Rival Consoles: Making Landscape from Memory

How do you get back into making music when inspiration seems to have left? It’s a question many of us have faced and Ryan Lee West is no exception. Known to many as Rival Consoles for his exquisitely sculpted, synthesizer-heavy, emotionally resonant electronica, Ryan felt burnt out after years of near constant production, soundtrack work and touring. Watch our exclusive documentary to learn how the process of reconnecting with music became the seed for the new Rival Consoles album Landscape from Memory.

Track Breakdown

We asked Rival Consoles to break down his track “Known Shape” and walk us through how the many simple elements combine to form a fantastically complex and rhythmically propulsive end result.

Rival Consoles Live in Berlin

We caught Rival Consoles’s performance in Berlin in May and are happy to share this exclusive video of him playing “Sudden Awareness of Now” live. 

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