ZERO IS MORE THAN NOTHING

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Far reaching comp/collage/mixtape featuring over 100 minutes of previously unheard material from the extended Ecstatic family including Jay Glass Dubs, Dean Hurley, Abul Mogard, Maxwell Streling, The Head Technician aka Pye Corner Audio, Maria Spivak, Serpente, Not Waving and many others, including some unknown/anonymous contributions from the far side. 

’Zero Is More Than Nothing’ was conceived by Ecstatic as a communal project to alleviate the looming depression triggered by events this year. In response to a request to make a tune in less than a week, his mates - and their mates - supplied a spectrum of haunting, restless, and heart-punching compositions that perhaps live up to the maxim that times of crisis precipitate vital art, resulting in a properly engrossing cross-section of emotional electronic music in the wide-reaching aesthetic that Ecstatic have made their own in recent years.

From Not Waving’s own cosmic synth thought bubbles to Lynch collaborator Dean Hurley’s ‘80s atmospheric builders, the Coil-esque chamber string arrangements of Maxwell Sterling and Ecstatic co-founder Sam Willis’ Primitive World, the compilation is mixed with seamless finesse in the style of a crafty story-telling, peaking the contrasts and mutual conclusions between myriad tales from the twilight zone.

Practically the whole label roster are involved, both offering material and roping pals into the fray, which explains the welcome appearances of Violeta Azevedo, Felisha Ledesma & Angelo Harmsworth, Functionário and Elle a.o., alongside regular aces such as Novo Line and Head Technician (Pye Corner Audio) up in it, with a murmurating energy swaying between introspective, astral-minded and by the end a more searing selection that gives way to ambient stasis in a knowing metaphor for our collective states of mind this year.

Feelings are empathetically high on this one. 

Tracklist:

UNKNOWN - 01

NOT WAVING - EVERYONE IS CRAZY TO SOMEONE

FUNCTIONÁRIO - VERDE VERDADE

PRIMITIVE WORLD - UNTITLED

MAXWELL STRELING - COWBOY FUGUES

GAVILÁN RAYNA RUSSOM - SPREADING SOIL

ABUL MOGARD - IN IMMOBILE AIR

MARIA SPIVAK - UNRESOLVED MANTRA 89

UNKNOWN - 02

UNKNOWN - AND IF IT MAKES ME GROW SMALLER

SERPENTE - DIREITO A SANTUÁRIO

VIOLETA AZEVEDO - ANSI

PRESENTE - SCAMPATO ALLA SPAVENTOSA SELVA E ALLA FITTA BOSCAGLIA

UNKNOWN - 03

DEAN HURLEY - VAL VERDE CONNECTION

PRIMITIVE WORLD AND MAXWELL STERLING - UNTITLED

JAY GLASS DUBS - MISSPELLED PLAGIARISM

FELISHA LEDESMA & ANGELO HARMSWORTH - PDA

DAVE SAVED - CREEPS ON SPEED

AVIZOHAR - CAREFUL

PANAYOTIS - ANATHRIKES

EXTERMINADOR - UNTITLED

UNKNOWN - INTR25

NOVO LINE - QUANTUM PERSPECTIVE

HEAD TECHNICIAN - SCOPE

UNKNOWN - ALIEN DOG

ELLE-OH - HARMON ME

UNKNOWN - UNTTLED

CELESTIAL - ENDLESS