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Reinvention No. 1

by Coupler + No Stress

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aaronk4455 Coupler continues to captivate me with each new release. This one is in my top three from them, and shows what "variations on a theme" can be in the 21st century.
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In the early aughts, before Coupler was conceived, Ryan Norris was experimenting with electronic music via two primary processes; one involving early cassette experiments with drum machines, synthesizers, and fried four-tracks; and another based on sampling sounds from LPs, compact discs, and field recordings. The latter approach was influenced by what often gets referred to as IDM: Aphex Twin, Mouse on Mars, and Autechre; and the equally important inspiration of the left-field hip hop of Madlib, DJ Shadow, MF Doom, and J Dilla. Though the approaches have changed and matured, and new tactics have been implemented, the seeds of Coupler were planted in this ground.

Upon hearing the debut No Stress release, Prelude No. 1, Norris remarks that he “was immediately transported to that earlier time and place, where all was fresh and fecund. Here was someone absorbing and repurposing sounds from their environment at will. The fidelity was warm, familiar, and exciting. These were waters I wanted to swim in again. And after 5 ½ years in Chicago my tastes have migrated back to the Venn diagram populated by some of the artists named above, the space where hip hop, jazz, and experimental electronic music meet.”

Reinvention No. 1 sits firmly at the center of that diagram, with Coupler and No Stress occupying equal parts of the new compositions. In reworking the tracks Norris eschewed his reverence for the originals and let the constituent parts lead him in new directions, like the barreling percussion of “Wake Up”, or the anxious landscapes of “Trust Falls with my Enemies.” These new creations have their own identities and internal logic but retain the magic of the originals, an optimal result for any remix project.

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released February 4, 2022

Original tracks by No Stress from Prelude No. 1
nostress.bandcamp.com/album/prelude-no-1

All remixes produced, mixed, and mastered by Ryan Norris
Additional recording by Michael Hilger, Dustin Laurenzi, Ryan Norris


Wake Up (Wide Awake Mix)

Michael Hilger - Yamaha CS-50, bells, shakers
Paul Horton - keys, programming
Dustin Laurenzi - tenor saxophone
Ryan Norris - synthesizers, Fender Rhodes, acid bass, futurism, programming
Dara Tucker - voice


Jump Up a Mountain (Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop Mix)

Samples the band Concurrence featuring Greg Bryant, Marcus Finnie, and Paul Horton

Greg Bryant - bass
Marcus Finnie - drum kit
Michael Hilger - OP-1, synthesizers, neon, tears in rain, acid bass
Paul Horton - Fender Rhodes
Ryan Norris - electric guitar, synthesizers, acid bass, programming


Trust Falls With My Enemies (Stress Disorder Mix)

Michael Hilger - synthesizers, OP-1 percussion
Paul Horton - synthesizer
Ryan Norris - electric guitar, synthesizers, Fender Rhodes, acid bass, anxiety, programming
Scott Martin - drum kit

Art by Jamie Breiwick
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Started in 2012, Coupler is the pseudonym of Ryan Norris and a rotating cast of collaborators; Rodrigo Avendano, Rollum Haas and Michael Hilger among them. It's membership has occasionally swollen to eight but its core is Norris and a maelstrom of ideas. ... more

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