Dawn of Midi - Dysnomia - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Channeled madness the sound Dawn of Midi spent years shaping culminates in their most mesmerizing work yet. With Dysnomia, the Brooklyn based group abandons improvisation in favor of composition, utilizing sophisticated rhythmic structures from North and West African Folk traditions to weave a sonic tapestry of trance inducing grooves. InchWe didn't want to create anything cerebral,Inch says pianist Amino Belyamani, Inchwe wanted something visceral, something that would awaken our instinctive dance impulses.Inch The manner by which a trio of solely acoustic instruments ends up sounding like electronic music has to do with the unconventional ways the group play their instruments on Dysnomia. The record comes to life in the trio's critically acclaimed live shows, a test of endurance and trust that involves performing their hand looped acoustic minimalism note for note, just as the compositions were recorded. Dawn of Midi's sets are as energetic and rhythmic as a seamlessly mixed DJ set, mesmerizing fans in the same way the group's favorite experimental and electronic acts have for decades. The album was recorded to two inch tape at Waterfront Studios in Hudson, New York, a former church that was purchased and transformed into an analog recording playground by the great engineer Henry Hirsch. Rusty Santos then mixed the album to make sure it would hit as hard as the group's favorite electronic albums do in spite of being entirely acoustic. InchWe wanted to make a record that sounded both musically futuristic and sonically vintage,Inch explains bassist Aakaash Israni, Inchand since the album never saw a proper international , it is very exciting to see what might happen when more people are exposed to it. And to be aligned with Erased Tapes, whose enthusiasm for the music they has done a lot for exposing unique instrumental and electronic music, makes it that much more