Listening To: Adrian Bond - Suite for Circuit-bent Guitar no 1
Some time ago, following the release of Rainwalker and assorted other glitchy IDM in fall of 2002, I hit a period of writer's block, eventually resurfacing with some remixes around Christmas and the 2 clockwork pieces in February. In fact, the writer's block was mostly exagerated. Sure, it was bit more of a struggle to complete songs for a time, but I had a driving purpose: A split release with Cats on Earth, for which I had compiled 10 completely unreleased tracks by January 2003.
Sadly, as is often the case, that project eventually got brushed aside and never saw release, languishing in my forgotten back catalogue for 2 years. But now, as that split actually contained some of my best work of that time, it's time to clear ouot the clutter and get that music out to you at last. So here it is:
Structure and Chaos, out on Stefan Koopmanschapp's fine (if unimaginatively named) weblabel,
Laidback Electronica, which has also released Icotec, Seestrings, and Lackluster.
The tracklist:
01: Annihilate The Thought
02: Jackalope Baroque
03: March Of The Lemmings
04: Anxiety
05: He Still Saw Elephants
While 1,2, and 5 were all completed in Jan03, 3 was actually much older, a refugee from a proposed 4-way split from Nov01 (so Intona-era, even), and 4 is actually new, created entirely from field recordings last summer.
What became of the other 6 original tracks, you ask? (or I would like to imagine you would ask, at least). Well, those really aren't worth inflicting upon the world whatsoever. Just trust me on this one.
Oh, and there's also another new song up here, "Escape Velocity", a remix of an old compilation track I did for Unschooled records, built on a timing oddity. Yes, it's a gimmick, but gimmicks can be fun. More soon.
