Mark Mitchell, the underdog in the experimental electronic music scene has a new trick up his sleeve. Having originally used his heartfelt vocals and non-traditional songwriting on a full length release with Australia’s Surgery imprint, Clue to Kalo used to be known as SuperScience. With a full-length entitled Love Like Life in Miniature (and a few MP3 tracks at Monotonik), SuperScience captured the essence of
indie-electronics molded to distinct vocal treatments and melodies. Come Here When You Sleepwalk focuses on a more alternative approach where laptop production, keyboard lines and drum machines become one distinct entity. The passionate lyrics (also included in the liner notes) give the listener a sense of focus and appreciation for all things pleasant and nurturing, especially when well thought out electronic nuggets like “Still We Felt Bulletproof” display their casually brushed vocal-snippets and tweaky digital beauty for a full 11-minutes.
While most of Come Here When You Sleepwalk relies on crispy electronic melodies, peculiar uptempo moments, rugged acoustics, and a foundation of sincere lyrics, Clue to Kalo is one to contend with. It’s not surprising to see yet another Australian electronic mastermind displaying their passionate views on such a release. With labels like Surgery, Couchblip!, Aural-Industries and Involve being just a handful of quality electronic labels in the Southern Hemisphere, it’s good to see someone reaching out to N.American/European imprints such as Mush and The Leaf Label (it also makes this release that much easier to find..)
Download “Come Here When you Sleepwalk” and “This is Over by Inches”. Come Here When You Sleepwalk is out on March 3d, ’03 on Mush (N. America) and The Leaf Label (Europe).
