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Dive Signals - Plays

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Dive Signals: Plays

Inspired by the likes of Erik Satie, Robert Fripp and Brian Eno, Plays circles around various thematic notions, while bringing in movements of free association, organic improv structures, jazz oriented dissonance and exercises in timbre. With former Dive Signals artist at the helm, Angel Ortega aims to take to these extended techniques with emotional vigor.

In terms of sound, Ortega takles elements surrounding a surreal glow, dream-like haze or rather a pull, bearing tinges of music concrete with an electric shoegaze spin, this being said dive signals Plays looks to stand as both an engaging and cerebral listening experience.

Brandon Ralph: Resistance

The dense, textural poly rhythms created via a series of homemade electronics, vintage delay units, self oscillating analog filters and highly sought after Russian mechanics. In this, balance, dissonance and controlled chaos are culled to create a multitude of both cerebral and cathartic washes. In place of traditional percussion, a driving sub bass greets the ears while a sharp and piercing lead stirs before meeting a clipping resonance and shotgun shells violently rattling against steel while a driven contact mic and delay cuts the signal chain and filters before giving way to germanium fuzz...

Brandon Ralph's Resistance is a stirring exercise in contrast, balance, and the lack of.

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Bedrooms, an expansive, yet strangely focused and well oriented affair. Drawing upon ethereal dissonance via a cozy set of headphones, the 9 track LP bears tinges of dreamy shoegaze dynamics, glitch oriented electronics and dizzy spells of post-rock ambiance.

Static Reason Recordings

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Now on Sale via Static Reason Recordings is The Coast's self titled release.

The Coast features artists Bryan Schuessler (Opacities, Vehicle Reversing Systems), Angel Ortega (Dive Signals), Matt Kivel (Sleeping Bags, Mystery Claws) & David Metcalf. Together the group conjures dream ridden soundscapes through live studio improvisation.

"Gorgeous... A quiet ramshackle -- lo-fi instrumentals with delicate guitars hovering, all blurring into each other... Stunning." -- via Pyongyangplatics

The Cassette comes packaged with a heavy cardstock double sided J-Card featuring artwork by David Metcalf and Angel Ortega and the Cassette itself comes screen printed with artwork by Bryan Schuessler.

UK based sound artist Delusi delivers through his debut physical release Cataclysmia a series of vigorous soundscapes filled with glitch oriented cuts alongside pulsing waves of carefully crafted distortion. The album is dynamic and full in scope though not invasive nor extremely harsh. Delusi rather creates a certain emotional solace from his own presentation of chaos.

"Cataclysmia appropriately bridges the gap between the unsettling and the familiar, with organic sounds mingling with unearthly ambiance. While many of the frequencies Delusi shares with the listener are euphoric, their humming and crackling brings to mind dying stars exploding with one last radiant finale before achieving an ultimate silence"

-- Black Metal & Brews

"Just as apocalyptic warnings are being etched into the sky by meteor trails and patterns of alien light, my skull is being ravaged by all manner of scuttling bugs and electric shocks."

-- ATTN:Mag

"Sonically expansive and aurally immersive, Delusi’s debut disc makes a solid impression. Cataclysmia represents an artist already on top of his game…"

-- A Closer Listen.

The second volume in the Men of Little Faith series.

A revolving door of open minded Orange County based experimental musicians. Sessions are typically free of orchestration and predisposed notions. Loosely crafted structures, vibrant tones and a certain chaotic element are always the primary focus.

Recorded Live in Studio the Summer of 2012