Lo-fi ambient noise due Tropa Macaca have their fourth album, Ectoplasma (artwork above), coming out on August 20 via Software, Joel Ford and Dan Lopatin’s label.
And it’s a characteristically leftfield affair – ahead of the release, we’ve got a preview of what André Abel and Joana da Conceição will be releasing to us, and what they do when they go for a walk near the seaside. Say the duo:
"Men would put the sugar cane broth
in a pan and put it on the fire.
They couldn’t stop moving it until a
creamy consistence occurred.
They couldn’t stop moving it until a
creamy consistence occurred.
They couldn’t stop moving it.
A movement of repetition, a gesture of renewed conviction everytime you begin the
sentence because it has just ended to begin again – they couldn’t stop moving it – is a
pray for silence. Silence enshrines, treasures, Talk wastes, fritters."
Now, bearing that in mind, watch away:
