Tropic Of, Vol. I

by Aserrín

supported by

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Purchasable with gift card

$5 USD or more
Cassette + Digital Album
High quality cassette with album art and hard case. Free download of bonus track upon release.

Includes unlimited streaming of Tropic Of, Vol. I via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

ships out within 5 days

edition of 50

Purchasable with gift card

$5 USD or more
Full Digital Discography

5

releases

Get all 5 Aserrín releases available on Bandcamp and save 35%.

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Tropic Of, Vol. 3, Bioseguridad (On My Mind), Airframe Matecaña (Chupacabras Quiet Remix), Tropic Of, Vol. 2, and Tropic Of, Vol. I. , and , .

Purchasable with gift card

$11.05 USD or more (35% OFF)

1.	Ladrilleros 02:17	buy track
2.	Times in my Life 06:30
3.	Acuario San Andres 04:39	buy track
4.	The Tide Abides 01:18	buy track
5.	Everyone Synthesizin 05:03
6.	Caribe Sur 05:28
7.	Bahía Solano 01:50	buy track
8.	Desire 05:05	buy track
9.	Rincon del Mar 05:25	buy track
10.	Puerto Viejo de Talamanca 04:16	buy track
11.	Aguas Turbulentas 04:56
12.	Gran Pacifico 03:16

about

The sound of waves crashing opens Texas-born, Colombia-based electronic producer Aserrin’s debut album, Tropic of, Vol. 1, establishing a pattern of ebb and flow which underpins the work as a whole. In his first album under the alias Aserrín—it’s Spanish for “sawdust”—DJ and producer Matt Ballenger imbues his hardware with humanism and warmth to create a sweaty mix of Balearic chill and urbane abandon. It transports the listener to the equator, both on its shores and in its clubs.

Ballenger spent his early teens religiously taping music at night from the city’s late nineties radio stations. Tropic of, Vol. 1 is a callback to this period of his life and the first in a planned series of ‘rave tapes.’ Combining a wide range of influences from dance music all over the world, Ballenger reveals his own rapidly developing style.

Tropic of, Vol 1 is a testament to the synthetic and organic approach Ballenger has cultivated in his music, something that sounds born only of his own experiences.

credits

released September 14, 2018

All tracks written and produced by Matt Ballenger (Aserrín/Lo_intelpro)

license

about

Aserrín Pereira, Colombia

Born and raised near Dallas, Texas, Matt Ballenger lives and makes music in Pereira, Colombia.

contact / help

Contact Aserrín

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this album or account

If you like Aserrín, you may also like:

Zeun Ya Yop
by Fredih

Hypnotic songs from this Cameroon-based musician, with vibrant rhythms and dazzling synths in songs that keep pushing forward. Bandcamp New & Notable Jul 18, 2021
go to album
Distraction Provisions
by A Taut Line

featured on Bandcamp Radio May 9, 2017
go to album
Xenomorph
by Wu Kush

featured on Bandcamp Radio Aug 7, 2018
go to album
88 - Double Happiness Vol.2 | Compiled by MLCH
by FuFu Records

Hong Kong's FuFu Records presents a compilation of electronic music from artists across Asia to raise money for One Tree Planted. Bandcamp New & Notable Jun 22, 2021
go to album
The River Widens
by the mole

“Boogie Meets Beatdown” on this epic album from the mole, where ambient interludes lead into sudden and scary dark alleys. Bandcamp New & Notable Jan 29, 2023
go to album
Birds (in my mind anyway)
by DOC SLEEP

The first LP from nightlife cornerstone Melissa Maristuen, aka Doc Sleep, turns away from the dancefloor and toward the personal. Bandcamp Album of the Day Mar 21, 2023
go to album
Choral Feeling
by Oceanic

Madcamp dance music from the Netherlands that is alternately impish and mysterious, vocal clips and synth blips intermindling. Bandcamp New & Notable Jan 29, 2023
go to album