LA's Matthew Dotson has a trance inducer on his hands. Released by Already Dead Tapes, Revolution/Circumvention
is two nearly twenty-minute rolling/rollicking collages of sound. These
two compositions are cleanly rendered and evocative. As a fan of John
Lennon's piece "Revolution #9," I thought it was a smart sample and a
good starting point for a piece that essentially starts where that track
ends. Like a lot of music released on cassette Lennon's decidedly
"experimental" late 60s records with Yoko Ono wouldn't be out of place
in today's tape scene. The difference here is the amount of FUN music
interjected. Beats, video game soundtrack (esque) snippets burst through
in between the amorphous blobs of slow moving sound. "Circumvention"
begins with mangled loops of sitar and acoustic guitars (kinda like a
Beck tune from way back when)...and did I mention "mangled?" The slices
of sound playfully sound like your machine munching on your favorite
jam. The second composition is the dirtier of the two here and maybe a
bit more focused on "rock" music as its source. In the end: Both sides
offer a lot for the listener who wants to be reminded of everything all
at once.
Buy and Listen HERE.
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