The eroded and surreal sonic manifests on qu4 carefully collapse and recombine succinctly, casting darker shadows than previously explored,
A powerful and primordial panoramic of densely packed audible pathways
Recording artist, composer, and a skilled mastering engineer, Frank Riggio, continues to crumple and pummel experimental electronics into oblivion, twisting hundreds of disjointed structures into sandblasted sonic shapes. qu4 delivers darker elements for the QU4DRILOGY concept work featuring four albums. Modular, abstract, and sizzling layers inhabit opener “futur quantique,” a shattered benchmark of skewed rhythms and off-kilter synth strands. The industrialized smorgasbord of “atom smasher” dips and dives through glitch’n guitar techno strands as the crystalized sound design components of “double slit experiment” split apart.
The eroded and surreal sonic manifests on qu4 carefully collapse and recombine succinctly, casting darker shadows than previously explored, especially evidenced on “superposition” and “subquantique” where soundtrack motifs expand and contract from thousands of miles away.
Frank Riggio offers yet another powerful and primordial panoramic of densely packed audible pathways, uniquely his own—complimenting a vast catalog of squelching sci-fi sounds that don’t show any signs of slowing down. In fact, Riggio displays an “interest in quantum physics and its implications for our understanding of reality” where “advancements in technology, extend beyond the realm of physics;” according to the liner notes. qu4, as a result, is a definitive quantifier of this statement as Riggio’s audio-visual signature comes to life with each visceral recording.
qu4 is available on Hymen. [Bandcamp]
