Asymmetrical Head :: The Treehouse Remixes (Architects + Heroes)

Brittle in texture, form and function yet ever expanding in its panoramic view of electronic music, The Treehouse Remixes emits a complimenting reflection of Asymmetrical Head’s originals without losing sight of the exploratory nature of each contributor.

[Release page] The Treehouse Remixes—if looked upon as its own unique experimental record might come across as disjointed and even slightly meandering in its genre focus. If in fact this lot of remixes is carefully examined as a summary of individuals delving into their own pathways with Architects + Heroes organizing the results, then the outlook is much more appealing. The original audio construct of The Tree House Symposium (Architects + Heroes, 2011) continues to exfoliate as “melodies tend to cascade to-and-from the center as the remaining elements are choke full of organic beatwork hypnotically gliding into the light with an eventual decay.” While this statement may be infused with detail, this is what William Rosario (aka Asymmetrical Head) does very well. Paying close attention to individual bits of data and recomposing them in the form of wide-ranging electronics.

Moving on with The Treehouse Remixes, this review could expand into many formations as it delves head first into at least six spliced genres including the following stages of development:

Experimental electronics through tracks #1, 2 & 8
Ambient Clip-hop through tracks #3 & 11
Techno through tracks #4, 7, 10 & 12
Ambient noise and atmosphere through tracks #5 & 9
Ambient chill-out through track #6
Hypnotic glitch’n bleeps through track #13

While this may be a very technical perspective and one that might even pigeonhole the contributors, keep in mind that with the variety of selected musicians, each one continues to push boundaries within their respective audio insignias. As The Tree House Symposium elevated the state of experimental electronics in 2011, it also walked away as a solid collection of sonic bubbles inching their way forward. On this 13-track pulse of rearranged sound collages, each artist slithers into a kaleidoscope of color and motion with highlights coming from Coppice Halifax, Advanced Synthesizers Instrumentals and Prof.Logik. Brittle in texture, form and function yet ever expanding in its panoramic view of electronic music, The Treehouse Remixes emits a complimenting reflection of Asymmetrical Head’s originals without losing sight of the exploratory nature of each contributor.

The Treehouse Remixes is available on Architects + Heroes. [Release page]