"level":1},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"Basic Channel — Radiance III (Edit)"}]},{"type":"embed","attrs":{"src":"","type":"video","title":null}},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Textbook trekkno. Parts of my track "},{"type":"text","marks":[{"type":"link","attrs":{"href":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3WSLBx4Ow8","target":"_blank","class":null}}],"text":"Reunion"},{"type":"text","text":" [from "},{"type":"mention","attrs":{"id":"c5f46e5b-51d3-4384-9472-d5504d6c7083","label":"RIFT Two"}},{"type":"text","text":"] are basically Radiance III. The dub delay, the skeletal sound design. It feels like a withered flower. Hollow but beautiful."}]},{"type":"paragraph"},{"type":"heading","attrs":{"level":1},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"Skee Mask — Untitled 279"}]},{"type":"embed","attrs":{"src":"","type":"video","title":null}},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"I think of "},{"type":"text","marks":[{"type":"italic"}],"text":"mudstep"},{"type":"text","text":" as the moment when the walking meditation breaks its steady pace and becomes more rhythmic and off-beat, as you can hear in this "},{"type":"text","marks":[{"type":"link","attrs":{"href":"https://skeemask.bandcamp.com/music","target":"_blank","class":null}}],"text":"Skee Mask"},{"type":"text","text":" track. The rhythms are like the "},{"type":"text","marks":[{"type":"link","attrs":{"href":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YFrFSX4cNw","target":"_blank","class":null}},{"type":"italic"}],"text":"Sandwalk"},{"type":"text","text":" in Dune. Skipping across stones and mud."}]},{"type":"paragraph"},{"type":"heading","attrs":{"level":1},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"El-B feat. Juiceman — Buck & Bury "}]},{"type":"embed","attrs":{"src":"","type":"video","title":null}},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Mudstep is drum-focused, drawing inspiration from DnB, UK Garage and Hip-Hop. It's slow and fast at the same time. "},{"type":"text","marks":[{"type":"link","attrs":{"href":"https://el-b.bandcamp.com/","target":"_blank","class":null}}],"text":"El-B"},{"type":"text","text":" is a drum genius. He truly understands rhythm."}]},{"type":"paragraph"},{"type":"heading","attrs":{"level":1},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"Valance Drakes — Torn Off Feathers from an Angel"}]},{"type":"embed","attrs":{"src":"","type":"video","title":null}},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"While the drums are in the front in mudstep, the backdrop can be pretty ambient, with big pads and textural landscapes, like climbing rocks in front of a vast panoramic view."}]},{"type":"paragraph"},{"type":"heading","attrs":{"level":1},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"Autechre — Pir"}]},{"type":"embed","attrs":{"src":"","type":"video","title":null}},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"I think of "},{"type":"text","marks":[{"type":"italic"}],"text":"dew-age"},{"type":"text","text":" as a kind of abstract devotional music or folk music. 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Dew-age is an expression of non-duality and interconnectedness."}]},{"type":"paragraph"},{"type":"heading","attrs":{"level":1},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"⣎⡇ꉺლ༽இ•̛)ྀ◞ ༎ຶ ༽ৣৢ؞ৢ؞ؖ ꉺლ [Four Tet] — ɵੂ≢࿃ूੂ೧ູఠీੂ؞ؙؖ⁽⁾ا҉҈҉҈҉҈҉҈҉҈҉҈҉҈҉҈҉҈҉҈҉҈҉҈҉ "}]},{"type":"embed","attrs":{"src":"","type":"video","title":null}},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"In dew-age, electronic and analogue sounds blend and can sometimes be mistaken for one another. Are they not really one and the same?"}]},{"type":"paragraph"},{"type":"heading","attrs":{"level":1},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"Pent — trepidation cycles pt 1-3"}]},{"type":"embed","attrs":{"src":"","type":"video","title":null}},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","marks":[{"type":"link","attrs":{"href":"https://pent3.bandcamp.com/","target":"_blank","class":null}}],"text":"Pent"},{"type":"text","text":" masterfully shows that digital and electronic sounds can feel entirely organic, closer to the experience of deep listening in a natural environment."}]},{"type":"paragraph"},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","marks":[{"type":"link","attrs":{"href":"https://yr1.se/homewardryder","target":"_blank","class":"editor-rtfLink"}}],"text":"Homeward Ryder"},{"type":"text","text":" is out now on "},{"type":"text","marks":[{"type":"link","attrs":{"href":"https://index.year0001.com/article/id/9359e9d8-13d7-43a6-8a92-5f4847154d65","target":"_blank","class":"editor-rtfLink"}}],"text":"YEAR0001"},{"type":"text","text":"."}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Stream YR0198 : Cotton Mouth — Homeward Ryder via "},{"type":"text","marks":[{"type":"link","attrs":{"href":"https://yr1.se/homewardryder","target":"_blank","class":"editor-rtfLink"}}],"text":"yr1.se/homewardryder"}]}]}

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