Nereus, by Starthief

Nereus

by Starthief

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1.	Pleasant Enough 03:05	buy track
2.	Kermadec Trench 03:35	buy track
3.	A Natural Carpet 03:36	buy track
4.	Fine Tooth 02:22	buy track
5.	Escalation Spiral 07:55	buy track
6.	The Damp 05:26	buy track
7.	Loki's Castle 03:55	buy track
8.	Tread 03:34	buy track
9.	Silencing 02:24	buy track
10.	Whale Fall 07:26	buy track
11.	Something There Is That Doesn't Love a Wall 04:02	buy track
12.	Bathyal 03:37	buy track

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Nereus was the shape-shifting, truth-telling "Old Man of the Sea" of Greek myth.

Nereus was also the name of a remotely operated underwater vehicle, the keystone of the HADES (Hadal Ecosystems Study) program, which descended nearly 7 miles beneath the ocean's surface in the Challenger Deep. In 2014, it was gathering samples in the Kermadec Trench near Fiji when all communication with it was lost. The next day, plastic pieces of debris were found near the dive site.

Nereus is the artist's first album release under the Starthief name. It follows a two year period of exploration and refocusing on ambient and abstract music created with modular synthesizers.

This album is dedicated to the study of Earth's oceans, especially in the depths where sunlight never reaches, once thought barren but secretly teeming with "alien" life. We have so much to learn about biology, geology, climate, and even other worlds by exploring our own world's darkest and most inaccessible places.

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released February 15, 2018

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Starthief Saint Louis, Missouri

Starthief is a modular synthesist, software engineer, former taiko drummer, former game developer and possibly a descendant of mermaids.

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This doesn't sound anything like my music... or anything else. It's pure mania distilled in chiptune form. Super fun! Starthief
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The best minimal modular album of the millennium, hands down. Everything emerges from deceptively simple patterns and sounds, like a reflection of life itself. Starthief
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An excellent album with the wonderfully weird Soma Lyra-8, my favorite non-modular synth. I feel like Dark Sparkler starts in a similar place to me but goes in a somewhat different direction. Starthief
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