Every once and a while something nice happens, and today it took the form of a spot on the RCRDLBL.COM home page. Please click here and both download the tracks and leave a comment about ‘Isomer’. The more downloads and more comments that happen/appear the more likely they (the website people) are to do a full-fledged feature on ‘Isomer’. That seems like it would be a good thing, right? Right.

Here is how all this came about. A few months ago I emailed them letting them ( RCRDLBL.COM ) know about ‘Isomer’ and what he was doing and asked if they would be interested in hosting some of his tracks on their site to give away, helping to promote his current releases. A few days came and went, and as things go, I completely forgot all about it.

Then, about a month later I heard back from them saying they would be interested and instructed me to upload some material to a special place and let them know when it was uploaded. At the time I was very busy preparing for an upcoming gig and wasn’t in ‘Isomer promotion’ mode so I put the email aside, and *ahem*, completely forgot about it.

A few days ago I was going through my inbox and came across the email. Shit! I wondered if it was too late. last night I fixed up my bio/press kit (so hard to say good things about one’s self, but in this game that is how it is played) and I uploaded it to them and shot them over an email. The very next morning (that would be today) I got a response letting me know it was up. Nice.

Today I put together a brief promotional email and sent it out to my list to help promote the feature on their site. We’ll see what happens.

The moral of this story is, if you keep at it, eventually you can cut through the noise, if only for a minute. :)

(The ship was made out of paper, tape, a bottle cap and speaker wire, in 1984)

I am moving towards a more organic approach to machine music. More generative, more glitchy, yet at the same time more human.

New track preview:

I am happy with the simplicity, and happy with the arrangement. It isn’t in-your-face but it certainly is engaging and thought provoking. Leave a comment if you like it.

The folks over at Boomkat had something nice to say about “Orbits Decaying”. Really, no sideways compliments this time. Here are their exact words…

“New from RJ Valeo’s Isomer Transition project, this EP collects a fresh batch of futuristic minimal techno, all of which is imbued with a far more elaborate production sensibility than is normally permitted by genre conventions. 4/4 as tracks like ‘Searching For Clues’ and ‘Hot Salsa’ may be, there’s no shortage of clever sound designs to revel in via some close headphone listening. Great stuff, suitable fo rhome listening scrutiny and deployment on more forward-thinking dancefloors.”

Following fellow New Yorker Stefny’s release is Isomer Transition who brings us a seething low Hz tinted package called “Orbits Decaying”.

Pieces such as “Give Me Your Hand” and “Landing” are laced with sizzling atom-disintegrating electronics which drive themselves to excite every molecule in their aim and colour them with an unending spectrum of interlacing and extremely quickly vibrating pigments. “Hot Salsa” and “Parametric Pressure” throw down the gauntlet and let the low end out of the cage while quickly chased by a trailing emergent constellation of glittering glassy shards in undulating flight, arching across jagged terrain and leaving a dripping molten trail behind in memory while “Searching for Clues” broils into an acidic crawl down the sides of tilting skyscrapers, dripping off at the optimum angle and leaving resonating tubes of opalescent material reaching to firmly grab the surface below.

Purchase at Beatport Here

Thanks to Moodgadget I recently had a mix featured on Samurai.FM. To see where it is click on the image above and do a search for “Isomer”. It is a little hidden, and no “Transition” is on the page, but it is there. To make it easier to find, as well as portable, I have linked to it below on this page as well as posted the set list. Lots of new Isomer material in there - classics as well as unreleased tracks.

16+ tracks of isomer mixed together dj style… not a live pa, just a dj set. Can you believe it? Finally. :)

Track Title  //  Artist   //  Release Title  //  Label

Saturday Morning  //  Richard J Valeo  //  Process 82  //  Modyfier Blog
Searching for Clues  //  Isomer Transition  //  Orbits Decaying  //  Archipel (Jan ‘09)
Deep in Space  //  Isomer Transition  //  Mission to Mars  //  Moodgadget ‘07
Mastery of the Gravel (v2)  //  Isomer Transition  //  1971  //  Moodgadget ‘08
Give Me Your Hand  //  Isomer Transition  //  Orbits Decaying  //  Archipel (Jan ‘09)
South Side of the Mountain  //  Isomer Transition  //  1971  //  Moodgadget ‘08
Hot Salsa  //  Isomer Transition  //  Orbits Decaying  //  Archipel (Jan ‘09)
Landing Near the Center  //  Isomer Transition  //  Orbits Decaying  //  Archipel (Jan ‘09)
Let’s Just Eat This Again   //  Isomer Transition  //  never to be released // for personal use only
Parametric Pressure   //  Isomer Transition  //  Orbits Decaying  //  Archipel (Jan ‘09)
Welcome to Cook Street  //  Isomer Transition  //  Orbits Decaying  //  Archipel (Jan ‘09)
Moon at Noon   //  Jeremy Idol  //  Digital Single  //  Transelectronic.net ‘08
Loop Me Through to Control the Mains  //  Isomer Transition  //  Mission to Mars  //  Moodgadget ‘07
Space Madness  //  Isomer Transition  //  Mission to Mars  //  Moodgadget ‘07
Automat’s Revenge  //  Jeremy Idol  //  never to be released // for personal use only

http://www.sendspace.com/file/dbtb1c

New Isomer release on NY based Moodgadet.
Available on iTunes, Beatport, Amazon, Boomkat and all other major digital retail outlets.

Boomkat says…

“Isomer Transition might be better known in certain quarters as RJ Valeo, the discerning IDM producer of Type Records and Hobby Industries derivation, but he’s been turning out quality dancefloor manoeuvres as Isomer Transition since his debut on Future Days back in 2006.

The 1971 EP is loaded with the sort of skilful production we’ve come to expect from Valeo’s work, and much of the material has a feel reminiscent of Minus’ recent output, although sadly that does include a smattering of the drearily obligatory detuned, tuneless, mumbling vocals. Still, you can forgive Valeo that sort of indiscretion given the quality of construction on show during ‘Mastery Of The Gravel’ and ‘Complex Undertow’.”