Robert Logan
Cognessence

Cognessence is the debut album of 19 year old Robert Logan who composed, performed and produced this dark matter in his garden shed.

An album of dense, brooding electronica, Cognessence explores a wide range of atmospheres and emotions, from dark, cluttered, paranoid places to somewhere near to the edge of the dance floor- I tried to create something that is not only complex and engaging on a technical level, but also emotional and immediate. R.L

Rob draws upon a wide range of influences from folk, medieval and classical to krautrock and electronica. He fuses acoustic and electronic instruments and sound sources including voices, field recordings and a hungarian cimbalom. His complex and restless rhymths carry an echo of his half Hungarian backround and its rich musical history. His production skills are edge of the seat, playful and assymetrical - a powerful assimilation of recent trends that mellows with repeated listens to reveal a strong melodic instinct.

the essential last word in electronic soundscapes.
-DJ magazine

Fraught and broody... ...Logan is versatile and imaginative.
-Wire

There are few signs of innocence in his sophisticated debut, either, with Logan taking on the stylistic might of titans such as Massive Attack and Autechre... ...there seems to be little out of reach for such prodigious, sure-footed talent.
-flavorpill.net

Teenage laptop tricksters debut... ...brooding fractured rhythms and dark electronic atmospheres...***
-Q magazine

absolutely outstanding...impossible to quantify
-Mary Anne Hobbs -BBC Radio 1