{"product_id":"tyondai-braxton-splayed-werks","title":"Tyondai Braxton - Splayed Werks","description":"\u003cp\u003eNew full-length album from \u003cstrong\u003eTyondai Braxton\u003c\/strong\u003e (former \u003cstrong\u003eBattles \u003c\/strong\u003emember) 70+ minutes of pure electronics and sound design\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"291\"\u003eEven at first blush, \u003cem data-start=\"21\" data-end=\"36\"\u003eSplayed Werks\u003c\/em\u003e, Tyondai Braxton’s new album and his first full-length release since the recording of his 2022 symphonic work \u003cem data-start=\"151\" data-end=\"164\"\u003eTelekinesis\u003c\/em\u003e, reveals itself as unlike anything that came before and marks the beginning of a new chapter with UK label \u003cstrong data-start=\"272\" data-end=\"288\"\u003eErased Tapes\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"611\" data-end=\"923\"\u003eIt may be a perfect album for 2026, a time when the sonic landscape continues to embrace increasingly radical hybrids, at once club soundsystem-ready, art-installation-leaning and music-school-mediated, but also intuitive and hand-crafted. 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