T.O.N.T.O., by Robin Hatch

T.O.N.T.O.

by Robin Hatch

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1.	Buttercups 03:43		buy track
2.	Brazil (feat. Eric Slick & Leland Whitty) 03:15	info	buy track
3.	Airplane (feat. Laura Bates) 06:07		buy track
4.	Mockingbird (feat. Nick Thorburn) 04:01		buy track
5.	Inspector (feat. Lowell Whitty) 04:34		buy track
6.	My Lucid Mind 02:36		buy track
7.	Rest Stop 04:05		buy track
8.	The Standoff (feat. Joseph Shabason) 05:03		buy track
9.	Water 00:58		buy track

about

In February 2021, Toronto-based multi-instrumentalist Robin Hatch was informed of a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to record on the famed T.O.N.T.O synthesizer at the National Music Gallery in Calgary. With only 4 days in the studio to record, Hatch emerged with a halting masterwork that shares a name with it’s progenitor: T.O.N.T.O.

A conscious attempt to exorcise deep seated baggage, T.O.N.T.O. was a self-imposed challenge to sit and ruminate on awful feelings and meditate on their place in ourselves. As a composer, Robin’s mission is to transmute painful ugly experiences like psychosis, post-traumatic stress, delusion, and hallucinating voices, into Lovecraftian minimalist electronica. The results speak volumes without uttering a word, creating a living landscape within which we find the capacity to confront and sit with the deepest roots of ourselves. Rhythmic waves of synths create movement in our pathways creating neural sensations to challenge our perceptions of ourselves. At times frantic and arresting and others in pleasing comfort, T.O.N.T.O. is an honest and raw interpretation of the id within us all.

The work on T.O.N.T.O. is a branching path on the expanse of Robin Hatch’s career to date. Her unparalleled talent and mind-bending capacity to innovate within the limitless space of her creative force lives in full display. In addition to herself, T.O.N.T.O. also includes Eric Slick (Dr. Dog) and Leland Whitty (BadBadNotGood) on “Brazil”, doom metal violinist Laura Bates (Volur) on “Airplane,” drummer Lowell Whitty on “Inspector”, Nick Thorburn (Islands) on “Mockingbird,” and saxophonist Joseph Shabason on “The Standoff”. Mixed by Carlin Nicholson (Zeus, Bahamas), and mastered by Robert Margouleff (Stevie Wonder, DEVO, Oingo Boingo), T.O.N.T.O. is out on October 29th, 2021 on LP, CD and digital.

The album is dedicated to Malcolm Cecil, who sadly passed two weeks after the album recording.

credits

released October 29, 2021

Produced, Composed and performed by Robin Hatch
Engineered by Jason Tawkin
Mixed by Carlin Nicholson and Gabe Knox
Mastered by Robert Margouleff

Guest performances by: Nick Thorburn, Eric Slick, Leland Whitty, Laura Bates, Lowell Whitty, and Joseph Shabason

Synths: T.O.N.T.O., CS-80, Oberheim Four Voice, Linn Drum, RMI Explorer, ARP Solina

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Robin Hatch Toronto, Ontario

Robin Hatch is a composer from Toronto, Ontario.

discography

Piano III

Jul 2023
T.O.N.T.O.

Oct 2021
Noise

Oct 2020
Robin Hatch

Dec 2019
Hatch

Oct 2019
Works For Solo Piano

Mar 2019

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