Rival Consoles - Landscape From Memory

Released on Erased Tapes in July 2025, Landscape From Memory is Rival Consoles' ninth studio album, continuing Ryan Lee West's long-running exploration of the space between hardware electronic production and something more physical and expressive. Across fourteen tracks, the record moves between rhythmic, beat-forward pieces and quieter ambient interludes, built from a hands-on combination of modular synthesis, guitar and field recordings rather than purely digital production. West has spent over a decade refining a sound that sits comfortably alongside Erased Tapes' more classically-leaning artists while remaining distinctly electronic, and this record is one of the clearest, most focused statements of that approach yet.

Rival Consoles is the recording name of Ryan Lee West, a London-based producer and composer who's released on Erased Tapes for well over a decade. His music sits at the intersection of hardware electronic production and more expressive, almost classical composition, built using a hands-on combination of modular synthesizers, guitar and field recordings rather than software alone. West has become one of the label's most prolific and consistent artists, with a catalogue that moves fluidly between beat-driven electronic pieces and quieter, more ambient work, and Landscape From Memory represents one of the most fully-realised expressions of that range to date.