SIAN NEW ALBUM
’X’
OUT TODAY, JULY 3 ON OCTOPUS RECORDINGS
LISTEN NOW HERE
“Graham Goodwin isn’t your garden variety techno tastemaker. Known onstage as SIAN, which means ‘sound’ or ‘echo’ in Irish, Goodwin distinguishes himself both behind the decks and in the business of techno. To those most devoted to the genre, his label Octopus Recordings is a 10-year fixture of underground heavy techno lore.” — LA WEEKLY
"Thouse SIAN is typically known for creating songs made for dance floor domination, the 18-track body of work features slower tempo and more melodic songs—making for an interesting pivot for the techno producer.” — Forbes
The highly anticipated new artist album release X, by SIAN, is out today (July 3) on Octopus Recordings and it comes in hot packed with heavy-laden provocative instrumentals, synth-pop compositions, and industrial-influenced techno, masterfully blended into a mysterious and dark cerebral sonic experience that will take you on a ride through that late-night, strobe light pulsing, on the dance floor feeling that SIAN has crafted in this 18-track body of work. A masterpiece of work that is ready to be listened to over and over again. Listen now here.
Getting his influence from many different sources, SIAN makes clear in this record his inspiration by industrial, darkwave, synthwave, and classic electro tracks. The album features a total of 18 tracks—which many have been already released as singles, such as “Subzero,” “Like A Drug” and “Freakquency”. X takes you on a sonic synthwave journey as if you're traveling on “the grid” in a classic retro synthwave inspired film, taking you deep into the heart of an electronic mind, and an electro, techno soul. SIAN spoke about his versatility as a producer and provided us some insight into how he explored different ideas in the formation of the album which has come to be known as, X.
“The night has always been a void I can freely create in, the dark, still abyss I try to convey with the atmosphere of my music and design,” says SIAN. “A concept for the album came about while I drove around LA after dark. Long hazy days writing and weekends crashing in strange hotel rooms after ecstatic shows that seemed to juxtapose into one timeline. An idea that ‘X’ dissolves the past and crosses out the unnecessary parts. Deleting anything not essential to moving forward creatively and as a human, stripping it down to the raw, blasting away the dust and polishing the hardest edge of my music.”
Born in Ireland and raised in Spain, SIAN now resides in the sprawling, sun-drenched metropolis of Los Angeles. If you have ever had the chance to experience one of SIAN’s shows live, then you know his productions and live sets speak for themselves. If you have yet to experience one of his shows, his live sets exhibit a unique, focused higher power. With a vast catalog to select music from, SIAN warps the live experience beyond sensory belief, through the use of unusual hardware, and software, SIAN bends the circuits and signals of the music and your mind. Leaving you feeling an acidic, energetic, pulsating, and adventurous sensation.
SIAN is the owner and founder of Octopus Recordings, to which the label has constantly continued to showcase groundbreaking, hyped-up in the charts music that climbs through the sea of radio and press for over a decade, since 2008. In addition to climbing the charts with his music releases, and label showcases around the world, SIAN has collaborated with and hand-selected many highly talented artists to showcase through the label. Luminary artists such as Nichole Moudaber, Gregor Tresher, Jay Lumen, Anna, Marc Houle, DVS1, Victor Ruiz, Pig & Dan, Julian Jeweil, Slam, Gui Boratto, Carlo Lio, and Oliver Huntemann. Octopus Recordings fearlessly crosses musical lines as it nurtures true artistic talent over everything else in the realm of alternative modern techno, proving to be a label run with integrity in mind, authenticity at heart, and techno at soul.
The complete track listing for SIAN’s X can be found below:
1. Parallax White intro
2. Freakuency
3. Like A Drug
4. Champagne Scars
5. Let It Ride
6. Sleep Paralysis
7. Tyrant
8. Every Time I See You
9. Flow State
10. Subzero
11. Pills
12. Hide
13. Cognitive Distortion
14. Destroy
15. Wake Up
16. Storm
17. Mind
18. City Bleeds Outro
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