# Phoenix’s FLDPLN offers shot of electronic bliss on new ‘Escalator’ album

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- Published: 2021-07-29T10:01:02-05:00
- Author: Eugene Tierney

_“FLDPLN presents stellar electronica laced with reverie-inspiring textures that
beautifully combine. Fluid, relaxing and daydream-provoking, Andrew Saks’ foray 
into the world of electronica is a most welcome one”_ ~ **The Spill Magazine**

_“A whole new world of electronic-based dreampop… With a perfect sense of space 
and symmetry,… a sound unlike pretty much anything else out there on the ambient-
pop-gaze music landscape” _~ **Big Takeover Magazine**

_“Electronic reverie… there is some continuity between the blissful escapism of 
Saks’ previous band Sway and FLDPLN… ecstatic yet chill, and harmonious while offering
an unexpectedly welcome fusion” _~ **The Record Stache**

_“Up up and away in bliss… an artist that definitely should be explored… dreamy,
blissfully textural”_ ~ **Amplify Music Magazine**

_“Succulent sonic chill-pill layers combine in reverie, bringing to mind such artists
as Slowdive, Bowery Electric, Tycho, South Pacific and Bonobo”_ ~ **Skylight Webzine**

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 **Photos by Angela Saks**

Phoenix-based dream-electronic artist [**FLDPLN**](https://ddec1-0-en-ctp.trendmicro.com/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2ffldpln.bandcamp.com&umid=8fd0e081-8b17-45cb-bc02-3066057ba161&auth=65a620fa4b6e2edf0405a6ed61dc7465231096cd-fb90bbeb254a99e881af40772d35aeb90ab56ea7)
presents the[** ‘Escalator’**](https://ddec1-0-en-ctp.trendmicro.com/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2ffldpln.bandcamp.com%2falbum%2fescalator&umid=8fd0e081-8b17-45cb-bc02-3066057ba161&auth=65a620fa4b6e2edf0405a6ed61dc7465231096cd-d67145f56494c4108d3c5e1e0f2c0cb6608f8b01)
album, loaded with electronic-based dreampop deeply influenced by 80s pop with shoegaze-
like textures and an ambient aesthetic, created by layered saxophones and synths.

FLDPLN (“field-plan”) is the solo project of **Andrew Saks**, former frontman of
Southern California shoegaze band [**Sway**](https://ddec1-0-en-ctp.trendmicro.com/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2fopen.spotify.com%2fartist%2f1bElSTQqO1Vd1pia2t7JeS&umid=8fd0e081-8b17-45cb-bc02-3066057ba161&auth=65a620fa4b6e2edf0405a6ed61dc7465231096cd-32c2294bd0b4a944e079e0dc077201ff52baaaf2).
A short time after they split, Andrew put down the guitar to return to his first
love – the saxophone – which he has played from the age of 12. Largely electronic,
FLDPLN concocts dreamy, blissfully textural songs featuring synthesizers, vocals
and layered saxophones.

Preceded by initial singles ‘**[Escalator’](https://ddec1-0-en-ctp.trendmicro.com/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2fsoundcloud.com%2ffldpln%2fescalator%2fs%2d2d12zarJxU8&umid=8fd0e081-8b17-45cb-bc02-3066057ba161&auth=65a620fa4b6e2edf0405a6ed61dc7465231096cd-f51be662eb1339490a3d3c68de464c2bf1ff99ab)**
and  **[‘Aliso’](https://ddec1-0-en-ctp.trendmicro.com/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2fyoutu.be%2fZe3yBEo47kM&umid=8fd0e081-8b17-45cb-bc02-3066057ba161&auth=65a620fa4b6e2edf0405a6ed61dc7465231096cd-496f189c6459494f326c5ed9dad2f105d8d589b0)**,
this long-player was written, produced, recorded and mixed by Andrew Saks at his
home studio in Phoenix, Arizona. This follows up his 2018 album[** ‘Let You Down’ **](https://ddec1-0-en-ctp.trendmicro.com/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2ffldpln.bandcamp.com%2freleases&umid=8fd0e081-8b17-45cb-bc02-3066057ba161&auth=65a620fa4b6e2edf0405a6ed61dc7465231096cd-49be44da9fd734025799dda9365d35a60bc14d51)
and his 2021 single [**‘Cashout’**](https://ddec1-0-en-ctp.trendmicro.com/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2fopen.spotify.com%2falbum%2f4cgey2m7TRtdV4A0tRTj8O%3fsi%3dP%5fhU%2dP1dQ3SWDKs7W%5fPmkA&umid=8fd0e081-8b17-45cb-bc02-3066057ba161&auth=65a620fa4b6e2edf0405a6ed61dc7465231096cd-1caff38f4a65d427adfa6f7918dfb9017d75f0bb),
release in 2021.

“Escalator is really the result of my years of dabbling in electronic music production
combined with my desire to reconnect with my roots, having been a saxophone player
for most of my life,” says **Andrew Saks**.

“For this album, I wanted to write songs that are true to the way I hear things 
in my head, dreamy, blurry, beautiful without compromise and incorporate the horn
as a textural instrument as well as another melodic voice.”

The idea behind FLDPLN was to incorporate Saks’ love for electronic music production
and early 90’s post-punk sensibilities, while allowing saxophones and synthesizers
to be used to fill-in texturally, where guitars have typically been the fundamental
building element of the “shoegaze” and “dream pop” sub-genres.  Saxophone textures
are layered, at times co-mingling with synthesizers to create a soft, warm bed of
sound, the perfect backdrop for the whisper-like vocals reminiscent of Andrew’s 
hushed voice with Sway.

At times, Andrew’s horn playing features soaring leads that lift the dreamlike and
serene to near-anthemic heights while, in other instances, they convey an emotional,
whisper-like voice. While certainly nowhere near new to experimental music, the 
tone and texture of the saxophone in this context effectively lends itself to ethereal
lullabies and reflective daydreams.

While textures and sound are an integral component of the music, Andrew does not
shy away from hook-laden songwriting. This music is highly influenced by childhood
memories of going to bed each night, falling asleep with Walkman headphones on and
later waking up in the darkness, in a partial dream-state with the pop songs of 
the 1980’s – Pet Shop Boys, New Order, Bruce Springsteen, Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam,
Debbie Gibson, Human League still whispering in his ears.

As of July 30, the ‘Escalator’ LP will be available via the **Sillas Famosas** label,
through online stores such as [**Apple Music**](https://ddec1-0-en-ctp.trendmicro.com/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2fmusic.apple.com%2fus%2fartist%2ffldpln%2f1358521213&umid=8fd0e081-8b17-45cb-bc02-3066057ba161&auth=65a620fa4b6e2edf0405a6ed61dc7465231096cd-7015a95b94ba63e3d25bae372b6c5ad3d79c98bf)
and streaming platforms like [**Spotify**](https://ddec1-0-en-ctp.trendmicro.com/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2fopen.spotify.com%2fartist%2f363PaWGixHMsJ3coR4r7yK%3fsi%3drOyQ1P2pTD2oHPUd2cUpIA%26dl%5fbranch%3d1&umid=8fd0e081-8b17-45cb-bc02-3066057ba161&auth=65a620fa4b6e2edf0405a6ed61dc7465231096cd-dc889c79f96d436e21a099d1eea242079d597d93).
The album can be pre-ordered via [**Bandcamp**](https://ddec1-0-en-ctp.trendmicro.com/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2ffldpln.bandcamp.com&umid=8fd0e081-8b17-45cb-bc02-3066057ba161&auth=65a620fa4b6e2edf0405a6ed61dc7465231096cd-fb90bbeb254a99e881af40772d35aeb90ab56ea7).

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**TRACK LIST**
01. Escalator02. Give You Everything03. I Want To Talk About Love04.
Building Whisperer05. Until You Don’t Have It Anymore (For Huell)06. Aliso07. Lost
Her At Sea08. How Much Do You Remember?09. Metrocenter10. So Much Time11. Maybe 
This Is How It Ends

**FOR FANS OF:** Tycho, Slowdive, M83, Bonobo, Sway, Pale Saints, The Midnight

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