Melodies tend to cascade to-and-from the center and the remaining elements are choke full of organic beatwork hypnotically gliding into the light with an eventual decay.
[Release page] Static charge, grittiness and sporadic snips and snaps all mold together on The Treehouse Symposium, the latest for Los Angeles-based art and sound collective known as Architects + Heroes. But what then is all the fuzz about, you ask? It’s Will Rosario’s take on armchair electronics operating under the Asymmetrical Head guise. A pulsating tone flowing into dub echoes, subtle sampling, experimental flux and all kinds of spinning euphoria creates nothing short of tranquil chaos. Melodies tend to cascade to-and-from the center and the remaining elements are choke full of organic beatwork hypnotically gliding into the light with an eventual decay. And it is with this decay that we begin to see The Treehouse Symposium really take shape.
Ambiguous white noise breaks down throughout each crafted piece just as swaying resonance falls into minimalist formations. Truncated 4/4 beats mingle with an electronic hip-hop flow that it gets even more difficult to classify this symposium of audio delicacies. It’s not ambient, minimalism, dub, clip-hop or any of the above. It’s a mixture of electrical ingredients that simmer and fade subliminally and with a certain calm. Perhaps best suited for midnight listening, Asymmetrical Head creates a world filled with alien sound-escapes that would fit comfortably with Mille Plateaux, ~scape and even Editions Mego collections. Time shifts throughout The Treehouse Symposium like a spellbound, tingling sensation that merits repeat listening as sizzling layers begin to uncoil. Take each step carefully as Asymmetrical Head mines an undergrowth of electrons sprouting branches of evaporating memories.
The Treehouse Symposium is out now on Architects + Heroes. [Release page]
