The multitude of drones, blips, clangs and vocal elements only cause us to wonder what exactly is going on. The result? A baffling album that pulls on our brain cells.
A baffling album that pulls on our brain cells
I thought I’d heard everything, but then how can that be possible? Av3ry (a computer persona that made this 99 track album titled #A) is a strange and disjointed foray into leftfield electronics with sporadically numbered track titles all ranging from under 1-minute to just over 5-minutes—a varied and non-linear adventure may take some getting used to.
From field recordings to vocal spurts to malfunctioning machinery, there are several sonic shapes that appear to morph but then just fade out—a dream sequence where you can’t understand what’s in front you, only to be placed in another surreal place that is further confounding. Mostly shedding on minimalist terrain, there are microscopic textures and robotic voices switching gears and shuffling, mutating, and transforming into abstraction. For the longer tracks, it seems that #A takes on a life of its own, shapeshifting into bits and bytes via melodic strands drifting in front of our field of vision. And it’s these fluctuating sound structures that manage to confound the listener, teasing them with experimental electronics and sometimes deformed instrumentals tied to otherworldly soundscapes that really shouldn’t make any sense—yet sometimes they do.
The multitude of drones, blips, clangs and vocal elements only cause us to wonder what exactly is going on. The result? A baffling album that pulls on our brain cells and don’t forget, Av3ry is also ready to create songs just for you—visit av3ry.net to find out more.
#A is available on Audiobulb. [Bandcamp]
