INIT

Wildcard

Hivern Discs
10.95 €
icon/play-white
Backorder
Tax included, Shipping not included
INIT's music has the rare quality of transforming bleakness into a soothing experience. In the duo's new EP, 'Wildcard', this mechanism is more intense than ever. And that might be because of the particular circumstances that surrounded its inception. Two years ago, Nadia D'Alo and Benedikt Frey decided to move from Darmstadt to Berlin. Adjusting to a rough area of a big city when coming from a quiet town necessarily brings a change of perspective. For Nadia and Benedikt, that meant experiencing the city life as outsiders while trying to figure out what they wanted from it.'Wildcard' is the sonic result of this process, and proof that changes always bring growth. Recorded in their new home studio during winter, the six tracks on the EP are as haunting as their previous LP for Hivern, but with a rawer approach and enhanced power. Take 'Cover' and 'Solver', an approximation to the kind of moody psych-techno they display in their live-shows and two of the most dance floor oriented tracks INIT have recorded to date. But it's the title track which best expresses the mindset of this work. With its skeletal rattle and undulating synths, 'Wildcard' feels as desolate as a Berlin street in a winter night, but possesses the kind of focus that turns uncertainty into hope. In a similar way, cuts such as 'Copycat' or 'Half Baked' perfectly capture the sort of estrangement -daunting yet hopeful- that comes when moving into a new place, with its slow tempos mirroring the cautious pace of a foreigner and the intoxicated atmospheres calmly distilling the essence of a new environment. Nadia and Benedikt describe this new habitat as small kids on big bikes, eating dry instant noodles, playing with what's to find on the streets, static aircraft traffic closely over our heads and constant running engines. Listening to the music that arose from it, it's obvious that, once again, they've been able to overturn apparently hostile elements into a place were you'd want to stay forever. The 12" comes housed in a sleeve designed by Xavier Marin.

Share Article

Details

Release Date

20.09.2018

Cat No

HVN049

Tracklist

Track 1
icon/play-white
Track 2
icon/play-white
Track 3
icon/play-white
Track 4
icon/play-white
Track 5
icon/play-white
Track 6
icon/play-white
Techno
icon/play-white
LP
INIT
22.95 €
NRGY Optimo Music
Backorder
Techno
LP
icon/play-white
INIT
22.95 €
NRGY Optimo Music
Techno
icon/play-white
12''
INIT
9.95 €
Stereometric Games EP Les Disques De La Mort
Backorder
Techno
12''
icon/play-white
INIT
9.95 €
Stereometric Games EP Les Disques De La Mort
Electronica
CD
Init
18.95 €
Two Pole Resonance Hivern Discs
Add To Cart
Electronica
CD
Init
18.95 €
Two Pole Resonance Hivern Discs
Electronica
icon/play-white
LP + mp3
INIT
20.95 €
Two Pole Resonance Hivern Discs
Add To Cart
Electronica
LP + mp3
icon/play-white
INIT
20.95 €
Two Pole Resonance Hivern Discs
icon/play-white
12"
INIT
11.95 €
INIT + Remixes Hivern Discs
Backorder
12"
icon/play-white
INIT
11.95 €
INIT + Remixes Hivern Discs
Techno
icon/play-white
12“
Absis
16.95 €
Fenix Hivern Discs
Preorder
Techno
12“
icon/play-white
Absis
16.95 €
Fenix Hivern Discs
E Pop
icon/play-white
12“
Shakkatam
16.95 €
Run Hivern Discs
Backorder
Rock / Pop / Indie
12“
icon/play-white
Shakkatam
16.95 €
Run Hivern Discs
Cosmic
icon/play-white
12"
oma totem
15.95 €
exercicis ritmics Hivern Discs
Add To Cart
Disco
12"
icon/play-white
oma totem
15.95 €
exercicis ritmics Hivern Discs
Techno
icon/play-white
12"
oma totem
17.95 €
exercicis ritmics (Limited Edition Handprinted Sle Hivern Discs
Backorder
Techno
12"
icon/play-white
oma totem
17.95 €
exercicis ritmics (Limited Edition Handprinted Sle Hivern Discs
tba
2-LP
Mioclono aka John Talabot and Velmondo
27.95 €
Cluster I Hivern Discs
Backorder
2-LP
Mioclono aka John Talabot and Velmondo
27.95 €
Cluster I Hivern Discs
Techno
icon/play-white
12"
Khidja
15.95 €
Something In The Water Hivern Discs
Backorder
Techno
12"
icon/play-white
Khidja
15.95 €
Something In The Water Hivern Discs
Italo Disco
icon/play-white
LP
System Olympia
38.95 €
New Erotica Collection (Durante Version) Okey Nature
Add To Cart
Disco
LP
icon/play-white
System Olympia
38.95 €
New Erotica Collection (Durante Version) Okey Nature
Wave
icon/play-white
LP
The Cult
25.00 €
Love (2.Hand) Virgin
Backorder
Rock / Pop / Indie
LP
icon/play-white
The Cult
25.00 €
Love (2.Hand) Virgin
Wave
EP
Lebanon Hanover
27.95 €
Better Than Going Under Fabrika
Backorder
Rock / Pop / Indie
EP
Lebanon Hanover
27.95 €
Better Than Going Under Fabrika
Wave
icon/play-white
LP + mp3
Boy Harsher
22.95 €
Lesser Man (Extended Version LP+MP3) Nude Club
Add To Cart
Rock / Pop / Indie
LP + mp3
icon/play-white
Boy Harsher
22.95 €
Lesser Man (Extended Version LP+MP3) Nude Club
Wave
icon/play-white
EP
Shit Robot
22.95 €
5 Songs DFA
Add To Cart
Rock / Pop / Indie
EP
icon/play-white
Shit Robot
22.95 €
5 Songs DFA
Wave
LP
Red Axes
28.95 €
One More City Fabric Originals
Backorder
Rock / Pop / Indie
LP
Red Axes
28.95 €
One More City Fabric Originals