The Tape (Episode 7: ODD SHAPES)

Urban landscapes, desolate and crowded at the same time, as can happen only at nighttime. Small dark alleys between the skyscrapers of a modern metropolis. The wet asphalt with a slight but steady rain. The silence broken only by the sirens of the ambulances and the chatter of groups of drunk guys.
Here is the ideal setting for an epic, experimental at times futuristic and industrial sound. This is the sound of Odd Shapes, Danish beats-oriented artist, guest of the 7° episode of THE TAPE podcast.
The mixtape starts in an epic "key" (with Forest Swords and Holy Other). Epic theme that is never abandoned for the whole mix but, thanks to Four Tet, Burial, Oneohtrix Point Never, Illum Sphere, assumes ambient, industrial and futuristic variations that alternate between them and find a meeting point in the Odd Shapes' songs (Nightfall, Inferior - Odd Shapes Remix).

Tracklist:

01 Forest Swords - Friend, You Will Never Learn [Tri Angle Records]
02 Holy Other - Tense Past [Tri Angle Records]
03 DyE - Fantasy [Tigersushi Records]
04 Odd Shapes - Nightfall [Polaron Collective]
05 FKA Twigs - Papi Pacify [Young Turks Records]
06 Borealis - Nightfall (Ben Lukas Boysen Remix) [Origami Sound]
07 Lorn - Weigh Me Down (Illum Sphere Remix) [NinjaTune]
08 Four Tet - Parallel Jalebi [Text Records]
09 Oneohtrix Point Never - Zebra [Warp Records]
10 Blak Nite - MoNY [Dark Clover Records]
11 Burial - Come Down to Us [Hyperdub Records]
12 Oneohtrix Point Never - Chrome Country [Warp Records]
13 NuGravity - Don't Make Me Fly, Don't Make Me Cry [Plastik Sound]
14 Amphior - Inferior (Odd Shapes Remix) [Unreleased]
15 Nocow - Mist [Origami Sound]
16 Jon Hopkins - Abandon Window [Domino Records]

ODD SHAPES
Denmark based Odd Shapes released his debut EP through Dark Clover Records in 2012. Since then he has been doing a lot of single tracks and remixes on various labels. In his productions the fine blend of haunting details and, at times uplifting, evocative compositions comes in contrast with futuristic nuances of beats-oriented music.

Some Important Events:
- A Strangely Isolated Place recently put out a beautiful double vinyl whereon Echaskech remixes my track "Desert Plant"
- Origami Sound is releasing my 2nd EP "Intense Appreciation" on 14.02 2014. There will be released a couple of teaser videos up till the date on my website oddshapes.net which is under construction at the moment.
- Also I just started a project called 'Lattice' with a fellow producer from Denmark. It's a house/techno-thing (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTgrgShTsYc).

LINKS:
FACEBOOK Odd Shapes: https://www.facebook.com/oddshapesdk
SOUNDCLOUD: https://soundcloud.com/oddshapes

FACEBOOK Beat Machine: https://www.facebook.com/BeatMachineRec