Binary Systems
Heralding the advent of more new Microthol material in autumn, the Viennese duo’s Binary Systems mini-album has been relased to the wild, eliciting praise from de:bug magazine to K-1, Marco Passarani, and Newcleus’ Cozmo D.
Skillfully combining the old with new, Microthol is surely the most versatile act to emerge from Vienna’s electro underground within recent years. Philipp Haffner and Constantin Zeileissen stepped into the limelight in 2003 with their debut collaboration with DJ Glow, followed by releases for Pomelo, indigo:inc and TRUST, their recent full length album Microkosmos and a wealth of remixes for Keith Tucker, Christopher Just, Christian Eigner or Austrian disco legend Supermax.
Transferring Microthol’s binary electro sounds into the visual realm, acclaimed video artist Mo Stoebe a.k.a. Modefy has produced two videos to accompany the ‘Binary Systems’ release. Known from his productions for Kode9 and Stateless, Modefy has chosen luscious black and white to visualise Microthol’s binary audio concept: Binary Systems tells the story of a slow motion love affair between a camera and an oscilloscope, while Schwarzschild Effect is a dance of abstract light creatures across nightly city walls.
‘Binary Systems’ is now available in digital and analogue form: As a luxurious 12” vinyl pressing, distributed by Clone and available from all well stocked record shops, and as a 320kbps mp3 release, available exclusively through zero”.
The digital release comes bundled with both Modefy videos, either as high-definition or iPhone versions.
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