Less Than 7, by Patricia

Less Than 7

by Patricia

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Avocadoman Wow, this is a very strong EP. Great acid, amazing atmosphere and a good drive. Well done!

Frank Dasent Insanely beautiful music.. thankyou Favorite track: Head Gap Width.

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1.	At A. Gallop 07:14	buy track
2.	Head Gap Width 06:52	buy track
3.	Winding To The Side 09:19	buy track
4.	Coffee Computer 04:19	buy track

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After appearing on Acid Test’s 10 Year Anniversary compilation Patricia, aka Max Ravitz, debuts an EP on the label with Less Than 7, a collection of tracks that sits squarely in the club-focused end of the label’s output. Ravitz grew up in Chicago and has family roots in Detroit; these cities cultivated his affinity for mid-western dance music, with early Trax Records being a standout favorite. Years later, while living in New York, collaborator Alexis Georgopoulos introduced Ravitz to Tin Man’s Neo Neo Acid LP (released on Acid Test in 2012). This album struck a particular chord, impacting his creative vision for the Patricia project and setting him on the path towards a fruitful collaboration with Tin Man as Ociya (also released on Acid Test).

After 2021's IDM-leaning Blue Ridge LP, the Less Than 7 EP marks Patricia's return to the dance floor. Here, Ravitz explores four dimensions of acid music, each track deploying that classic squelch to differing effect. Both tracks on the A side pack a gut punch. The almost industrial beat on ‘At A. Gallop’ stomps along under moody pads and dripping acid lines until, midway, new harmonies reveal fresh vistas. ‘Head Gap Width’ is the EP’s most direct statement, a bolt of dubby techno energy with gurgling acid bass and rhythmic Detroit stabs. The B side then shifts things to a more emotive plane. ‘Winding To The Side’ uses its 9 minutes to fully explore the harmonic interplay between its buoyant braindance acid lines, which are engineered to suspend the late morning dance floor in time. ‘Coffee Computer’ closes things out, with its detuned pads, walking acid bassline and child-like piano lending it a wistful air that falls between house and IDM.

Less Than 7 was recorded at Ravitz’s home studio in Asheville, NC, and mastered by close friend Josh Bonati.

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released September 30, 2022

Written and produced by Max Ravitz

℗ +© 2022 Acid Test
www.acidtestrecords.com
Published by Copyright Control

Mastered by Josh Bonati at Bonati Mastering
Manufactured by Optimal
Distributed by Word and Sound
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Artwork by Lastminutepanic

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Patricia Asheville, North Carolina

Max Ravitz is an accomplished designer of sounds and a composer of murky, melodic music designed to elicit movement in the body. Ravitz has been a fixture in New York's punk-ish world of do-it-yourself house and techno, releasing a steady stream of records (under his own name or in duos Inhalants, Masks, or Pulpo, but most frequently under his own legerdemain-styled solo moniker, Patricia). ... more

discography

Less Than 7

Sep 2022
Blue Ridge

Dec 2021
Non Zero Sum

Dec 2020
Maxyboy

Jun 2020
Heavy Merging

Mar 2019
Free Lunch

Aug 2018
Autotomy

Sep 2017
Several Shades of the Same Color

Jul 2017
Bem Inventory

Aug 2015
Side Piece

Aug 2014
Body Issues

Aug 2013

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