One Million Eyes / Iris (ASIPV044)

Following their 2021 debut album, Brama, One Million Eyes return with their highly anticipated second album, Iris, set to captivate us once more through a kaleidoscope of rich analog and instrumental fragments. 

The inspiration behind the album was born from a powerful symbol—the iris of the eye. Controlling the inflow of light, the iris mirrors the duo's mission for the album, “letting light in, even in the darkest of times”. Representing an attempt to shed new insight on their sometimes indescribable approach, Paolo and Luciano compare the ambition (and consequent imperfections) throughout their music to that of the imperfect, yet unique array of color found within an iris, in the hope it can completely entrance and mesmerize. 

With much of the album recorded live, ‘Iris’ marks a refined evolution in the One Million Eyes born under their Tempelhof guise many years ago. Infusing organic sound elements such as voice fragments, acoustic guitar lines, and drum beats at the forefront of their compositions, their vast array of analog synthesizers once again provide added depth and warmth, resulting in majestic, hypnotic circular motifs that Paolo and Luciano describe as "Mantras, rising and falling in volume and intensity."

Mastered by Rafael Anton Irisarri, and featuring artwork by Ventral Is Golden, Iris will be available on November 10th, on deep green vinyl, digital, and streaming.

There will also be an extremely limited run of multi-colored ‘Iris’ 12” available directly on the label’s Bandcamp, only during the Bandcamp Listening Session on November 5th 11am PST.

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Preorder: October 27th 2023
Bandcamp Listening Session: Sunday, 11am PST November 5th 2023.
Release date: November 10th 2023

Tracklist:

A1. Tangeri
A2. Kettlesoul
A3. Look Up
A4. Deserto
A5. Sarakiniko

B1. Cante Jondo
B2. Maori
B3. Samovar
B4. Cambiasso
B5. Sine Fine

Written and produced by Luciano Ermondi and Paolo Mazzacani
Artwork by Ventral Is Golden
Mastered by Rafael Anton Irisarri at Black Knoll Studio, New York
Pressed by AFG Manufacturing, Italy

Words on their first release ‘Brama’

“Taking a break before regrouping as One Million Eyes, the duo now focuses on music that they enjoy making, which, as it turns out, is the sound of beat-driven ambient soundscape. "Brama," their debut album under their new name, is a winsome, gorgeous affair, as the duo uses digital synth pads and programmed drum machines to create a sound that feels damn near close to organic” - Evan Sawdey, Yardbarker, on ‘Brama’ in 2021