Schematic consistently display leftfield permutations of exp-electronics by recycling known and unknown terrain for the ears (and eyes) to make sense of. Nourishment By Radio simply reveals these miscellaneous genre webs in a colorful sonic patchwork.
The Floridians are at it again. Just when you thought the compilation influx might slow down, Schematic return to dump all electrical bits and bytes into an intriguing package—never mind the cover graphics—of leftfield noodles on Nourishment By Radio. A few unknown artists are in good company, and it’s when this odd sound mixture begins to morph that it all becomes clearer, in a way.
Crackling washes and disjointed melodies collide against delicate synths on the opening track remixed by Hokes (original by Urbindex) as Ed Matus mangles compressed DSP clips and industrial-electro shards. Juan Telway takes a videogame detour and emanates frequencies similar to early-era Japanese Telecom against a Global Goon backdrop. Achievement elicits a fragmented breaks concoction until an instrumental sax breaks things up with full human emotion. Phlex maneuvers all manner of jazz and transforms the result into an experimental sample-infused dub space. The highlight takes shape when Takeshi Muto & Joe Lentini collaborate on their downtempo electro strain weaved inside fluid rhythmic migrations and hypnotic beatwork—worth a few extra spins to digest completely. Terminal 11 does what he does best; scorched digitized slabs burst into and out of focus where chaos, grit and erratic breaks fall apart. Ay Fast moves in a rudimentary technoid form as broken synthlines bend and contort to expose a transparent data flow. Badun’s evolved dubbed-out electro and slithering Phoenecian landscape is filled to the brim with alien lifeforms that mutate and deform genre confines. Urbindex reconfigures Wedding in a rugged assault bassline assault as soft tones scurry underneath skewed edges. Cayos depletes all previous tracks in its beatless wonder and all-encompassing fragrant closure; lush looping ambience which could have been culled from Aphex Twin’s lost Selected Ambient Works is the result.
Schematic consistently display leftfield permutations of exp-electronics by recycling known and unknown terrain for the ears (and eyes) to make sense of. Nourishment By Radio simply reveals these miscellaneous genre webs in a colorful sonic patchwork.
Nourishment By Radio is available on Schematic Music Company.
