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The latest by Texan-turned-Angeleno progressive vaporwave producer Carlos Ramirez aka AURAGRAPH finds him shifting focus to the dance floor across eight chrome clockworks of cosmic acid house and liquid rave glide 'New Standard'. Inspired by lessons learned during a 5K mile American road trip tour in the summer 2022, he set to work in his Simi Valley Tuff Shed of synths and hardware, pursuing an explicitly DJ- friendly muse InchI realized I wanted to make a record where every track could go off in a live setting.InchThese cuts do just that, revved and rhythmic, peppered with slap bass, Madchester whistles, filtered acid, gated snares, baggy cowbell, and sample pack classics - record scratches, orchestral stabs, the InchYeah! Woo!Inch from Lynn Collins InchThink (About It).Inch Ramirez describes the process as immediate and instinctual InchI'd turn on the MPC, pick a tempo, and just improv - it was incredibly fun.InchFrom sleek freeway techno (Inch110 CruisingInch) to arcade lurker acid (InchCoast 2 CoastInch) to big room bangers (Inch666 AmbienceInch), the tracks time-travel across the canon of club music, sifting tricks and styles to fashion fresh anthems of hypnagogic jack. It's an album channeled as much as crafted, tapping into the decks of mythic warehouse infinities past and present, where the system rips all night and acid never dies. Album Tracks 1. New Standard 2. Dub City 3. 110 Cruisin 4. Coast 2 Coast 5. Acid 4 U 6. 666 Ambience 7. Heatwave 8. No Longer Here
