Character Ethic EP
by Means&3rd
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Streaming + DownloadIncludes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.Purchasable with gift card
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Record/Vinyl + Digital Album140g, reverse board full colour print sleeve with poly-lined inner sleeve.
Produced, Programmed and Mixed by Means&3rd
Mastered by Neel @ Enisslab, Rome
Cut by Marco Pellegrino , Rome
Design by Means&3rd
Pressed By AFG, Rome
Distributed by Rubadub, Glasgow & Readymade, Berlin
Includes unlimited streaming of Character Ethic EP via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.ships out within 3 days£14.99 GBP or more
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Countenance
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Character Ethic
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Desperate & Relevant
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Full EP Soundcloud Previews - soundcloud.com/means3rd/preview-means3rd-character-ethic-ep-nuance003
Record number 3 from Unveiled Nuance brings a new confidence in the further developed sound of owner Means&3rd. A continued eye for detail as well as a roughness that breathes dark soul into the production aesthetic that we have yet to hear from the artist.
“Hardship Repackaged As Growth” Opens the EP with boomy, rugged low end and grainy driven synth lines with sharp hits of wide sonic impact and a depth of layered atmosphere, placed on a bed of dense percussion until its break point exposes contorted, abrasive stabs just surviving the crunch of their processing, that then take the forefront. “Countenance” replies to the previous track with a more calculated, rounder and organic palette of audio that focuses on a cadenced synth line that breaths with the arrangement, fizzing to break point and engaging the deeper listen. Swung percussion keeps the groove providing a propulsive backing that sits on ganrled bass hits before the focus returns on the charged lead line.
“Character Ethic” carries deep suspense from the off, with filtered menace being teased below the surface, warping atmospheres are stacked and build the apprehension against a militant 16th shaker before an almost vocal like modulated synth reveals itself and is left to dance prominently across the stereo field. Layers of energy providing percussion complete the picture for a mesmerising trip. “Desperate And Relevant” the most driving of the 4 cuts takes an effectively reduced stand where square wave accents build new levels of intensity. Propulsive low-end and cohesive percussion writhe through the track’s arrangement closing out the EP with a powerful ending, a blistering siren sees the track’s breakpoint provide a release worthy of the pressure built.
Pressed on 140g black Vinyl, reverse board full-colour print sleeve with poly-lined inner sleeve.
Record number 3 from Unveiled Nuance brings a new confidence in the further developed sound of owner Means&3rd. A continued eye for detail as well as a roughness that breathes dark soul into the production aesthetic that we have yet to hear from the artist.
“Hardship Repackaged As Growth” Opens the EP with boomy, rugged low end and grainy driven synth lines with sharp hits of wide sonic impact and a depth of layered atmosphere, placed on a bed of dense percussion until its break point exposes contorted, abrasive stabs just surviving the crunch of their processing, that then take the forefront. “Countenance” replies to the previous track with a more calculated, rounder and organic palette of audio that focuses on a cadenced synth line that breaths with the arrangement, fizzing to break point and engaging the deeper listen. Swung percussion keeps the groove providing a propulsive backing that sits on ganrled bass hits before the focus returns on the charged lead line.
“Character Ethic” carries deep suspense from the off, with filtered menace being teased below the surface, warping atmospheres are stacked and build the apprehension against a militant 16th shaker before an almost vocal like modulated synth reveals itself and is left to dance prominently across the stereo field. Layers of energy providing percussion complete the picture for a mesmerising trip. “Desperate And Relevant” the most driving of the 4 cuts takes an effectively reduced stand where square wave accents build new levels of intensity. Propulsive low-end and cohesive percussion writhe through the track’s arrangement closing out the EP with a powerful ending, a blistering siren sees the track’s breakpoint provide a release worthy of the pressure built.
Pressed on 140g black Vinyl, reverse board full-colour print sleeve with poly-lined inner sleeve.
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released November 24, 2023
Produced, Programmed and Mixed by Means&3rd
Mastered by Neel @ Enisslab, Rome
Cut by Marco Pellegrino
Design by Means&3rd
Pressed By AFG, Rome, Italy
Distributed by Rubadub, Glasgow & Readymade, Berlin
Produced, Programmed and Mixed by Means&3rd
Mastered by Neel @ Enisslab, Rome
Cut by Marco Pellegrino
Design by Means&3rd
Pressed By AFG, Rome, Italy
Distributed by Rubadub, Glasgow & Readymade, Berlin
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Means&3rd Manchester, UK
Means&3rd is one of Manchester's long running techno main stays. He currently works @ Eastern Bloc Records curating the house and techno selections. 2021 see's him begin the journey of starting his own imprint 'Unveiled Nuance' principally providing a platform for his own productions. ... more
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