Rock by Mass
His project Rock, an intoxicatingly sinister work of sound art based on highly condensed classical sound sources, thrills a global audience far beyond the traditional electronica and techno music scenes since over 20 years. By combining abstract nature sounds with strings and brass alongside Mass minimalist cover designs incorporating photographs he took in the forest, Morris shows his strong affinity for Romanticism and portrays the forest as a mysterious or melancholic place. Morris fantasizes about a sound body ranging somewhere between Schönberg and Kraftwerk, between bugle and bass drum. Morris is Wagner in the guise of glam rock, Hansel and Gretel on acid. An endless march through the undergrowth—into the disco—of an imaginary, misty forest. In 2021, Mass made its long-awaited return with the release of first full-length Rock. The album had a much more organic, almost orchestral sound than the project's prior, loop-based output, a hypnotic trip that is meant to be heard from beginning to end as a whole.
Credits
All Music by Morris
Recorded 2021 - 2023
