Charlatan
Local Agent
Local Agent is the fourth lp by Charlatan, a.k.a. Brad Rose, label-head of Digitalis, also known as the north sea and one half of Safiyya. Local Agent is Charlatan's streamlined statement, an amalgam of spy and sci-fi techno with touches of abstract dub, finely mastered by John Tejada. Local Agent is a great culmination of several years' work by brad rose, who has been studying and styling a conceptual and abstract merge between industrial-beat and techno structures, with a sensitivity for narra…
Equinox
A warm, filled-with-rich-tones reissue of one of the earliest tapes of Charlatan, the synthesizer project of Brad Rose, one of the most active and influential figures in contemporary experimental music. Following his acclaimed Triangles LP on his own Digitalis label, Equinox represents Rose's second vinyl release under his Charlatan moniker, offering a mesmerizing journey through synthclouds and starchords layered over a carpet of pristine white hiss. Originally released on cassette via House of…
Triangles
There's something almost religious about this Charlatan (Brad Rose) LP, its narrative arc swinging from light to dark and back again. From the opening chords of "Lime Beauty," we're awash in polarized-lens glinting twilight, fluorescent skies over the water. "Trace Blue Outlines" is trance-like and reflective, with long, arpeggiated figures chasing each other skyward in a fugue. Darkness creeps in around the edges of "Vodka Rocks," with almost post-rock moodiness bringing the side to a cl…