Cup, by AeTopus

Cup

by AeTopus

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Krylda This is truly higher dimensional music. I'm not sure how you managed to create it, but I am astounded that you did. Bravo! Favorite track: Softgreen.

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The CD version of CUP, in a factory sealed 4-panel gatefold package that includes all artwork and liner notes.

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	1.	Pure 04:45
	2.	Clean Break 03:40
	3.	Beam 06:34
	4.	Relic 05:45
	5.	Sygna 05:10
	6.	Drue 04:24
	7.	They Know 04:57
	8.	Glance 02:05
	9.	Access 04:47
	10.	Sundial 05:23
	11.	Advert 04:13
	12.	Memento 04:56
	13.	Softgreen 07:02

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In AeTopus’s own words: “Cup is the product of my time in the natural world, and of the realization that the universe is scarcely affected by the triumphs, tragedies, and day-to-day lives of even the greatest of personalities, the mightiest of nations, or the most enduring of belief systems.” Cup is an album of exploration and acceptance, a celebration of our place in the cosmos, however small it may be.

Named for the Zen parable of the Broken Cup, which teaches acceptance in the face of misfortune, Cup is a new album of solitude and celebration by veteran electronic music artist AeTopus (Bryan Hughes), and his first release on the Spotted Peccary Music label. On Cup, AeTopus explores humanity’s place in nature through a stunning synthesis of electronic beats and rhythmic structures combined with saturated ambiences of enduring beauty. Here, he captures the calm and wildness of the forest in thirteen tracks of complex time signature serenity, suggesting the solace found when, divested from external pressures, one embraces their own impermanence.

When composing, AeTopus builds lush blankets of sound from pulsing electronic sequences and traditional percussion, then subtracts and subtracts from them. As a trained visual artist, AeTopus learned the value of negative space and applies that knowledge to these compositions. This approach leaves fragments of interlocking elements with simultaneous sparseness and complexity. “Pure” ebbs and flows around an odd-meter beat, briefly interrupted by sylvan guitar. “Glance” swells from a stuttering warble into a subtle, propulsive rhythm. “Access” hypnotizes with its strobing beat, a darkly reflective counterpoint to the album’s peacefulness. Ultimately Cup is a work of passion that demonstrates the artistic process throughout all the pieces with such refined, beautiful expression.

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released October 20, 2023

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AeTopus Bellingham, Washington

AeTopus is the innovative music project of Bryan Tewell Hughes, a multi-media artist whose music is influenced as much by art, nature and the human experience as it is by a singular idea or moment in his life. The moniker AeTopus suggests time (Ae), while “Topus” loosely means place. ... more

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