Lost In Reality, by Metro Riders

Lost In Reality

by Metro Riders

supported by

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Purchasable with gift card

€5 EUR or more
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
— Black vinyl in rough side printed sleeves
— Speedy world wide delivery
— Stickers and various ephemera comes with every order

Includes unlimited streaming of Lost In Reality via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

ships out within 2 days

Purchasable with gift card

€18.90 EUR or more

1.	Råttornas Vinter 04:57	buy track
2.	Spasm 04:19	buy track
3.	Contrebande 05:21	buy track
4.	Non Fiction 04:30	buy track
5.	Aenigma 04:32	buy track
6.	Shocking Dark 06:36	buy track
7.	Lia Rousseau 03:34	buy track
8.	Lost In Reality 03:12	buy track

about

"No high concepts or confounding hi jinx here, just a strong feel for vibe and murky play of light that really sucks you into his world and firmly evokes the inspirations in their own way. Everything's swaddled and sore with ferric infidelity, ‘Lost In Reality’ plays out a dark dream sequence of wheezing, furtive melody and seedy back alley atmospheres that get under our skin from the off." — Boomkat

—

A pungent ooze emanates from the subway. As a sticky drum machine sequence rolls out like thick dark fog, ice cold synth swirls rise from the depths.

Since the debut album Europe By Night, one of the main references associated with Henrik Stelzer and his Metro Riders project has been that of cinema, and particularly the European genre films of the 1980s. With its seedy subject matters manifesting both in visual style and music, the vibe of that era has crystallized over time. Passed down to us from deteriorating video cassettes, it became an invaluable key to decoding our present day reality.

And this is true for this album as well; Stelzer does not hide the fact that he builds heavily on that vibe; referencing it through track titles and utilizing a particular recording setup consisting of a Fostex and a reel to reel in order to achieve and recreate the feeling of those soundtracks — as heard on magnetic tape rather than vinyl.

The motion picture soundtrack as an arbitrary genre definition becomes, in the hands of Stelzer, a pair of X-ray specs for him to envision a kind of music that deals in grains and contrasts rather than hooks and choruses. And like Roddy Piper in John Carpenter’s 1988 film They Live, he hands those glasses over for us to see the true face of our times.

On Lost In Reality Metro Riders maps out an emotional geography of the cities at night, wherein the cinematic haze becomes a tool by which we can view them with new eyes. Not steering away from the darker alleys nor the harsh realities of modern day politics masquerading as progress. Yet escapism, in the end, seems the only viable option. But not as an endgame, but rather a stepping stone for building a new vocabulary for an utopian language.

credits

released September 29, 2023

Recorded and produced by Henrik Stelzer/Metro Riders
Mastered by Antony Ryan (ISAN)
Artwork and typography by Henrik Stelzer/Metro Riders
Liner notes by Simon Eliasson
300 copies on black vinyl

license

about

Possible Motive Sweden

Experimental Record Label From Sweden

Speedy Worldwide Delivery

Glory To Ukraine!

contact / help

Contact Possible Motive

Streaming and
Download help

Shipping and returns

Redeem code

Report this album or account

If you like Lost In Reality, you may also like:

Interim Report, March 1979
by Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan

supported by 5 fans who also own “Lost In Reality”

Amazing!!! I missed out on the vinyl. Hopefully there’s a 3rd pressing of this release in the future. So far, my favorite album of 2021 Worm Tamer
go to album
The Nation's Most Central Location.
by Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan

supported by 4 fans who also own “Lost In Reality”

This is very close to what I heard/felt everytime we visited the grandparents in Runcorn. Ominous dread. Bleak dystopia. Concrete and terraced houses. Plus the air smells! MonkeyMajiks
go to album
Building a New Town
by Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan

supported by 4 fans who also own “Lost In Reality”

Here we have a bit of instrumental folktronica, the brainchild of Gordon Chapman-Fox. Various keyboards mix with crisp acoustic guitar, creating a semblance of wistful nostalgia. The music is delicate and languid, sometimes bordering on supernatural. My only complaint is that it’s an EP, I could stand a lot more of this in one sitting. Nickie Harte Kelly
go to album
Grid Of Points
by Grouper

These seven songs meditate on the minutiae of the past and the backwashed that cling on despite the years. Bandcamp Album of the Day Apr 27, 2018
go to album
Tales from A Glass Crypt Volume II: The Blob Stares Back
by GRYPT

Horror audio drama from multimedia group Grypt broaches the very important question: "Why do Blob things happen to good people?" Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 24, 2019
go to album
After its own death / Walking in a spiral towards the house
by Nivhek

Under her new alias, Nivhek, Grouper’s Liz Harris ventures further still into avant-garde and instrumental territory. Bandcamp Album of the Day Mar 6, 2019
go to album
Paradise Valley
by Grouper

An impeccable pair of brand new dark drones from Liz Harris that feel like being plunged into a frozen lake - terrifying & invigorating. Bandcamp New & Notable Dec 21, 2016
go to album