{"product_id":"yl-hooi-untitled-2026-repress","title":"YL Hooi - Untitled (2026 Repress)","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"576\"\u003eInitially conceived as a short-run cassette for \u003cstrong data-start=\"48\" data-end=\"72\"\u003eAltered States Tapes\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-start=\"74\" data-end=\"85\"\u003eYL Hooi\u003c\/strong\u003e’s nameless collection of textural apparitions oscillates between icy DIY minimalism, FX-drenched atmospherics and nang chamber dub. A ghost-like transmission, Hooi’s voice anchors an array of sonic abstractions and impressionistic melodic motifs while a purgatorial ambience dominates throughout. Co-produced with alleged fellow \u003cstrong data-start=\"415\" data-end=\"432\"\u003eKallista Kult\u003c\/strong\u003e member \u003cstrong data-start=\"440\" data-end=\"457\"\u003eTarquin Manek\u003c\/strong\u003e of \u003cstrong data-start=\"461\" data-end=\"468\"\u003eLST\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong data-start=\"473\" data-end=\"485\"\u003eM. Quake\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem data-start=\"487\" data-end=\"497\"\u003eUntitled\u003c\/em\u003e ultimately exists in a suspended halfway state, as if caught between worlds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"578\" data-end=\"1048\"\u003eThe album’s final form speaks directly to its origins, recorded intermittently across a two-year period between 2017 and 2019. That extended passage of time seeps into the structures of the songs themselves, spiralling and mutating from the same centre. The elegiac pulse of opener \u003cem data-start=\"860\" data-end=\"867\"\u003eTitle\u003c\/em\u003e foreshadows the hymnal drift of \u003cem data-start=\"900\" data-end=\"915\"\u003eStraight Thru\u003c\/em\u003e, before evolving into the inverted bossa nova of \u003cem data-start=\"965\" data-end=\"975\"\u003eW\/O Love\u003c\/em\u003e. The result is a constantly shifting tableau of shared liminal spaces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1050\" data-end=\"1416\"\u003eThese songs seem to emerge like plumes of smoke, magician’s tricks conjured from the ether. The vision crystallises at the midpoint of \u003cem data-start=\"1185\" data-end=\"1195\"\u003eUntitled\u003c\/em\u003e with a cover of \u003cem data-start=\"1212\" data-end=\"1222\"\u003eStranger\u003c\/em\u003e by \u003cstrong data-start=\"1226\" data-end=\"1239\"\u003eLove Joys\u003c\/strong\u003e, the lovers rock original transformed into the transportive intimacy of Hooi’s own hazy inner world, a perfect embodiment of the LP’s amorphous and deeply sensuous qualities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1418\" data-end=\"1706\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003eA sound both from down under and somewhere far out in subspace, \u003cem data-start=\"1482\" data-end=\"1492\"\u003eUntitled\u003c\/em\u003e stands as an inspired masterstroke of experimental mysticism. This 2021 \u003cstrong data-start=\"1565\" data-end=\"1584\"\u003eEfficient Space\u003c\/strong\u003e edition is remastered and presented with new artwork honouring the Melbourne-based artist’s Chinese and Russian heritage.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Efficient Space","offers":[{"title":"Vinyl LP (2026 Repress)","offer_id":58134463316313,"sku":"SDZ-46365","price":30.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3455\/0945\/files\/ES017.png?v=1779706444","url":"https:\/\/spindizzyrecords.com\/products\/yl-hooi-untitled-2026-repress","provider":"Spindizzy Dublin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}