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Exit

by Martin Zaffran

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"Using the textured sonics of Echidna as a basis, Martin Zaffran expanded those innovations by scaling back the songs to a personal setting and adding a grittier attack for its follow-up, Exit. It's a move that returns him to the sweeping, anthemic chiptune of Stowed Under, but if Stowed Under was an exploding political bomb, Exit is a journey through its aftermath, trying to find sense in the desperation. That means that even the anthems -- the epic "License II Dance," the yearning "Turn Again" -- have seeds of doubt within their soaring choruses, and those fears take root throughout the album, whether it's in the mournful "Mont Royal," the surging "Vanishing Act" or the hypnotic "URKS 114.0 / Fish Out of Water." So it might seem a little ironic that Martin Zaffran became a superstar on the back of such a dark record, but his focus has never been clearer, nor has his music been catchier, than on Exit. Unexpectedly, Martin Zaffran has also tempered his textural plunderphonics with English influences. Not only are Zaffran's lyrics obsessed with the United Kingdom, but art rock influences are heard throughout the record, and instead of using these as roots, they're used as ways to add texture to the music. With the uniformly excellent songs -- only the clumsy, heavy stock music and portentous lyrics of "Texas History Intermission" fall flat -- the result is a powerful, uncompromising record that became a hit due to its vision and its melody. Never before have Martin Zaffran's big messages sounded so direct and personal." - Stephen Thomas Erlewine, AllMusic

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Exit is the second album in a trilogy of plunderphonics records. Instead of using obscure material or heavily altering well-known songs, the intent was to take famous material and make new ambient and dance-oriented music out of it while having the original samples remain recognizable.

Exit is the sequel to Echidna. It was recorded from the 14th of January 2016 to the 5th of February 2016. It's an album about movement and ways out.

Exit contains sampled material from artists such as U2, George Michael, The Rolling Stones, Joy Division, Masafumi Takada, Killing Joke, Vangelis, NEU!, XTC, and New Order.

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released February 7, 2016

Martin Zaffran: editing, mixing, cover design
Faustian "Faust" Repercussions: sample suggestions

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