SinQ – Netlabel Archive

Artist: SinQ
Title: Passage
Label: Monotonik
Catalog #: mtk164
Release Date: 2006/04/16

Another debut on Monotonik, and honestly, somewhat of a spectacular one from SinQ, aka Sander van Oirschot, a Dutch electronic musician who’s produced, in his album ‘Passage’, one of our favorite works so far this year – and we’re lucky enough to be able to release it for free, too!

Completely licensed via Creative Commons, and even using multiple CC-licensed recordings as samples, SinQ’s blend of triphop, electronics, and ambient is evocative and beautiful, with first track ‘Who’s Afraid Of Noises?’ using haunting female vocals, samples from noted Dutch jazz pianist Jeroen van Vliet, and a loping Bristolian sound to air things out in a rather wonderful way.

In general, it’s either an ambient hush or gorgeous blisslike nu-chill, reminiscent of some of the best of the genre, with ‘Be Brave’ rinsing out the evocative, Overpass building up a kind of slow train groove, and ‘Are You There?’ leading up to a soundtrack high. Things all end out with ‘Epiloque’, again gorgeous, and really the epitome of what Monotonik has tried to provide for the last few years – the best headphone music you can find.

[Full credits for the album are available as a JPG cover piece alongside this release.]

Credits:
cover by Sinq

Tracklist:
01 – Who’s Afraid Of Noises?
02 – The Walk Pt 1
03 – Be Brave
04 – The Walk Pt 2
05 – Overpass
06 – Port Aventura
07 – Are You There?
08 – FreeJazz
09 – Headphase
10 – Epiloque