Bending Brass by The Cyclist
The Cyclist is Andrew Morrison, Derry-based in Northern Ireland, where he uses a broken £20 keyboard -- whose constant errors generate random noises and extra tones -- to make dark but engrossing techno. Named for Natalia Goncharova's painting The Cyclist, Morrison's music seems to emerge from the same singularity as the Russian futurists, with a constant flow and shuffling rhythm that creates its own realism in the distinctiveness and potential failings of frail technology.
"...a UK producer at the forefront of the lo-fi, opaque, analogue house scene fittingly described as tape throb." -Resident Advisor
"...psychedelic, distorted electronics . . . techno at its weirdest." -DJMag
"...some banging low fidelity techno and house grooves with heavy-handed ambient passages spliced in." -Friendship Bracelet
"...cerebral house and electronic music filtered through disintegrating equipment." -Nialler9
"Like a debauched electronic artifact from a forgotten future, The Cyclist’s 'Bending Brass' retains a near constant darkly-irregular groove punctuated by grimy and often-stuttering rhythms. And like a film about a dystopian future, this beautifully textured album indiscriminately seduces my thoughtful and creative sides." -Turntable Kitchen
"One of the best cassettes this year." -Dumpster Diving Blog
"...left-field techno with post-punk frenzy." -Inverted Audio
"...a new venture into electronic music, creating a warmer atmosphere full of texture and noise." -Rebel Magazine
"This dream-tripping techno opus surprises and pulls the mind, body, and soul to the dancefloor." -That's Deck
"There’s a wonderfully hypnotic vibe to the Cyclist’s music, a style which creates such a fantastic, transcendental feeling of euphoria." -Crack in the Road
Art by Dwight Pavlovic
Layout by Liz Pavlovic
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Tracklist
| 1. | Technicolor! | 3:30 |
| 2. | Contorted | 5:46 |
| 3. | Petroleum Rainbow | 4:29 |
| 4. | Bending Brass | 3:08 |
| 5. | CAN | 4:50 |
| 6. | Pins and Needles on my Face | 1:36 |
| 7. | Grayscale | 5:11 |
| 8. | An Abyss Part 1 | 5:00 |
| 9. | An Abyss Part 2 | 2:41 |
| 10. | An Abyss Part 3 | 3:09 |
Credits
License
CC BY-NC 3.0. See the Creative Commons website for details.Tags
Est. 2010
"Your decency remains unimpaired, your virility unharmed, your person is free from any degrading submission, but in your hand is a tambourine." -Seneca