Published
Wed, Apr 11, 2012, 14:15
- Due out in July on Hippos In Tanks, the New York duo's first full-length comes complete with a video game.
Gatekeeper will release their first album, Exo, this July on LA-based label Hippos In Tanks.
Gatekeeper is Aaron David Ross and Matthew Arkell, two New York-based artists with multimedia approach to their craft. They first debuted as Gatekeeper three years ago on Fright, a Kompakt sub-label focused on "serial killer synth symphonies"—i.e. disco-ish tracks inspired by horror and sci-fi scores. They expanded on this theme for 2010's Giza EP, which had a limited edition VHS counterpart featuring campy videos produced by the duo. Exo has an audiovisual element too: it will be accompanied by a video game designed by Tabor Robak (who collaborated with Ross's art project/boy band, HDBoyz), in which the player "explores various worlds inspired by the tracks on the album."
Tracklist
01. Imax
02. Exolift
03. Visitor
04. Bog
05. Vengier
06. Hydrus
07. Pre - Gen
08. Tree Drum
09. Dromos
10. Aero
11. Re - Gen
Hippos In Tanks will release Exo on July 17th, 2012.