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Daydream Utopia

by Chris Coco

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Chris Coco My new album on preorder now. Vinyl pre-orders will be shipped to arrive before the release date on 5 April.
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    Join artist / producer Chris Coco in the chat for a playback of the new album Daydream Utopia. Feel free to ask questions but expect more questions than answers.
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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    amazing design by Anthony at Studio Imeus printed on reverse board; printed inner sleeve art and label art too, black vinyl.

    Includes digital pre-order of Daydream Utopia. You get 3 tracks now (streaming via the free Bandcamp app and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the complete album the moment it’s released.
    shipping out on or around April 5, 2024

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    one of four original test pressings for Chris Coco's new album.

    Includes digital pre-order of Daydream Utopia. You get 3 tracks now (streaming via the free Bandcamp app and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the complete album the moment it’s released.
    digital album releases April 5, 2024
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    Pre-order of Daydream Utopia. You get 3 tracks now (streaming via the free Bandcamp app and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the complete album the moment it’s released.
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    releases April 5, 2024

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1.
Extraordianary Measures video
2.
Synesthesia
3.
For The People
4.
Tokyo Ame 04:53
5.
3BlueHidrotape
6.
RGB video
7.
8.
Interstellar
9.

about

Daydream Utopia is an album of atmospheric downtempo electronica made to be played in two sessions on an old fashioned vinyl disc. As the title suggests it's a soundtrack for a day dream or maybe an inner or outer space exploration.
File under : electronica / beyond-balearic / downtempo / experimental / cosmic home listening

More notes on the album - messages from another point in spacetime and more questions than answers?

What is Daydream Utopia? I guess it’s a vague idea of a better way of being, a feeling, a fuzzy image of an alternate reality, that is hard to describe in words, which is why it has made itself into a collection of tracks on an album, contained in a sleeve that has images and clues but no concrete answers to the question.
But then, maybe there are only more questions that emerge from asking the question. The music has a warm, analogue sound that is at the same time futuristic and nostalgic. It’s made using old machines and new software; it’s mixed digitally to appear on an outdated music carrier - vinyl.
There’s a clarity and purpose the music that pushes forward as well as it appears to cover its tracks, like a double snow plough in a sand storm.
Is Synesthesia about the gift of seeing colours in music or a broadcast on FM radio from California in the 80s beamed back to earth from ComSat after forty years lost in orbit?
If For The People was a peace march would it be fleshy humans in the streets or an imaginary demo dreamed by artificial intelligence?
We do know that Tokyo Ame is a conversation between two lovers, one in Tokyo, one in the Light House studio in London where the track was made. It sounds like love can be about ordinary things like a simple conversation across time zones about rain in two cites in two different parts of the world. Is it saying love is familiarity and friendship, a connection, wherever the lovers happen to be, however disconnected they may feel in the moment?
We know there are more connections to Japan on Leap Year, a song made in collaboration with jazz musician Yoshiharu Takeda. We know there is a power in the vocal performance, but can anybody decipher the meaning?
Is the long, building Interstellar a journey out to the stars or a journey into your mind? Would one, with all its complexity and toil, ultimately be any different from the other?
And what exactly is the Serenity Test?

Early feedback:

“A2, 3 and 5 are immediate standouts - have a sort of Boards Of Canada / IDM vibe.
The voice and tabla on Leap Year make it a potential sunset classic.” Dr Rob (BanBanTonTon)


Album playbacks and Chris Coco DJ sets:

March 29 - Penelope, Ramsgate
March 31 - Simon The Tanner, Bermondsey, London
April 7 - Spiritland, Kings X, London (with art director Anthony Imeus)


And for further obfuscation here are some notes, transcribed from morse code, that appear on the album artwork. They represent, we think, a cut and paste technique that also attempts to put down in words exactly what the album and the individual songs on it are trying to say.

“A series of pleasant thoughts that distract one's attention from the present."she was lost in a daydream”. Extraordinary measures employed measures in their legislation at times when a real threat to the state order and conventional photography. Before the electronic age, the RGB color model already had a solid theory behind it, based in human perception of colors. Every year that is exactly divisible by four is a leap year, except for years that are exactly divisible by 100, but these centurial years are leap years if they are exactly divisible by 400. interstellar definition: 1. between the stars: 2. between the stars: . public order arises, or when the fundaments of democracy and normal functioning of state institutions are at risk. aberrant. anomalistic. anomalous. atypical. bizarre. curious. deviant. deviate. extraordinary. The almost identical Greek word eu-topos means 'a good place'. So at the very heart of the word is a vital question: can a perfect world ever be realised? For example, the years 1700, 1800, and 1900 are not leap years, but the years 1600 and 2000 are. the chaos of European politics. “Synesthesia” comes from the Greek words: “synth” (which means “together”) and “ethesia” (which means “perception”). Conceptual art is art for which the idea (or co the stream of consciousness that detaches by the head of the facility to ensure the safety and security of patients, residents, clients, and other persons during times of natural or man-made disasters shall not be considered restraint, isolation, or seclusion within the meaning of this section. Daydreaming is in the south Atlantic Ocean off the coast of South America. All democratic countries make provision for extraordinary means from current external tasks when attention wrote the first 'Utopia'. He coined the word 'utopia' from the Greek ou-topos meaning 'no place' or ‘nowhere'. Conversions of the Type 1 files to ttf and otf files have also been made. This release is designed for use at small text sizes, with a large x-height and quite thick stroke widths. Probably the most common (yet least intuitive) way to specify colors in CSS is to use their hexadecimal (or hex) values. It is unclear as to whether the book is a serious projection of a better way of life, or a satire that gave More a platform from which to discuss Hex values are actually just a different way to represent RGB values. Instead of using three numbers between 0 and 255 , you use six hexadecimal numbers. the state of being calm, peaceful, and untroubled. "an oasis of serenity drifts to a more personal and internal direction. This phenomenon is common in people's daily life shown by a large-scale study in which participants spend 47% of their waking time on average on daydreaming.[1] A utopia (/juːˈtoʊpiə/ yoo-TOH-pee-ə) is an imagined community or society that possesses highly desirable or nearly perfect qualities for its citizens. The term was coined by Sir Thomas More for his 1516 book Utopia, describing a fictional island society (concept) behind the work is more important than the finished art object. That this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom – and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.” Hydro insulation cuff Hidrotape T, is intended for the development of a water pipe tip hydro insulation system. In 1516 Sir Thomas More amidst the bustling city” calmness. calm. composure. tranquillity. peacefulness. peace of mind. They see no separation between their activities as artists and their everyday existence. The main purpose of the RGB color model is for the sensing, representation, and display of images in electronic systems, such as televisions and computers, though it has also been used in Learn more. "interstellar travel”. Serenity App also uses the test results to produce illustrated, narrative reports that document and describe what your mind does and how it works.”

credits

releases April 5, 2024

Mastered by Eugene at Cromon
Visual identity and design by Studio Imeus

Played, programmed and mixed by Chris Coco
Guitars by Nick Cornu
Voices on Tokyo Ame by Maa and Aya Testuka
Additional instrumentation on 3BlueHidrotape by Horacio Manuel Alvarez Jimenez aka Yawa Ze.
Additional instrumentation on Leap Year by Yoshiharu Takeda
Additional instrumentation on For The People by Matteo Gallerani aka Gallo (Berlin)


Main Hardware Instruments

Roland Alpha Juno-2
Korg Minilogue xd
Korg MS20
Roland RE-501
Fender Jazz Bass
Fender Telecaster Guitar

Main Software Instruments

Arturia CMI V
U-he Diva
Arp Odyssey

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Chris Coco London, UK

DJ, producer, writer, label boss, blah.
Here you can find all Chris Coco music releases, often in special Bandcamp only versions. Also check his label DSPPR (Disappear)
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