Figure Study

Figure Study

Figure Study

Dark Entries

***BACK IN PRINT!!!  Dark Entries is proud to present the debut album by FIGURE STUDY, a contemporary band from New York. Figure Study is the Manhattan-based duo of NATHAN ANTOLIK and APRIL CHALPARA. They formed in 2009, after meeting through the Wierd Records weekly party, where they would play their first concert soon after. While their debut 7" contained two songs recorded in 2009, this full length contains all new material recorded throughout the past year. For their debut self-titled album, Figure Study utilizes a carefully tailored set up of vintage analog synthesizers and drum machines. Figure Study creates a lush sound where haunting vocals echo over dark melodies that reflect an isolated and disintegrating world. Songs flux between dissonant dance numbers and more sparse, somber compositions, each carrying a sense of urgency and modernism. Figure Study's sound includes influences from such early underground artists as Kirlian Camera, Nine Circles, and The Actor. The album was recorded in their small Chinatown studio using a sparse set-up of analog synthesizers, drum machines and sequencers. It was mixed at The Wave Lab in Brooklyn by AJ TISSIAN and mastered for vinyl at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley by GEORGE HORN. Each LP is packaged in a specially designed jacket and includes an insert with lyrics. Figure Study draw their own model using shapes and forms from the synthetic landscape.

Figure Study

Lesson One

Dark Entries

***Dark Entries is proud to present the debut 7" of FIGURE STUDY, a contemporary band from New York. Figure Study is the Manhattan duo of NATHAN ANTOLIK and APRIL CHALPARA, who share writing and production duties, while April handles the vocals. They began the project in 2009, after meeting one another through the Wierd Records weekly party, where they would play their first concert soon after. For their debut single "Lesson One" they utilized small, simple analog synthesizer set up of all vintage Roland analog synths and drum machine. Figure Study's sound includes influences from early minimal synth music such as Kirlian Camera, Nine Circles, and The Actor. All songs have been mastered for vinyl by GEORGE HORN at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley. Each 7" is housed in a specially designed jacket by N. Antolik and includes a postcard sized insert of all lyrics.