RIVAL CONSOLES - ilgai lauktas britų elektroninės muzikos atlikėjas atvyksta į Lietuvą

"Impossible to miss and hard to forget" - this is how one of the most famous music portals Pitchfork wrote about Rival Consoles' work, and the music magazine Clash noted that the artist "consciously tries to offset the gloomy everyday life". Ryan Lee West, who creates under the pseudonym Rival Consoles, is considered one of the most influential producers of electronic music in the United Kingdom. The artist released his first EP (extended play) "Vemeer" under the pseudonym Aparatec in 2007. with London-based independent label Erased Tapes. By the way, this was the first record released by this label in general. That same year, Ryan Lee West began producing as Rival Consoles, and his records are still released by Erased Tapes. It is now one of the world's most respected and well-known experimental music publishing companies, with artists such as Nils Frahm, Ólafur Arnalds, Kiasmos, etc.

London-based Rival Consoles' electronic music is distinguished by the human nuances and atmosphere given to the sound of synthesizers. Over the course of seventeen years, his work has constantly evolved - the early complex production acquired more and more conceptual and metamorphic sounds over time. A clear turning point in the work of Rival Consoles occurred in 2014-2015. with two EPs 'Odyssey' and 'Sonne', which began to establish his reputation as a creator of intelligent electronica covering a wide range of musical ideas. Portal "Pitchfork" has described the music of this creator as "refined, avant-garde, close to the styles of Jon Hopkins and Nils Frahm". Like these creators, Rival Consoles does not shy away from going outside the boundaries of the genre and taking non-standard paths - for example, the artist has organized several audiovisual performances with the London Contemporary Orchestra.

Interestingly, that Ryan Lee West mostly listened to rock music and played guitar as a teenager. These experiences left a mark in his electronic creations as well: the artist often tests his ideas not with synthesizers, but with acoustic instruments – guitar or piano, thus encoding in his tracks the delicate sense of song creation and the need for a more organic sound. Rival Consoles has also remixed works by well-known electronic music creators Jon Hopkins, Ólafur Arnalds, Nils Frahm, Max Cooper, Vessels, Noisia, Sasha, Toydrum and more. The artist has participated in major music festivals - Sónar, Moogfest, FORM, Mutek, Big Ears, Lovebox, Roskilde, Wonderfruit, MIRA, Strawberry Fields, as well as performed at iconic music venues - Berlin's Berghain, Seattle's The Crocodile, Los Angeles' Union Station and more.

Rival Consoles will be at London's Troxy in September hall, Salle Pleyel in Paris, Reeperbahn Festival in Hamburg and Columbiahalle in Berlin. Before coming to Vilnius, the artist will organize a tour in the United States of America in October - he will perform at the festivals "Desert Daze" and "Slingshot" and perform in San Francisco, Vancouver, Seattle and Portland.

Rival Consoles has released 8 full-length solo albums and one joint album with Icelandic minimalist techno duo Kiasmos, as well as six EPs. During the audiovisual performance in Vilnius, the artist will present not only his latest studio album "Now Is", but also immersive audio and video experiences that cover the work of Rival Consoles over the past decade. From rich ambient to unique-sounding techno and the entire wide spectrum between these genres, the artist will present a unique narrative of his ideas that has never been heard live.

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