A 10-pack collection that traverses heavier sonic terrain—synthesizer blips’n bleeps are in full effect, the mechanical core still operating like a well-oiled set of pistons firing at max capacity.
Like a well-oiled set of pistons firing at max capacity
His forth release for the long running Paris, France-based M-Tronic, Cathode Ray Tube continues to unleash the fury one album after the next staying within the dark electronic ethos the imprint is known for.
As a form of military advance, the album title represents a “collective journey of humanity away from the depravity and dalliances with fascism and totalitarianism as seen in the USA and Europe,” however, it also sheds light on a seemingly never-ending pandemic and how we can reach for the light at the end of a snaking tunnel. The result is a 10-pack collection that traverses heavier sonic terrain—synthesizer blips’n bleeps are in full effect, the mechanical core still operating like a well-oiled set of pistons firing at max capacity.
There are chunkier, melodic, and post-industrial fractures all throughout Anabasis that sheds light on CRT’s vast musical arsenal. And yet it’s his attention to detail gravitating from broken beats and downtempo layers to syncopated acid-electro and soundtracks to lost 80s films where synthesizers take center stage and artists like Giorgio Moroder and Morton Subotnick are paid homage. In all, CRT successfully deploys strange sonic shadows on his music making machines and ultimately breaks through a myriad of found sounds and hypnotic loops giving us a sense of positivity in such a downtrodden landscape.
Anabasis is available on M-Tronic. [Bandcamp]
