The subtle melodic bits and tinier sonic elements that pierce through each track feel as if they’ve been carefully nurtured and curated for our attentive ears to consume.
Seven fragments sliced and diced to perfection
The crispness of glitch music that actually feels like clean errors is a trait that the digital imprint has established for several years, and one we’ve followed release after release. Sk’p doesn’t hold back on these creative sound experiments in this ever-expanding field; a debut for Clean Error, Mercurius offers seven fragments sliced and diced to perfection. The subtle melodic bits and tinier sonic elements that pierce through each track feel as if they’ve been carefully nurtured and curated for our attentive ears to consume.
It’s no surprise to learn that the title tracks’ rhythms were created using audio recordings from the Perseverance Mars Rover, but then, would you expect anything less? These extraterrestrial pieces flicker and fracture as the artwork depicts large amounts of energy (or could it be data?) feeding a large tree firmly held down by its thick root system. “Synthestins” drafts fragile lullaby acrobatics as “Icurl” expels microscopic tones traversing wider glitch spectrums paralleling what Autechre displayed in their earlier years. Sk’p’s path is one of many beat patches and complex sputtering rhythms with “Paimono” as a prime example while the closing tension of “Aname-E” and its braindance blips and bleeps allows for a thorough listening experience. Let the clean errors continue, please.
Mercurius is available on Clean Error. [Bandcamp]
