Cloud Management return to Altin Village & Mine for a unique collaboration with New York writer and creative polymath Vivien Goldman.
A pairing spanning generations and geography, but with a musical overlap that is quite fitting in both process and result. Cloud Management’s jammy, improvisational approach to their dubby electronics blends well with Goldman’s idiosyncratic vocal style, which has its origins in the early days of post-punk and UK dub experimentalism. Cloud Management blend many historical aspects of German electronic music into something distinctly their own, while retaining a view well beyond those borders or any particular era. This approach fits well with Goldman’s deep multidisciplinary career, not easily defined because of its eclectic abundance across disciplines, yet always orbiting around music as its foundation.
When it comes down to it, these are great tracks created in the same way they sound: loose but refined, circling and turning inwards and outwards, back onto themselves. A dub of a dub of a dub, but never falling too far from the source — the minimalism necessary to deliver a direct, steady resolve and a gripping listen.
The B-side of the record features three remixes by artists from across the globe, all with strong connections to the front line of dancehall, dub, and electronic music experimentalism. Longtime Equiknoxx member Time Cow from Kingston, Jamaica, delivers a version of »Quick Cover Up« that represents a major overhaul of the original. This remix strips away much of the looseness of the source material and leans into a lush yet slightly darker atmosphere, created by layered synths and a masterful use of underlying percussion and melodic stabs.
Up next are Twin Cities, Minnesota–based Feel Free Hi Fi, who take on »Judge Judge.« The duo tighten things up, overlaying weighty vintage string synths and digi-flute melodies. This version feels designed for smoky, late-night dub sound system sessions, harkening back to dub’s foundations.
Last but not least is London’s Pat Orburn. Stripped way down, the remix rides an interplay between alternating minimalism and a more lo-fi but lush exuberance, somewhat reminiscent of a bossa nova–esque minimal synth sound. This version’s lo-fi pop sensibility provides a fitting contrast and completes an eclectic yet copacetic trio of remixes for the record.
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released April 10, 2026
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Catalog Number: AVM 084
Format: LP/Digital
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All tracks are written, recorded and produced by Cloud Management.
Vocals and lyrics by Vivien Goldman. Additional percussion on
track 1 by Charlie & Cosmo. Track 4 remixed by Time Cow. Track 5 remixed by Feel Free Hi Fi. Track 6 remixed by Pat Orburn. Cover photo by Alexesie Pinnock (www.yunggenius.com). Mastered by Fritz Brückner at Haunted Haus. Sleeve design by TEOTH. Press release written by Shawn Reed.
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Fantastic album, reminds of that magic late 70s/early 80s time when post-punkers were experimenting with dub--not because it sounds like anything specific from that era, actually exactly because it's bold and original! Marco Baroni