radix means root. The third day, the day the ground was told to grow something.
From high enough up, a hand moving over a world and a hand moving a piece across a board look the same. From that distance you cannot tell whether anything is at stake.
The track opens on a synth ostinato: a figure that repeats and refuses to develop, a rule set before there was anything to apply it to. A programmed beat arrives, then synth bass, over harmony borrowed from people who died a long time ago and had much firmer opinions than I do about how it ought to resolve. Then it clears, and there is only piano, the part I understand least and trust most.
The artwork is by Wanda Almira. The title is set in Comic Sans. Both of those are on purpose.
It is the third of seven, and it is being released first. The game is not played in order.
Otta Tarrega is a pianist, composer, and producer whose work sits at the intersection of classical, jazz, and contemporary electronic sound.
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