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Variant - The Setting Sun Vinyl 2LP album cover

Variant - The Setting Sun Vinyl 2LP

LABEL: Field Records | FILE UNDER: Ambient / Modern Composition / New Age
FOR FANS OF: cv313, Intrusion, DeepChord

$49.98

The latest in Field Records' run of essential vinyl pressings revisits Stephen Hitchell's 2009 masterpiece under his Variant alias, The Setting Sun. As part of Echospace and also celebrated for his productions as Intrusion and Soultek, Hitchell is considered a leading light in dub techno, with the versatility in his sound to range from rhythmic, physical pulses to purely tonal, abyssal drone. His work as Variant, which debuted with The Setting Sun, capitalizes on this scope to deliver a compelling ambient-with-teeth set richly deserving of a proper vinyl pressing. The Setting Sun first emerged on Echospace as a download-only release. Hitchell was at pains to map out the tools that went into the sound on the album -- field recordings of storms in Berlin, Germany and train rides in Narita, Japan, outboard synths and samplers. Crucially, he declared no computers were used, and it shows. When The Setting Sun was recorded, in-the-box production was largely dominating electronic music and the technology had yet to replicate the warmth and character of analogue equipment. Hitchell's looming chords come baked with harmonic overtones, surface noise becomes another essential layer and fragments of distortion add to the narrative of these glacial, monumental pieces. The presence of piano keys feels stark in the Variant sound world, but Hitchell ably folds these coded elements into his process bathed in the same curious luminosity that lingers around all his work. Evolving at a painstaking pace, the plaintive humanity in the cascading keys and plucked guitar strings renders one of the most personal expressions in Hitchell's considerable canon -- a unique release that holds its own space comfortably, The Setting Sun is a profound benchmark in a stellar discography.

PRODUCT DETAILS

  • FORMAT: 2xLP
  • ARTIST: Variant
  • TITLE: The Setting Sun
  • LABEL: Field Records
  • CATALOG NUMBER: FIELD 40
  • GENRE: Ambient / Modern Composition / New Age
  • SUB-GENRES: Dub Techno, Drone, Ambient
  • RELEASE YEAR: 2026
  • UPC: 4250101493751
  • CONDITION: New
TRACKLIST

01. As Time Stood Still
02. Enchanted
03. Upon A Dream
04. A Silent Storm
05. Someplace Else
06. Adrift

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UPC: 4250101493751

SKU: FSLP-1973

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