Ioan Gamboa - Multiverse (2018)

An artist with innate musical sensibility, Ioan Gamboa’s indisputable talent once again comes to the fore. With a rare and opulent physical offering of twin-CD and double vinyl on his own Madberlin imprint, Particles is honoured to represent the digital incarnation of Gamboa’s “Multiverse”. Straddling musical genres and with his unique and sublime sonic architecture, Ioan Gamboa continues to thrill, amaze and delight in equal measure. Of Spanish heritage, but settling in Europe’s underground dance capital, the Berlin resident has been at the vanguard of all that is innovative and fresh. With his distinctive sound courting support from the likes of Hernan Cattaneo, John Digweed and Henry Saiz, Gamboa’s work has found itself allied to the underground industry’s finest imprints since the “Spiral/Hope” EP hit Cattaneo’s Sudbeat in February 2011 with a remix from the icon himself alongside fellow Argentineans, SoundExile. Going on to feature on Somebody’s Story, Replug and Stripped Recordings, Ioan Gamboa has remixed and been remixed by such leading industry figures as Ian O’Donovan, Stas Drive and techno legend, Oliver Lieb. Moreover, since an appearance on the “Spring Particles 2012” compilation, Gamboa has amassed almost half-a-century of production credits for the label. Centred around such ground-breaking releases as the 2013 Game of Thrones inspired, “Sparkles” EP and May 2014 “Vibrations” album, Ioan Gamboa has continued to chart an impressive and scintillating voyage with the label. Now returning with original music for the first time since October 2014, Particles is honoured to release the digital version of “Multiverse”. A full-length album of ambitious scope and depth, the techno masterpiece is represented by ten tracks of melodic and rhythmic brilliance. Shimmering arpeggios and motifs meander across “The Julia Set” opener in dance-floor dynamism, while “Amalthea” and the title track continue the melodic themes with their common tropes. The darker more sinister sounding “Chasing the Sun” delights with twinkling keys, while the hypnotic groove of “Parallels” and the wonderful melodic techno brilliance of “Solar Wind” supply moments that Marc Romboy and Stephan Bodzin would be proud of. Full of rich and deep analogue sounds, “Hilbert Space”, “White Hole” and “Yotta” thrill with their widespread landscapes while the elegant prosody between rhythm and melody provides a constant theme across the ninety-minute journey through Ioan Gamboa’s sonic soul. A work of unique skill, craft and technique, Ioan Gamboa is extremely well represented across the “Multiverse”. Directed by Jay Epoch AandR by Marina Gerardi Mastered by Ioan Gamboa Text by James Warren