{"title":"Kerrie","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"machine-alliance","title":"Machine Alliance","description":"\u003cp\u003eAt what point does a new tool or technology become so integral to a process as to be intrinsic? And what happens if that technology starts to subordinate its user?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy reflecting on these questions Machine Alliance, the new EP by Irish producer Kerrie on Tresor Records, connects her music to the sci-fi origins of techno and electronic music in general.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith inspiration from classic books and films of the genre such as The Machine Stops, The Matrix, and Blade Runner as well as modern explorations in art and philosophy like Free Your Mind and Technopoly, the EP’s title takes on two opposing but intersecting meanings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne, based on the potential for machines to take over or replace humans, is a key idea of sci-fi that seems closer to reality with the arrival of machine learning and real artificial intelligence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe second has a much more positive view, one where the “alliance” is between the artist and machine to create the music, a process she places immense value on, being both cathartic and therapeutic, whilst also being a vehicle of addition and expansion:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“I feel that it’s a collaboration...the machines are precise in their timing and I add the human touch (literally) in the live performance which adds natural imperfections, so we both provide something the other can’t. There’s also an element of growth; the machines get updates and so are always expanding in terms of their musical capabilities. And the more I push my own technical abilities I feel we are growing together in a constant synchronised dance.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis “dance” results in four tracks (plus three digital-only bonuses) of classic machine funk which combine the aforementioned ideas in sci-fi with a deep lifelong affection for techno. Tracks like Ode to the D, and Technopoly Dream display this love through her choice of sounds and structure, both intentional and subconscious, while Replicants, and Human in the Loop project into other genres to fully round this release off as a contemporary example of music rooted in both past and future.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tresor","offers":[{"title":"12\"","offer_id":50513302126923,"sku":"2188288","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/TRESOR370_a54ea574_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727925300"},{"product_id":"echoes-of-the-live-wire","title":"Echoes Of The Live Wire","description":"\u003cp\u003eIrish techno producer, Kerrie, returns to Tresor Records with her second EP for the label. Entitled Echoes Of The Live Wire, this collection captures the beauty and essence of live performance; a moment in time never to be repeated.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis fixing of time is also given a different meaning as the EP explores the ways in which intense moments in our lives, both joyful and painful, are crystallised into memory, both beautiful and haunting, lingering long after they've passed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLayered meanings are employed throughout as Kerrie explores this idea: Live Wire draws connections between circuit boards and the human nervous system, whilst also toying with multiple meanings of the word “live”.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEchoes Of channels classic Detroit techno influences, resonating with the distant hum ofmemories that refuse to fade, while Moment To Memory is a beatless, floating piece which slowly builds to an ecstatic crescendo.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tresor","offers":[{"title":"12\" - Black","offer_id":53348318642507,"sku":"R1104-6762","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/TRESOR385.jpg?v=1757416784"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/fr\/collections\/kerrie.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}