Joel Tallent, also known as the multi-talented sound manipulator Jvox, makes a triumphant return to Component with a ten-track instrumental electronic feast connected by dizzying melodic structures.
A ten-track instrumental electronic feast
Joel Tallent, also known as the multi-talented sound manipulator Jvox, makes a triumphant return to Component with a ten-track instrumental electronic feast connected by dizzying melodic structures. “Memory” descends into a slow, dreamy glitch tangle, as the soundtrack layers and hypnotic post-industrial melodic shards of the title track emanate smoothly. Jvox truly excels amid these peculiar rhythms and run-down beats. “Brainwave” pulsates with scintillating staccato drum work, found sounds, and fidgety vocal acrobatics akin to new school MBM.
The electrified hip-hop, deft sampling, and forward-thinking bass crunch grooves of “XYZ” and “Epsom Salt Jam” to the powerful closing of “The Fifth Dimension,” transport us to the multimedia performance world of Emergency Broadcast Network of the early 1990s. With its flickering glitch and distortion, “Dark Secret” possesses a frighteningly bizarre beauty, while the jazz-infused rhythms and instrumental drum overflow of “Never Left The Surface” finds itself in tumultuous waters. Man Is A Machine easily fits right in with our Best of 2024 selection!
Man Is A Machine is available on Component. [Bandcamp]
