Track Listing

1. Digital Drops
2. Temporale
3. Doors
4. Distal
5. Schlaflos
6. Rise
7. Samen
8. Reaktor
9. Moonwalk
10. Back Here Alone
11. Je Ne Trouve Pas la Sortie

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #647413 in Music
• Released on: 2008-08-25
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .13 pounds

Customer Reviews

Headphone Commute Review
Another excellent surprise coming out of Tympanik. And that's twice in one year. First I was completely blown away by Subheim's Approach. And now another brand new group, Integral, hitting me hard out of nowhere with their debut, Rise. The duo behind Integral are Germany based David Rotter and Rafael Milatz. Their sound is dark, cinematic, and simply gorgeous IDM. It feels like these guys are going to be creating soundtracks for melancholic films of other-worldly voyages in no time. Hold on... Someone's knocking on my door. Oh... Never mind. That was in the track. Where was I? Ah, back on the spaceship. Alien insects are crawling upside down on a glass ceiling as we approach a sun rise of a distant galaxy. And when we land on the first favorable foreign planet, its beauty sings in soft sound waves after the electric storm. All the little sounds and patterns on Rise excite my neurons, as my brain races to keep track of all the psychedelic changes and the complicated unfolding layers of sound, even though the rhythm is of a slower downtempo nature. That happens to be my favorite stylistic aspect of this genre: slow spreading ambient melodic soundscapes on one layer and rapid micro precision programmed elementary auditory particles on the other. That is something my mind can never tire of, as there are numerous puzzles to be solved within this cryptic message. And when you're done, you can flip it upside down. Big thanks to Tympanik, once again, for bringing this music to our ears. Seems that the Chicago based label is tirelessly searching in all corners of this planet for the sounds emanating from another. Another great find. Beautiful artwork. Recommended for the likes of Hecq, Kattoo, Ginormous, Nebulo and Lusine Icl.

Electronic music: Evolved
Integral's album Rise is a remarkable experience. It's not an album that captivates immediately; it slowly works its way into your skin until it suddenly seems like it's always been there.

New but comfortable. Alien but familiar.

The German duo's debut is impossible to categorize; an enveloping creation that's not quite IDM, not quite ambient, not quite industrial.....but something more.

Band members David Rotter and Rafael Milatz have said that they make songs instead of tracks, and their music is for the heart and the mind. They're certainly correct. IDM glitch-structures skitter through warm synth washes ("Digital Drops"), while near-tactile bass drones bellow like star-faring whales ("Back Here Alone") and sampled sequences tickle the ear ("Moonwalk"). This is music that captures in multiple ways.

I keep hearing that industrial is dead; monotonous electronic noise is now ruling the clubs; no one is making anything good anymore. This album single-handedly proves all these statements to be wrong, and Illinois-based label Tympanik Audio is leading the charge. Rise will please EBM fans (check out the irresistible 242/FLA-style bassline in "Schlaflos"), ambient devotees (atmospherics don't get much better than the title track), and IDM-heads (the brilliant glitchiness of "Temporale"), while alienating none of them.

It's been a long time since I've experienced an electronic album that was so completely and utterly satisfying. If you already like projects such as Flint Glass and Polygon, snap this up immediately, and if you're the type of adventoruous music fan who's been searching for something new and completely hypnotic, look no further.