“Figure Study - Figure Study kaufen im Vinyl, Minimal, Synth, Wave, Münster, Germany, International, Mail Order”

LP / Dark Entries Records / 2013

RE-PRESS 2024

Dark Entries is proud to present the debut album by Figure Study, a
contemporary band from New York. Figure Study is the Manhattan-based duo
of Nathan Antolik and April Chalpara. They formed in 2009, after
meeting through the Wierd Records weekly party, where they would play
their first concert soon after. While their debut 7″ contained two songs
recorded in 2009, this full length contains all new material recorded
throughout the past year.

For their debut self-titled album, Figure Study utilizes a carefully
tailored set up of vintage analog synthesizers and drum machines. Figure
Study creates a lush sound where haunting vocals echo over dark
melodies that reflect an isolated and disintegrating world. Songs flux
between dissonant dance numbers and more sparse, somber compositions,
each carrying a sense of urgency and modernism. Figure Study’s sound
includes influences from such early underground artists as Kirlian
Camera, Nine Circles, and The Actor.

The album was recorded in their small Chinatown studio using a sparse
set-up of analog synthesizers, drum machines and sequencers. It was
mixed at The Wave Lab in Brooklyn by AJ Tissian and mastered for vinyl
at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley by George Horn. Each LP is packaged in a
specially designed jacket and includes an insert with lyrics. Figure
Study draw their own model using shapes and forms from the synthetic
landscape.