Description
A compilation EP featuring four producers, including Versun founder Caldera, exploring a diverse range of sounds from dubby liquid techno to ambient.
『Microworlds Level 1: The Goblin Walk』 features four artists, led by Caldera—the mastermind behind the Versun label who also performs under the alias Loop LF—presenting fluid techno with a damp, dubby feel.
Caldera’s “Today” opens the EP with its cosmic groove, followed by Traevor’s “Reef,” where marimba tones are transformed into a meditative bass sound treated with dub effects. Caldera then contributes “Tiz” under his Loop LF alias, intertwining sonic sketches that drift through a weightless space with dreamlike melodies. An unreleased 2013 track by Cologne-based Streetfaxx showcases intricate rhythmic development, while Nightwaif’s “Xmas1 (vocal dub)” blends the textures of tape experimentation with deep sub-bass, delivering a vocal dub that moves between 1980s new age and contemporary ambient minimalism. A vinyl that constructs an otherworldly sonic space.
A1. Caldera - Today
A2. Traevor - Reef
A3. Loop LF - Tiz
B1. Streetfaxx - Marimba Dub
B2. Nightwaif - Xmas1 (vocal dub)
The Goblin Walk is an invitation to trace the footsteps of the eponymous creature through five swampy, dubby, liquid techno interpretations from four different artists. Label head Caldera opens with the gently underlapping space chug of 'Today', followed by Traevor's 'Reef' which turns marimba into a dubbed-out bass meditation. Caldera then features again under his Loop LF alias with 'Tiz', which pairs spectral sonic sketches with whimsical melodies that drift and float as if in a gravity-free zone. Streetfaxx then unearths a long-lost 2013 Cologne track, its patient rhythmic progression untouched by the passing years, before ambient textures take centre stage in Nightwaif's 'Xmas1 (vocal dub)' as tape experiments float over deep sub-bass, caught somewhere between 1980s new age and modern ambient minimalism. A compelling, exploratory world of sound.
