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# EB Listening: Xaver von Treyer’s ‘The Torino Scale’ album streaming in full If you pay close attention, you'll be hearing the little Moroder's singing. Well, metaphorically, since **Xaver von Treyer** can't be pigeonholed with just Italo disco -- though you can hear rhythmic and melodic references such as spherical, bubbling synthesizers sounds throughout *The Torino Scale*, von Treyer aka **Xaver Naudascher**'s debut album. Further earthly pleasures come in the shape of mesmerizing guitar licks, 10-minute-long studies in Krautrock and the collaboration with Japanese singer **Yuko Matsuyama** on 'Lunar Rover (Utao Okami)', a piece which was originally released on [**Kompakt**'s 'Japan Relief' compilation][1]{: target="_blank"} in early 2011. The base of the **Supersoul Recordings** founder's LP is electronica and cosmic music though, both musically as conceptual. Most obviously, the track titles refer to deep space: 'We Are Alien', Spit From the Sun', 'Solar Fire', to name a few. And then there's 'The Torino Scale' itself of course, a "*method for categorizing the impact hazard associated with near-Earth objects such as asteroids and comets*" ([Wikipedia][2]{: target="_blank"}), which places the album in a context of impact on earth. You don't need to travel the universe though to get the idea: 'The Torino Scale' is out on October 21st on Supersoul Recordings, you can stream the whole record in advance below. [1]: http://kompakt-japan-benefit.bandcamp.com/ [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torino_Scale
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    text: '<p> If you pay close attention, you&rsquo;ll be hearing the little Moroder&rsquo;s singing. Well, metaphorically, since <strong>Xaver von Treyer</strong> can&rsquo;t be pigeonholed with just Italo disco &ndash; though you can hear rhythmic and melodic references such as spherical, bubbling synthesizers sounds throughout <em>The Torino Scale</em>, von Treyer aka <strong>Xaver Naudascher</strong>&rsquo;s debut album.</p><p>Further earthly pleasures come in the shape of mesmerizing guitar licks, 10-minute-long studies in Krautrock and the collaboration with Japanese singer <strong>Yuko Matsuyama</strong> on &lsquo;Lunar Rover (Utao Okami)&rsquo;, a piece which was originally released on <a href="http://kompakt-japan-benefit.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Kompakt</strong>&lsquo;s &lsquo;Japan Relief&rsquo; compilation</a> in early 2011.</p><p>The base of the <strong>Supersoul Recordings</strong> founder&rsquo;s LP is electronica and cosmic music though, both musically as conceptual. Most obviously, the track titles refer to deep space: &lsquo;We Are Alien&rsquo;, Spit From the Sun&rsquo;, &lsquo;Solar Fire&rsquo;, to name a few. And then there&rsquo;s &lsquo;The Torino Scale&rsquo; itself of course, a &ldquo;<em>method for categorizing the impact hazard associated with near-Earth objects such as asteroids and comets</em>&rdquo; (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torino_Scale" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a>), which places the album in a context of impact on earth.</p><p>You don&rsquo;t need to travel the universe though to get the idea: &lsquo;The Torino Scale&rsquo; is out on October 21st on Supersoul Recordings, you can stream the whole record in advance below.</p>'
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# EB Listening: Xaver von Treyer’s ‘The Torino Scale’ album streaming in full If you pay close attention, you'll be hearing the little Moroder's singing. Well, metaphorically, since **Xaver von Treyer** can't be pigeonholed with just Italo disco -- though you can hear rhythmic and melodic refere...

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And then there's 'The Torino Scale' itself of course, a "*method for categorizing the impact hazard associated with near-Earth objects such as asteroids and comets*" ([Wikipedia][2]{: target="_blank"}), which places the album in a context of impact on earth. You don't need to travel the universe ...