"Cognessence" is the debut album from 19 year old Robert Logan who composed, performed and produced this dark matter in his garden shed. Rob was introduced to Slowfoot Records by producer Ivor Guest for whom he has contributed textures and beats for Grace Jones on her forthcoming new release.
 
An album of dense, brooding electronica, ”Cognessence” explores a wide range of atmospheres and emotions, from dark, cluttered, paranoid places to somewhere near 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”.
 
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 medieval instruments and field recordings. His complex and restless rhythms carry an echo of his half Hungarian background and its rich musical history. His production skills are edge of the seat, playful and asymmetrical - a powerful assimilation of recent trends that mellows with repeated listens to reveal a strong melodic instinct.

“The essential last word in electronic soundscapes”
4.5/5 
DJ 

“brooding, fractured rhythms and dark electronic atmospheres" 
*** Q

“Like Photek before him, Robert Logan has discovered his dark side at a tender age” 
BBC Online

“There seems to be little out of reach for such prodigious, sure-footed talent.” 
Favorpill

“This cat is 19 and he's doing things in his garden shed with distortion and electronics that makes speakers quake in a very different way.”
Rock-A-Rolla

“Cognessence is fraught and broody, even a little Gothic, with tracks exhibiting a healthy young teenager's natural inclination towards thoughts of the graveyard.  Still, Logan is versatile and imaginative.  "pop" is a cyberman's fantasy of a never-ever golden age for robopop, while "Proto Lexicon" ventures into the realms of the beatless, all strafing, synaptic aching and mercurial suspension.”  
The Wire