TNL

The tape documents the first concert (29.09.2024) of TNL, the unorthodox alliance between the uncompromising DJ and Perf label-boss Tendency (Tiago Carneiro) and the sound trickster Nuno Loureiro. The duo's sound palette stems from Tendency's extended vinyl collection: spanning the whole gamut of futuremaniacal hardcore continua from braindance & techno to more abstract & ambient styles. But, before the sound of his own divergent mixes make it out to the speakers, Loureiro inserts himself into the signal path, processing & manipulating the result. At times, the sound design of Loureiro is subtle & restrained; at others, it completely reconfigures the source materials—to pull out alternative beats & spatial dimensions—that were already twisted into something else by Tendency's skillful ear.

TNL is a project that questions the everything-at-your-fingertips nature of today's music ecosystem. Why not create non-sampledelic music out of samples? By simultaneously reimagining both the DJ set & the live set—a binary opposition that helps foster those vicious capitalist models of the music industry where DJs get pressured into the release of (ghost) productions to bolster up their profiles with originals—TNL offer a danceable egress. Not merely remixes nor reinterpretations, the set moves into & out of zones of recognition. With TNL everything happens twice-removed. Like a four-handed piano piece, things happen here that would not be possible in a two-handed configuration.

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙩 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙨 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙖𝙩 𝘿𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙪, 𝙖 𝙇𝙪𝙨𝙤-𝘼𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙣 𝙘𝙖𝙛é 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙧𝙚𝙛𝙪𝙜𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙨𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙚 𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣 & 𝙥𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙋𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙤. 𝘾𝙡𝙤𝙘𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣 𝙖 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣 𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙧, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙘 𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙮. 𝙒𝙚 𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙨𝙚𝙩-𝙤𝙛𝙛 𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙘𝙡𝙪𝙗, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙖𝙡𝙨𝙤 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙨𝙠 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙖 𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮. 𝘼𝙨 𝙏𝙉𝙇'𝙨 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩, 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩.