Momentum builds not through long-form sprawl but in bursts—brief, potent sketches that unfold quickly and vanish just as the listener settles in.
Textured Skittles-like surfaces
Just a few months back, rinse.repeat unveiled Machines like Candy Too, a compact suite of twelve tracks issued via Clean Error, a leading force in the realm of modern experimental electronics. Across this collection of concise compositions, modular synthesizers stretch and twist, weaving intricate strands of melody beneath tough, textured Skittles-like surfaces. Take “Sugar Coils” as a prime example—rugged rhythms churn while ambient tendrils cascade in counterpoint, merging mechanical grit with a certain hazy sweetness.
Momentum builds not through long-form sprawl but in bursts—brief, potent sketches that unfold quickly and vanish just as the listener settles in. Within these fleeting, playful pieces, rinse.repeat captures a rare duality: serenity housed in subtle circuitry. Tracks like “Corrupt Flavors Array” and “Echoes of a melody no one remembers” channel introspective, nostalgic energy, tapping into elemental electronica with a wistful gaze. In contrast, the fierce glitches of “404 sugar” and “Carbonated Nodes” present an impenetrable surface—distorted bass lines and clattering noise form a hardened shell around flickers of rhythm and pattern.
Don’t miss out on the bonus material—especially “too big to finish, too sweet to stop,” which swirls with uncanny charm. It’s a short piece, yet rich with shifting tones: kaleidoscopic colors clash with darker, more fractured psychedelia, as if teasing a portal just beyond comprehension.
Taken as a whole, Machines like Candy Too feels like a series of snapshots from a vivid, distorted dream. One could imagine these selections distilled further into an even sharper, more concentrated EP—especially the standout cuts that hint at something larger while never overstaying their welcome.
Machines like Candy Too is available on Clean Error. [Bandcamp]
