{"title":"Eomac","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArtist, composer, producer, DJ and label owner of Eotrax. Eomac is a multi-talented artist who has made a significant impact on the electronic music scene. With his unique blend of experimental soundscapes and hard-hitting beats, he has carved out a niche for himself in the industry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEomac draws inspiration from a diverse range of genres and artists including Lakker, Karenn, Blawan, Rrose, Ancient Methods, SHXCXCHCXSH, Stanislav Tolkachev, Restive Plaggona, Oake, SØS Gunver Ryberg and many more. His music reflects this eclectic taste by incorporating elements from various styles to create something truly original.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs the founder of Eotrax label, Eomac has not only established himself as an accomplished musician but also as a curator of cutting-edge electronic music. Through his label's releases and events he continues to push boundaries and support emerging talent within the industry.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"chasing-stateless","title":"Chasing Stateless","description":"\u003cp\u003eSaint Abdullah and Eomac is a long distance, ongoing collaboration between New York based Iranian-Canadian brothers Mohammad and Mehdi Mehrabani (Saint Abdullah) and Ian McDonnell a.k.a. Eomac, based in Wicklow in Ireland. They tested the waters with their first album on Nicolas Jaar's Other People label last year, but 'Chasing Stateless' is their fullest expression so far.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe creative mindset behind the album starts with bravery and eschews escapism. Says Saint Abdullah's Mohammad, \"As a collective, we exist to test the revolutionary possibilities within sound and sonic storytelling. As a means to finding a vision of the future and for building cultural dialogue today. Our belief is that the expressiveness of this vision should be pushed to its utmost limits to reveal anew. I always felt that the intensity of the middle eastern soul needs to be revealed more potently. Ian and the Irish have it too. I suspect most historically oppressed cultures do.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe music on \u003ci\u003eChasing Stateless\u003c\/i\u003e avoids easy middle eastern tropes — \"I think what we're proposing here is that you don't need to water down our culture, you don't need to take only the bits that fit your idea of who we are, what we are. You ought to take it in its entirety.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMusically, the album approaches established genres and re-orientates them towards middle eastern rhythm and melody with an iron soul. Songs are rough and intense. Rusty polyrhythms, daf drums wrapped in a thick coating of distortion or punchy kicks with micro-edited samples of middle eastern life spiralling across them. Mournful melodies are squeezed out until the music teeters on the edge of rhythmic collapse. \u003ci\u003eChasing Stateless\u003c\/i\u003e is rough and energetic but also tender and reflective too. It's a human sound, utilising technology but not about technology. Sample heavy with expressions of anger, sadness and hope present and deeply felt.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe album's title speaks to a loss of collective societal imagination; of 'chasing status'. As Moh says \"This generation, man, we're really good at putting up walls, despite all our openness. But where does this all lead to? What exactly are we chasing? This is where I especially love the name \u003ci\u003eChasing Stateless\u003c\/i\u003e, because if all this continues, we indeed will end up stateless, society-less, community-less, neighbor-less. 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He digs deep into light and dark mysticism for the dancefloor, as experienced in numerous performances at festivals and clubs across the globe.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Emika Records","offers":[{"title":"12\"","offer_id":50477729743179,"sku":"2011527","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/EOCEP01_87500b7a_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727477315"},{"product_id":"cracks-1","title":"Cracks","description":"\u003cp\u003eIan McDonnell is an Irish producer living in Wicklow near Dublin. Alongside his solo releases as Eomac he's also one half of the duos Lakker, noeverything and Lena Andersson. \u003ci\u003eCracks\u003c\/i\u003e represents a change of scenery and a change of practice from his previous two albums which were both conceptualised from the outset and recorded while living in Berlin. In contrast \u003ci\u003eCracks\u003c\/i\u003e was made in a beautiful rural part of Ireland without any outside pressure. These circumstances allowed Ian to wipe the slate clean and make an album guided by his mood on any particular day, connecting into the subtle power of his new environment and reflecting it, rather than working to please the suffocating demands of clublife. The title \u003ci\u003eCracks\u003c\/i\u003e comes from the idea that, to quote Leonard Cohen, a crack is \"how the light gets in\", but also of course it's a title that bears witness to the cracks fomenting in the world right now. The music comes across with depth and passion, sounding deep and mossy with Eomac's penchant for punchy, shuffling drums underpinning the emotive tracks. From the off, the furious 'Mandate For Murder' flips and repeats Akala's protest about systemic racism, rushing deep into the panicked sirens of 'Portuguese Man O' War'. The album settles into a sense of mystery, wildness and dark otherworldliness with the foggy drone and timber kick of 'Ancient Self' reflecting the awe and spiritual connections to his new environment, much like the gorgeous strings and aqueous bleeps of 'Seashells' or the pitch-shifted shoegaze of 'Prophetess'. At other points it responds to the human condition, for instance the cathartic 'Falling Through the Cracks' where a broken scream is pitted against clattering drums. At other moments it simply reaches out; 'Reasons to Live's' whispered mantra of \"I know you are loved by somebody\" is gently insistent. It ends with a reference to a place he's left behind, seen through the lens of nature. 'All the Rabbits in the Tiergarten' could be a missing track from Aphex's Ambient Works, albeit with cut-up scissoring drums. 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