Rival Consoles share ‘I Like’ – Latest single
RIVAL CONSOLES
SHARES NEW TRACK, ‘I LIKE’
TAKEN FROM THE ALBUM, OVERFLOW
OUT ON ERASED TAPES – 3 DECEMBER 2021
Rival Consoles shares the latest single from his upcoming album Overflow, out on Erased Tapes, 3 December 2021.
‘I Like’ features the mapping of data from dancer Tia Hockey’s personal monologue, which controls the volume of the chords based on the activity of her voice – drawing attention to things happening behind the curtain, invisible systems, algorithms.
Listen to the single here: https://idol.lnk.to/Overflow
Ryan Lee West explains, “With this piece, the dancers were recording lots of personal monologues about how they felt when using social media. Alex the choreographer suggested exploring the words ‘I like’ as it’s so abundant a term and action online. With a simple momentary recording of this I began crafting a piece, in which melancholic chords would gently be triggered by Tia’s voice, as well as manipulating the words ‘I like.. and they were like..’ with a very chaotic system. I wanted to create a mood that was a weird combination of contentedness, sadness and strangeness.”
The new album – a resonant and explorative soundscape of original music, composed for renowned choreographer Alexander Whitley’s contemporary dance production Overflow – explores themes of the human and emotional consequences of life surrounded by data. The piece echoes the concept of social media, advertising, marketing companies and political factions exploiting our data to gain wealth, political advantage and sow division.
Overflow was premiered by the Alexander Whitley Dance Company in May 2021 at the Sadler’s Wells in London and is scheduled to tour through theatres in Europe in spring 2022. Rival Consoles has just completed a sold out tour that included a performance at The Clapham Grand, and will embark on European and North American dates in the new year.
The score will be released by Erased Tapes on limited edition vinyl and CD as well as digital formats on 3 December 2021: https://idol.lnk.to/Overflow
OVERFLOW TRACKLISTING (Cat # ERATP147)
1. Monster
2. I Like
3. Hands
5. Noise Call and Response I
6. Overflow
7. The Cloud Oracle
8. Tension in the Cloud
9. Noise Call and Response II
10. Scanning
11. Flow State
12. Touches Everything
13. Making Sense of It All
‘I Like’ on Bandcamp: https://rivalconsoles.bandcamp.com/track/i-like
Listen to Monster: https://rivalconsoles.bandcamp.com/track/monster
Listen to Pulses of Information: https://rivalconsoles.bandcamp.com/track/pulses-of-information-1
Stream/download the single and pre-save/pre-order the album: https://idol.lnk.to/Overflow
Press for the dance performance
“There are some excellent effects: a dancer cutting a wide sheet of light with his limbs; a striking image where red beams cross the stage and the light sculpture moves slowly over a knot of naked dancers on the floor, as if scanning their bodies, harvesting data, identities, perhaps their humanity, too” — The Guardian
“The choreography is cleverly detailed and illustrative of consummate experience, with complex dance sequences involving precise synchronicity followed by intricate individual elements. The lighting in Overflow is as much a part of it as the dancers and music, foreboding and watchful, then friendly and approachable, a character unto itself.”
★★★★ — The Upcoming