Lee Gamble - Mnestic Pressure - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

'Flush Real Pharynx 2019-2021' is a three-part album from composer, producer and DJ Lee Gamble. Written over three years, and comprised of three seperate EPs, their individual releases unintentionally frame and timestamp a turbulent period. Across 77 minutes the full collection imparts a seamless tour through it's three phases. File under #GullyAutomatedHyperConcrète. InchIf the most widely available music is also the most easily digestible, then it is no wonder that artists like Gamble are so keen to grapple with music's purpose beyond entertainment-to be an art form in fierce dialogue with the present.Inch (Pitchfork) InchThis music gives form to the smart cities and networked realities of the 21st century... a thrilling meditation on the weirdness of now.Inch (Resident Advisor)01. Fata Morgana 02. Folding 03. Moscow 04. BMW Shuanghuan X5 05. Chant06. In The Wreck Room 07. Many Gods, Many Angels 08. CREAM 09. Envenom 10. Glue 11. Naja12. Tyre 13. Switches 14. Shards 15. Saccades 16. Balloon Lossy 17. Newtown Got Folded18. Obsession Model 19. Empty Middle Seat 20. You Left A Space 21. Hyperpassive 22. Balloon Copy

Nerves are one hell of a tool. Short bursts of anxiety and fear often lead to songwriting that doubles down on winking through catharsis. It's in the spaces between sudden inspiration and deliberate wit where Minneapolis' Thank You, I'm Sorry resides. Their debut LP, The Malta House, charted a course towards self-acceptance while surrendering to the pull of a music career and a constantly buzzing heart. The charm of that comes from it's set-up it's an acoustic record that draws on the confessions of guitarist and frontperson Colleen Dow to generate visceral electricity. Thank You, I'm Sorry is already here with their follow-up, I'm Glad We're Friends. You're welcome. I'm Glad We're Friends plusses up selections from The Malta House and offers plenty of new surprises. Bassist Bethunni Schreiner and drummer Sage Livergood upgrade InchTen Dollar LatteInch with a rhythm section that elevates a simple crush into a pop-punk meditation on healthy boundaries. The new additions here point to a bright future, both internally and externally. InchFollow UnfollowInch draws a line between infectious grooves and spaced-out isolation, even with a reference to how tight-knit and relaxed the recording sessions were. (Close collaborator Abe Anderson was behind the boards.) InchBetween Hell and Hair SchoolInch fights then embraces it's own gravity, combining strings and guitar crunch to appeal against glazed-over indifference. As the second from this outfit in under a year, I'm Glad We're Friends is as invigorating and confident as making a new connection. Perhaps Thank You, I'm Sorry will connect with you.

On 'Models', Lee Gamble liberates sonic spectres to inform a suite of illusory anthems, subliming vulnerable, half-remembered fragments of dream pop, Soundcloud rap and trance in the process. Sung by cybernetic voices in an almost wordless language, his widescreen memories reverberate across the last few decades of pop history, smudging Elizabeth Frazer's surreal poetry into disembodied diva cries and Lil Uzi Vert's abstract, AutoTuned mumbles.Extracting haunted fragments of synthetic corrupted chatter and indecipherable non-words to sculpt dreamy pop simulacrums, Gamble takes the concept of the pop producer to it's logical extreme; examining how intonation and language is engineered to monopolise our attention, his magical inversion of pop playing like a bewitching symphony of earworms.1. Purple, Orange2. Juice3. XIth c. Spray4. She's Not5. Phantom Limb6. Blurring7. Your Weight on my Arms