Territoriality, by Caged Element

Territoriality

by Caged Element

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1.	Deprivation 08:19	buy track
2.	Monumental Axis 05:59	buy track
3.	Lost Transmission 02:44	buy track
4.	Dark Horizons 06:38	buy track
5.	Consumed 02:52	buy track
6.	Ghost City 07:30	buy track
7.	Equilibrium 00:39	buy track
8.	Shadows At Noon 07:17	buy track
9.	Dissolution 07:23	buy track
10.	Inversion 05:28	buy track
11.	Nihilistic 05:49	buy track
12.	Metallurgical 03:24	buy track

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Building where he left off with the cyberpunk aesthetic of last year’s Ascension, Caged Element (Paul Bolstridge of Pirtek and Concealed Sequence), takes us along for another installment of moody techno with Territoriality. Where the former felt more like a trip aboard a spacecraft depicted on its artwork, this new outing offers a patchwork of cinematic vignettes in a city which could plausibly feel either extraterrestrial or like a bleak chapter of Earth’s history. “Monumental Axis” continues to build on the sense of scale hinted at in its name. “Lost Transmission” feels both like the last glimmer of hope and a hint as to where things went awry. “Consumed” and “Equilibrium” bookend the starkly titled “Ghost City”, as we are launched into the heart of the album with Bolstridge’s penchant for filmic atmospheres on full display. Inversion wastes no time, beginning full tilt into the murk. Closing number “Metallurgical” is almost but not quite a reprise of opener “Deprivation”, and ends on a cliffhanger. Although much of Territoriality excels in the narrative home listening variety of techno, there are certainly moments with dancefloor potential, balanced by cinematic sequences.

- N. S. Girling

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released March 29, 2024

Created by Pirtek.

Produced by Paul Bolstridge and Lewis Platten.
Mastered by Lewis Platten at Hexagon Digital Studios.

Artwork by Winterfront.

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Caged Element Derby, UK

Solo project of Concealed Sequence drum programmer Paul Bolstridge (Pirtek). Dark, dank Minimal Techno and Ambient styles fused with Detroit and the early days of IDM, when the term mostly referred to slightly off kilter Psychedelic, Chillout room material. Closely affiliated with Lewis Platten, who co-produces and masters later work at Hexagon Studios. ... more

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