Published:
June 24, 2015
Rein is fifty minutes of new music from Blondes, compiled during a weekend studio binge. The sessions behind Rein were the inspiration for Persuasion, the new EP from Blondes due on August 7, 2015. More on that soon.
Offering aleatory techno and compassionate jams informed by the relational feedback between Sam Haar and Zach Steinman, Rein shows a blueprint for new Blondes creative frameworks.
Haar and Steinman met at Oberlin College in 2003, where they studied electroacoustic composition and studio art respectively, and became collaborators in a smattering of short-lived experimental outfits. After graduation and stints apart in Oakland and NYC, Haar and Steinman regrouped in Berlin where Blondes was born, eventually settling on Brooklyn for home base.
Blondes quickly evolved from a home studio project to a live experience built around a tactile assemblage of synthesizers, sequencers, and drum machines. The Touched EP (Merok, 2010) demonstrates Haar and Steinman’s early interest in an improvisational process that remains embedded in their creative approach, while touching upon their adoration of German composer Manuel Göttsching and his seminal E2-E4 album. They released their self-titled debut album for RVNG Intl. in 2012.
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*photo credits: Joyce Kim