Particle by Dryft

On downtime from his current work as frontman of post-punk duo Vague Lanes, Mike Cadoo returns to his long-running Dryft project with Particle, his fifth full-length album under the moniker. Arriving twenty-six years after his debut Cell, Particle further sharpens the fractured electronics and muted melodic language explored on 2021’s From Stasis, presenting a crisper, more immediate set of compositions.

Cadoo, also widely known as a founding member of pioneering electronic project Gridlock, has used Dryft as a consistent outlet for his electronic work across decades, bridging early post-industrial IDM with more contemporary, restrained forms. Long recognized for beat structures that feel precarious, rhythms that seem to strain, erode, and reassemble in real time, he approached Particle with a renewed focus on allowing these patterns to fully resolve. Melodic elements are given a more direct role, actively driving momentum rather than hovering in the margins.

Emphasizing clarity and immediacy, Particle favors tactile sound design and forward-pushing arrangements over density or abstraction. The result is a notably focused Dryft release that functions as an all-encompassing signpost for Cadoo’s electronic output to date, informed by decades of exploration while remaining resolutely forward-looking.

Bay Area based multi-Instrumentalist who releases music as Bitcrush, Dryft and most recently under his surname. Was one-half of experimental electronic music duo Gridlock and is currently a member of darkwave duo Vague Lanes. When not writing music he is the owner operator of the n5MD and Viasonde record labels as well as principal mastering engineer for 37n,122w.

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