{"product_id":"modern-apartments-light-on-water-lp","title":"MODERN APARTMENTS - Light On Water LP","description":"\u003cp\u003eHighly recommended (the track linked at our website rules! We only imported one copy...)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn Dark Entries, an LP featuring 8 cuts of instrumental cosmic-kosmische analog synth workouts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eModern Apartments is Ryan Ambridge, the musician and producer best known for his work with dark synth projects Linea Aspera and Lust Pattern. While both of those outlets lean towards the greyscale and robotic, Ambridge wanted to explore a more colourful palette with Modern Apartments, a livelier, looser sound.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe medium of film plays a major role here; Ambridge works as a projectionist, screening archival prints of 35mm and 16mm films, and the textures and temporality of the medium fed directly into the Modern Apartments aesthetic. But it isn’t all blurry edges and fuzzy optimism on Light on Water.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSays Ambridge, “Regular beats from old rhythm boxes and the sharp angles of post-punk found their way in. The contrasting imagery from those old film prints, of dense cities and open countryside, is reflected back in the dialog between looser sounds and rigid stylistic choices.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis tension shines through on tracks like album opener “Completely,” which pairs the icy minimalism of John Foxx with the meandering grooves of Cluster, or the eponymous “Light on Water” which leans even further into the sun-bleached vibes of Roedelius.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLight on Water is perfect late-summer listening, as the last gasps of seasonal radiance fade into autumnal splendor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zxRCrpbJrvA?si=x8fhLbC1PGBJ7zsI\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e","brand":"Dark Entries","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67842812510302,"sku":"MODERN APARTMENTS - Life On Water LP","price":48.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1273\/6111\/files\/modernapartments-lifeonwater.jpg?v=1792915274","url":"https:\/\/www.strangeworldrecords.com.au\/products\/modern-apartments-light-on-water-lp","provider":"Strangeworld Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}