#bird matrix

For the birds that cannot soar, God has provided low branches.

Actress - Bird matrix

Actress — "Bird Matrix"

Actress’s enigmatic sound becomes a bit more lively in “Bird Matrix,” a track that includes plenty of beep boops and lush synths, as well as otherwordly piano samples. There’s almost a lo-fi, Boards of Canada vibe going on as well. It’s not easy listening, but it’s worth the effort. —Cinder

Before his fascinating but extremely draining closing statement Ghettoville, Darren Cunningham was making some of the most gripping IDM music that the past five years had seen. Albums like Splazsh and R.I.P. were magnificent collections of repetitive but absolutely mouth-watering sound. If Ghettoville put him in danger of losing a bit of that flavor, ‘Bird Matrix’ offers a glimmer of hope to put these worries to rest. It is a 13-minute monster of a track, which gives it plenty of time and space to collect all the typical Actress-isms and reignite them into one huge, rewarding tune. ‘Bird Matrix’ is a more powerful standalone track than anything Actress has ever done. Perhaps its inclusion on a DJ Kicks compilation might have forced it to take a more club based approach, but that does not matter. It takes all the subtleties of Actress’s sound and puts them into something surprisingly fleshed out.