Destroy & Dream

by EVADE

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1.	Forgetting 04:23	buy track
2.	Untitled Dream 02:17	buy track
3.	Pavilion 02:55	buy track
4.	Endless 02:47	buy track
5.	Love 03:19	buy track
6.	Seeking For Mr. Freud 03:56	buy track
7.	Gift 05:04	buy track
8.	Crush 03:38	buy track
9.	God 03:27	buy track
10.	Seeking For Mr. Freud (Okamotonoriaki Remix) 04:43	buy track
11.	Pavilion (FJORDNE Remix) 03:00	buy track
12.	Love (Serph Remix) 03:38	buy track

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“Losing the absurd, a beautiful haze, the sun and moon as usual, fluctuating into madness”

Electronic trio Evade have been honing their repertoire of sounds crafted within the urban pastoral landscapes of former Portugese colony, Macau. In this much anticipated full-length album entitled “Destroy & Dream”, Evade takes on the view of a distant observer, questioning life, the earth, the universe and the values of its living creatures, yet with the consolation of dreams, seclusion and shelter.

Evade builds tension through sustained silences and broken down electronic arrangements by Faye Choi, electronic whiz kid and producer of the band. Sonia Ka Ian Lao, an award-winning poet and novelist, pens poignant mantras, softly expressing them in layers of arresting whispers in her native Mandarin dialect Cantonese in “Forgetting”, “Endless” and “God”. As much an imagist as a writer, she creates these characters and Freudian dream-like scenarios that seem circle each other in unpredictable rhythms, intersecting without premeditation. In “Crush”, a carefully-crafted dream pop elegy, Brandon L strums the guitar so languidly as if in acceptance with the disenchantment of the world, and all is swallowed beneath a symphony of bit-crushed synths and white noise.

What seems like a continuous vision of despair is destroyed as if the Looking Glass has shattered – in “Love”, all self-seriousness and heroism is clean forgotten now as disorienting, idiosyncratic elements are spasmodically injected – these are puzzling as they are almost self-depreciating, for here lies what really makes Evade so elusive. In “Seeking Mr. Freud” and “Pavilion”, textures are unconventionally amalgamated with minimalist beat loops, traditional oriental instrumentation and fragments of sounds sampled from old Hong Kong films. Despite the mélange of growing-up influences such as Cocteau Twins and Slowdive, Evade may be just what you get when James Blake meets Cocorosie. A slowing burning eruption on all counts, the moments in “Destroy & Dream” are excruciatingly intimate one moment and hauntingly deconstructed the next, yet these are powerfully sequenced images, with flashes of light that cut through the haze of illicit memories.

This album also features three remixes by three acclaimed producers/musicians from Japan. For Kitchen. Label fans, FJORDNE pushes the boundary of his constantly evolving jazz piano in the remix of “Pavilion”, and it may very well provide a glimpse of his future work. Lastly, Serph from established Japanese independent label noble and arguably one of the brightest new talents in the Japanese electronic music scene adds his masterful interpretation of “Love”. Mastered and designed by KITCHEN. LABEL founder Ricks Ang.

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released June 30, 2012

All music by EVADE
Mastered by Ricks Ang
Design by Ricks Ang

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EVADE Macao

Evade is an electronic trio from Macau, formed by Sonia Ka Ian Lao (Vocals), Brandon L (Guitar), and Faye Choi (Sound).

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