Maps for the Lost, by Fragile X

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Maps for the Lost

by Fragile X

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fran3000 An excellent ambient affair by Fragile X. However, this isn't a static ambient by the numbers release. Instead, it is full of interesting turns and sonic ruminations within each composition, with each track containing a series of restrained, almost poetic melody lines. The title track is the most evocative with its bass coda, serving as a beacon to which the listener can guide their senses as they navigate the rest of the album more daydream like moments.

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1.	Departure from Nowhere 03:49	buy track
2.	Wayfarer 02:59	buy track
3.	Maps for the Lost 05:25 video	buy track
4.	Passing the Ley Lines 04:36 video	buy track
5.	Full Circle (True North) 03:09	buy track

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See Blue Audio: ambient / electronic / beatless / cinematic / downtempo / eclectic / introspective… Shade rather than light...

'Maps for the Lost' – Fragile X (SBA #009)

For the label’s ninth release, See Blue Audio heads over to Glasgow with ‘Maps for the Lost’ from the accomplished and prolific electronic artist Fragile X. With a sound described as “drifting somewhere in the audio void between the chaos and the calm”, Fragile X moves freely between ambient and techno, taking in IDM, breaks, electro, glitch and drone, and experimental electronica along the way.

As well as being the founder, label manager and one of the principal producers on the respected Bricolage imprint, Fragile X has recently released and remixed for labels like Disintegration State, Triplicate Records and Light At The End under his Leit Motif guise. He’s also known for his expansive, genre-crossing DJ mixes and podcasts. Now it’s the turn of See Blue Audio with ‘Maps for the Lost’, a collection that reveals what is perhaps the most intriguing aspect of Fragile X: he is a sonic storyteller with the enquiring mind of an adventurer. Those stories may take the form of underground electronic music, but they are essentially stories, nonetheless.

Over the five tracks of ‘Maps for the Lost’, the listener is taken on an audio journey where the music flows together using field recordings, spoken word samples, beatless soundscapes and sound design techniques. This goes far beyond being a sequence of tracks as this feeling of transportation is an inherent narrative throughout the music, starting with the wide-open spaces and sense of mystery radiating from ‘Departure from Nowhere’.

‘Wayfarer’ follows with the music taking a subtle shift, almost as if it has been exposed to light and a sense of purpose created. The use of glitch effects heightens this sensation of stepping into the unknown. Next up is the title track, and ‘Maps for the Lost’ begins with a delicate melody before being consumed by drums and a bassline to dramatic effect. It’s knowing the right moment to add these elements that really allows the music to breathe and build the narrative; lost we may be but moving forward with wonder.

On ‘Passing the Ley Lines’, our feet are planted back on the earth, but as with the concept of ley lines, nothing is quite what it seems. Rich textures of ambient sound shift and realign like the ground beneath our feet, and some kind of equilibrium is established. The conclusion of ‘Full Circle (True North)’ is exactly as the title suggests: all things must return to their source for harmony to be restored. Based around a simple piano refrain, true north is found again, and we can rest from our travels.

It’s as much about the journey as the destination: this may be a well over-used concept, but with ‘Maps for the Lost’ it feels right. With this release, Fragile X has created a musical travelogue that is far more than just a metaphor. Be transported.

Mastered by Richard Jones at Dark Fidelity Hi Fi Studios.

Photography: R.Cleveland Aaron.

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released July 17, 2020

Written, produced and mixed by J.Gorecki

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"...gently arpeggiated electronica which mixes the aesthetics and at times euphoria of dance music with the wash and escape of ambient electronica and create an uplifting sense of space, freedom and renewal." - (A Year In The Country, March 2021)

Full review @ ayearinthecountry.co.uk/maps-for-the-lost-journeys-and-escape-with-fragile-x-and-see-blue-audio-wanderings-6-26/

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"Maps For The Lost opens with a vast connectivity as passing traffic moves to unknown destinations to the throb of harmonising keys that dapple in moonlit avenues. Departure From Nowhere perhaps sinks into acceptance that our place in the world is no-where outside of its story." (The Electro Review, July 2020)
Full review @ www.electroreview.info/the-electro-review-2020/fragile-x-maps-for-the-lost-ep-see-blue-audio-the-electro-review

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Fragile X Glasgow, UK

Drifting in the audio void.

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Somewhere between the chaos and the calm.

Owner of the Bricolage label and Gorecki Productions.

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