An avalanche of visceral electronics, pulling the listener through an array of sound scraped beauty.
Submerged in broken rhythmic entanglements
Process Mapping sees the Somatic Responses duo of John and Paul Healy splinter just for a moment as these 18 pieces finds John at the controls to evaporate extraterrestrial sound spaces. Opening with the fidgeting, smoldering synths of “QuikOp6” to the overarching behemoth of industrial shrapnel on “Process Mapping 202,” meandering acid scribbling and emotive ambient strands smoothly pull crunchy beat patterns together. It’s a whirlwind of seriously creative ideas.
Harking back to early Gridlock layers where fractured melodies and post-industrial mayhem meet, the album captures both light and dark elements, check “Sensory Deception” for its opening bass blasted assortment, then, ultimately fizzing out via serene and calming atmospheres. “NeuiM” offers a similar groove; breaking into hundreds of pieces where sandblasted dark electro/breaks are projected over blurry robotic voices.
And that’s really at the heart of Process Mapping; its core submerged in broken rhythmic entanglements while the outer edges delve into industrial fissures and synth pitter-patter. Tempered sonic blocks from SR’s equipment take shape on tracks like “28th of 12th,” an explosive foray through Aphex Twin and Richard Devine environments going the extra mile.
Process Mapping is an avalanche of visceral electronics, pulling the listener through an array of sound scraped beauty. The final tracks feel as if they’ve reached the apex of SR’s rugged machine overload only to be buried in 107 seconds of rattling and blistered glitch noise on “Sensory Misconception,” an aptly titled and dense closure.
Process Mapping is available on Photon Emissions. [Bandcamp]
