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Noumen
Altum
Noumen returns to Central Processing Unit after a six-year absence with Altum. This bumper record, the Ukrainian artist's fourth release for the Sheffield label and first since 2019 double-LPObscurium, serves to remind us all why Noumen's music has been lauded by the likes of Mixmag and Resident Advisor in the past.
๐ผ๐ก๐ฉ๐ช๐ข๐๐จ ๐ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ๐ช๐ข๐ข๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ ๐ค๐ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ค๐ง๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐๐ก๐๐๐ฉ๐ง๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐๐ช๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ, ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ค๐๐ ๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐ก๐ค๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐ค๐ ๐ค๐ช๐ฉ๐๐ง-๐๐๐๐๐จ ๐๐ก๐๐๐ฉ๐ง๐ค๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฃ๐ค๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐ฃ๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐จ ๐ก๐๐ ๐ ๐ผ๐ช๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ก ๐ข๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฉ๐จ ๐ค๐ฌ๐ฃ ๐ช๐ฃ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ซ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ก ๐๐๐๐ง๐ข. Across well over an hour of music here we find Noumen repeatedly playing punchy mid-tempo beat work off of some more cerebral tuned synths. Altumkicks off with the epic 'Oion' - beginning in that Autechre/AFX mid-tempo zone, full of deep-sea bangs and whirrs, the track slowly builds to a final stretch of delay-drenched keys which set us free amidst the outer cosmos, almost Sun Ra-style.
Noumen's third album for Central Processing Unit is a pleasingly hefty double-LP which builds on the zany invention of acts like Modeselektor and Autechre to delightful effect.
A1
Oion
A2
Splitter
B1
Altum
B2
Telemask
B3
Awe
B4
Calm
C1
Axis
C2
Centrip
C3
Fate Carette
C4
Unveilness
D1
Twelwind Scars
D2
Far Wind
D3
Spurling Sign







