Born from the mind of Pat Carroll comes Provener, a new music project that's pushing Australia's electronic music scene in strange and wonderful new directions.
Carroll's productions are considered and composed with such care and intent, highlighting Carroll's renowned talent as a producer. His recent experiment has been modular synthesis.
"Provener is a new project focusing on the more hypnotic zones of electronic music." says Carroll. "I'm incorporating more modular synthesiser work into the tracks, which tend to have quite a bit of improvisation and play in them, as opposed to programming in DAW."
"The original idea for the project was to create music around smaller loops that gradually unfold through tracks, as opposed to the more narrative-based structures I think about for the Pat Carroll tunes. I think the good thing about using modular is that I'm constantly reacting to what it does, and then it reacts to what I do next, etc. And so there is that element of unpredictability with some patches that lead me towards sounds I'd never have thought of using, but end up thinking "I could do a lot with that". So the Provener project is aimed at capturing those some of those sounds and just running with them. The Pat Carroll project is also be influenced by this, but the sounds are then used in a different way."
Provener was born from Carroll's experimentations with modular synthesis. From these experimentations, the Gossamer EP was created. This premiere looks at Lapis Lazuli, the third track on Gossamer.
Like all tracks on Gossamer, Lapis Lazuli's production is on such a high-level. Carroll leans on his extensive knowledge of psychoacoustic music to set a mysterious atmosphere. The ambience is pierced by a strange modular melody. The synth line really takes on a life of its own as it progresses through the track. It feels present, in your mind, a part of your body.
We look forward to what comes next from Provener. Until then, enjoy the music.