The Torrid Eye is a collaborative EP by Swedish musician Acronym and American musician Kali Malone. It was released on January 23, 2019, through Stilla Ton.
Background Dan Vincente, better known under the pseudonym Acronym, is a Swedish record producer from Stockholm. Kali Malone is an American composer from Denver, Colorado, and based in Stockholm. They previously collaborated on one of Vaagner's Event Series cassettes. The Torrid Eye is their first collaborative studio release. The EP consists of five tracks: "Call from the Tower", "A Sunspot", "Tempest of Joy", "Legs of the Fly", and "Tarmar". It was recorded using a Buchla 200 modular synthesizer and some other analog equipment. The EP's closing track "Tarmar" features Marianna Feher reading texts by Karl Sjölund.
The EP was released on January 23, 2019, through Stilla Ton.
Critical reception
Thea Ballard of Pitchfork stated, "While both artists tend more towards drone pacing, the surprise on this concise EP is how it slowly blossoms into a proper, if heady, techno outing." Cookcook of Tiny Mix Tapes commented that they "present circuits of thought and feeling frequently heard in drone music, ambient, electronica, and downtempo techno." She added, "Rather than trying to mash these palettes into some newly prescribed form, they focus on building accumulative dialogues among crafted structures of synthesis."
Accolades + Year-end lists for The Torrid Eye Publication List Rank Pitchfork The Best Experimental Albums of 2019
Track listing
Personnel Credits adapted from liner notes.
Acronym Kali Malone Karl Sjölund – words (on "Tarmar") Marianna Feher – vocals (on "Tarmar") Giuseppe Tilliecci – mastering Victoria Loeb – photography
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