{"id":19182,"date":"2024-03-04T08:32:12","date_gmt":"2024-03-04T13:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/motionfm.com\/wp2014\/?p=19182"},"modified":"2024-03-04T08:32:12","modified_gmt":"2024-03-04T13:32:12","slug":"eric-hilton-sound-vagabond-limited-edition-blue-vinyl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/motionfm.com\/wp2014\/releases\/eric-hilton-sound-vagabond-limited-edition-blue-vinyl\/","title":{"rendered":"Eric Hilton &#8211; Sound Vagabond (Limited Edition Blue Vinyl) &#8211;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=1405969366\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless><a href=\"https:\/\/erichilton.bandcamp.com\/album\/sound-vagabond\">Sound Vagabond by Eric Hilton<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>On February 23rd, Eric Hilton brings you his new album Sound Vagabond, a 14-track sonic travelogue by one of the fathers of downtempo electronic music.<\/p>\n<p>As co-founder of the influential group Thievery Corporation, Hilton has spent decades merging diverse global genres into a singular music vision. Sound Vagabond is perhaps the ultimate iteration of this ethos, each track an audio picture postcard of a place real or imagined. \u201cSome memories of the places I&#8217;ve been are very clear; others are distant, nostalgic echos,\u201d says Hilton. \u201cThis record started modestly, with some basic ideas, but after writing the first 8 tracks I knew I had a travelogue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hilton\u2019s hybridization of music influences and experiences is nowhere more evident than on the record\u2019s title track. &#8220;Sound Vagabond&#8221; locks into a vintage trip hop groove, while flutes and Northern African flavors drift in and out. It\u2019s difficult to identify a specific geographic or ethnological fingerprint of these sounds (and the others on the album), because everything Hilton assimilates goes through his \u201cfilter&#8221; and comes out as his own thing.<\/p>\n<p>The destinations on this sonic travelogue are diverse &#8211; \u201cCerro Allegre\u201d was inspired by Hilton\u2019s visit to Valpara\u00edso Chile, a city he likens to a Latin San Francisco with stunning vistas. \u201cThe Violet Hour\u201d is a breathy, Stan Getz meets space-age bachelor pad jaunt that recalls a distinctive Chicago cocktail bar. &#8220;Midnight Milan\u201d brings to mind a late night assignation, breathy promises and a doomed kiss. &#8220;Mumbai Hustle\u201d is reconstituted Bollywood by way of Detroit &#8211; tough but fun, like a club where you need to know the secret password to get in. \u201cPetra\u201d breathes haunted echoes of Jordan through the speakers, while \u201cEndless Affair\u201d and \u201cPoppy Fields\u201d have 1960\u2019s cinematic overtones.<\/p>\n<p>The dynamic contrasts in Hilton\u2019s music make for a rewarding listen; muscular rhythmic grooves propel elegantly crafted sonic landscapes. And while every journey enriches the traveler, time spent on unfamiliar ground often brings self-reflection. The artist explores these themes on two of the record\u2019s strongest tracks: \u201cThe Mirror Inside\u201d and \u201cThe Grand Intro\u201d. \u201cYeah, those two songs are more self-focused than the rest of the album,\u201d says the producer. \u201cThe Mirror Inside\u201d is about the feeling of creating a different vibrational experience, turning things back on yourself, which is very much where I am when making a record by myself. \u201cThe Grand Intro\u201d is tongue in cheek &#8211; it\u2019s the kind of song I\u2019d like to be playing when I enter a room, it\u2019s got swagger and \u00e9lan, but it\u2019s also laid back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hilton, who has used sampling in his music since the early days of Thievery Corporation, didn\u2019t go digging into crates to create crunchy 12-bit vinyl samples for this record, but instead turned to public domain sample libraries. \u201cThis record is like a sound collage, with 60% samples and 40% live instruments. Sampling off old vinyl records is great, but there are obvious licensing and clearance headaches. Public sample libraries are a fantastic resource; you dig through a lots of hilarious garbage, but I\u2019m astounded by the nuggets you can find. You can find specific instruments in any given key, and then the challenge is chopping them up, recontextualizing and integrating them with the track you\u2019re making.\u201d The end result is music where the samples don\u2019t call attention to themselves or distract from the carefully curated mood in any way.<\/p>\n<p>The last track on the record, \u201cLumi\u201d, feels like the beginning of a long journey home, and is a perfect way to close out the album. Get your musical passport stamped &#8211; join Eric Hilton on a trip around his sonic world on Sound Vagabond, out February 23rd on Montserrat House Music.<\/p>\n<p>Label: Montserrat House<br \/>\nCat. No.: 000143889<br \/>\nReleased:February 23, 2024<br \/>\nGenre: Lo-fi\/Downtempo<br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/erichilton.bandcamp.com\/album\/sound-vagabond\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BUY<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tracklist:<\/p>\n<p>Side A<\/p>\n<p>1. Endless Affair 02:53<br \/>\n2. Glass Visage 02:58<br \/>\n3. Nico 02:55<br \/>\n4. Closer 02:48<br \/>\n5. Midnight Milan 02:40<br \/>\n6. The Violet Hour 02:44<br \/>\n7. Cerro Alegre 03:51<\/p>\n<p>Side B<br \/>\n1.The Grand Intro 02:53<br \/>\n2. Sound Vagabond 03:04<br \/>\n3. Petra 03:14<br \/>\n4. Mumbai Hustle 03:18<br \/>\n5. Poppy Fields 03:00<br \/>\n6. The Mirror Inside 03:30<br \/>\n6. 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