One Way Static Music Symmetri By Metavari

Clear and Indigo vinyl limited to 300 worldwide.

‘Symmetri’ is Metavari’s sophomore studio release, led by electronic musician and composer, Nathaniel David Utesch, and their debut studio LP on One Way Static Records. The work is a stand-alone edit of Metavari’s ‘Metropolis’ re-score from Record Store Day 2017. This album introduces new and reconfigured material in addition to selections from the original soundtrack.

Metavari is the stage name of Indiana-based electronic musician Nathaniel David Utesch, and their sound is best described as the intersection of nostalgic electronics, ambient soundscapes and off-kilter synth pop music. Since 2008, Metavari has toured extensively in the US; sharing the stage with notable acts such as This Will Destroy You, Maserati, Tortoise, Titus Andronicus, Anamanaguchi, The Appleseed Cast & Small Black.

Written and produced over the course of 20 months, the lengthy writing time stretched across a whirlwind season surrounding the miscarriage of Nathaniel and his wife’s first pregnancy and coincidentally ended just after the success of their second. Nathaniel said of the writing, “The record was drenched in an incredibly dark season of our life and yet concluded at nearly the opposite. I quite literally finished the record with my newborn son in my arms.” While much of ‘Symmetri’ was written as a re-scoring of Fritz Lang’s ‘Metropolis,’ it’s still easy to hear the disparate tug and pull influenced by Nathaniel’s personal experiences during the time of the recordings.

The LP comes packaged in a deluxe jacket with a custom die cut center hole & includes a digital download containing a bonus track from Metavari and remixes from Sarah Davachi, Diamondstein, Antoni Maiovvi, Makeup and Vanity Set, Taragana Pyjarama, and Umberto. The record also features guest vocals from Daniel Weyandt, singer of the seminal hardcore metal band, Zao. Available as an exclusive color vinyl variant (milky clear and indigo blue vinyl limited to 300 copies).

TRACK LISTING

Side A

1. Assemblé en Miroir I
2. Messages
3. Futura
4. Unterirdisch
5. Byrani Rom Ascii
6. Indigo
7. Moloch!
8. Assemblé en Miroir II

Side B

9. Babel
10. Hymns
11. Trouble
12. Tetraheathen
13. Eternal Return, pt. 1
14. Witchhunt (feat. Daniel Weyandt)
15. Assemblé en Miroir III

Digital Download

16. Tetraheathen (Sarah Davachi Remix) [Bonus Track]
17. Messages (Umberto Remix) [Bonus Track]
18. Babel (Taragana Pyjarama’s Scales Remix) [Bonus Track]
19. Byrani Rom Ascii (Antoni Maiovvi’s Dream Within a Dream of the Winged Pig Mix) [Bonus Track]
20. Tetraheathen (Diamondstein Remix) [Bonus Track]
21. Witchhunt (Makeup and Vanity Set Remix) [Bonus Track]
22. Assemblé en Miroir IV [Bonus Track]