The album will show two sides of Van Hoesen: the dark, galloping style he’s focused on for the past few years and some slower, less club-oriented sounds. Van Hoesen has released three avant-garde albums before, under the pseudonyms Object, RM and Bent Object, and although Entropic City is primarily a techno album, Van Hoesen’s experimental tendencies seep through a bit on tracks like “Into Entropy,” “Republic” and “Closing the Distance/Toy Universe.”
Van Hoesen will also begin a monthly residency at Fuse, the first date of which will be Entropic City's release party on March 20th. He will then play a number of gigs throughout March, April and May to support the album.
Though Entropic City won’t hit stores for another two months, fans of Van Hoesen will have plenty to hear between now and then. On February 8th, Time To Express will release Entropic Minus Six, a four track EP comprising some of the album’s hardest hitting cuts. That same day, tracks from the album will begin appearing on the Entropic City website. Two streams will be added each week, until the entire album is posted by its release date in March. And finally, a digital EP called Variable Parts can be downloaded completely for free right now at petervanhoesen.bandcamp.com. The EP includes three alternate versions of tracks by Van Hoesen, along with one new track called “Second Law.”
Tracklist
01. Into Entropy
02. Republic
03. Closing The Distance / Toy Universe
04. Dystopian Romance
05. Terminal
06. Testing A Simulacrum
07. Strip It, Boost It
08. Quartz #1
09. Colony / Return Of The Object
10. Defense Against The Self
