Soul Static Bureau

by Norken

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Nick Luscombe I played this record when it first came out on my Flo Motion radio show on London radio station XFM and just bought it again and am stunned how fresh it sounds.... Favorite track: Southern Soul.

The Hooligan 110% pure audiogasm for ears Favorite track: Mellisa Blend.

Runicen Great blend of moody, vibey, and even funny at points with some great textural and melodic choices throughout.

Checks similar boxes to the best of Melorman and Rei Harakami. Music that moves but which leaves the listener feeling like they're drifting down a river instead of being bounced around on rapids. Favorite track: Southern Soul.

jef37 The minimal house beats are offset beautifully by gentle sweeping synths, and laid back bass lines help keep the groove going. There are pieces of house, IDM and ambience all fused to create a unique album. Favorite track: Fragile.

Christopher Ellis This album really grooves nice work🙏

GJ What is it like to find your favourite electronic producer has a whole other discography under an excitingly different pseudonym? It's like ten childhood Christmasses overdubbed at once!
Soul Static Bureau is my dream blend of dance, electro and experiment, smooth and moody, upbeat and jiggy but fathoms deep as well. Thanks, Norken - making life so beautiful right now Favorite track: More Frequencies.

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	1.	Gone 06:30
	2.	Painting 07:34
	3.	Fragile 06:45
	4.	Eve 07:20
	5.	Echo Ecru 06:31
	6.	More Frequencies 07:08
	7.	Southern Soul 07:44
	8.	Shifting Towards 06:59
	9.	The Visit 06:59
	10.	Motor Breeze 05:38
	11.	Mellisa Blend 08:00

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From the opening metronome click of "Gone," it is readily apparent that with Norken, producer Lee Norris has eschewed the dancefloor propulsion of his Metamatics guise for something entirely more subtle, though he is still working with the same pristine analog sound palette. Soul Static Bureau feels the same machine emotions as the best Detroit techno, and comparisons to Carl Craig and Kenny Larkin are easy, though not unjustified. From the lush synths and mellow handclaps on "Southern Soul" to the jittery hi-hat on "The Visit," it is not hard to mistake this record as coming from the 313. But Norris does more than just copy. The drumless "Fragile" moves along only at the urging of microscopic acid bleeps while "Motor Breeze" finds itself in a tropical house environment, though amazingly it never resorts to any of the usual southern sounds or rhythms. Too interesting to go unnoticed, yet way too chilled for any motor activity, Soul Static Bureau is a place of purgatory where you concentrate wholly on the music.

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released July 27, 2023

Music by Lee Norris
Produced by Lee Norris

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