Gangster Computer God :: Gangster Computer God (Heterodox) — [concise]

This assemblage travels across broad terrain yet retains cohesion, even with slightly uneven edges, resulting in a record that ultimately mirrors its own namesake.

A surreal, psychedelic oeuvre

Kevin Stevenson Fiske’s eponymous Gangster Computer God release on Heterodox arrived late 2025, continuing a surreal, psychedelic oeuvre where subdued dub-techno strands merge with nostalgic downtempo BOC arcs (ref. “Power Cycles (Ohm)” and “Rarefied”). Still, something more tangled runs through this record: a kaleidoscope of fractured electronics moving from ambient retreats into hard-edged industrial-noise excursions (“Hypnobeat” and brief “Industrial Scale Uranium Enrichment”). These sonic passages dip and dive through a maze of pulsing technoid overload.

Short interludes register as waves of ambient light (“Trees Balinese,” “Ambient6,” “Ambient2”), while flashes of synth color cast a sweet frequency (“Trade Pennies By Boat”). Fiske’s striking collection spans a wide spectrum; when beats, bass, and rhythm align on tracks like “Cyan Space Crash” and ethereal eleven-minute technoid flutter “UHF,” a sense of structure emerges. Elsewhere, hauntological spheres form on “Tone Status Pt. 1” and “Wine & Peach,” where echoing voices blur perception. This assemblage travels across broad terrain yet retains cohesion, even with slightly uneven edges, resulting in a record that ultimately mirrors its own namesake.

Gangster Computer God is available on Heterodox. [Bandcamp]