Nina Kraviz calls upon Bjarki and Aphex Twin for next трип release

Nina Kraviz’s трип imprint, our favourite label of 2015, has revealed it will put out a seven-track album titled ‘When I Was 14’ on May 20.

Six artists feature on the label’s sixth release. Nina Kraviz, Aphex Twin, Barcode Population, Biogen and PTU provide a track each, while Bjarki turns in two efforts. Aphex Twin’s contribution previously appeared on his user48736353001 SoundCloud account last year, and was produced in the early 90s.

The press release expands upon the title with the full quote: “When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.”

The LP is conceptualised around a conversation Kraviz had with the label illustrator Tombo about “the way people form their opinions and criticisms.”

She said: “All things are relative and all eyes are different. In the end it’s important to grow and shape your opinion, make up your own mind. This was the point of inspiration for Tombo - his artwork representing two worlds and two young boys who are affected by the ‘outside’, controlled and manipulated. One manages to escape by shaping his own desires, growth being a matter of choice. Learning that what enables one to see and understand more, is the freedom from anyone's opinion but your own.”

Check out the tracklist below.

A1 Bjarki - Baepolar
A2 Nina Kraviz - Don’t Mind Wrong Keys
B1 AFX – p-string
C1 Bjarki – Naked Naked
C2 Barcode Population – Temple Ball
D1 Biogen – Untitled
D2 PTU - Taorak

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