Toytronic
pop up again with a new release and this time its the debut
solo release from 'Ochre'.
"Yugen"
warps backwards in time and then reappears in a bubble of
yesterday in front of your eyes stuttering and juddering
around like an android low on reserve power. A super sub
beat hugs the ground trying to stay out of sight, whilst
smooth edged cubes of magical strength build themselves
around you, blocking you into staying to listen to the secret
display. This is one you wont mind being semi kidnapped
for, smooth as a robots manifold duct. Cool.
"Revolver"
manages to sneak out a little smile, keeping your attention
as the other members of its tiny but calculating gang spray
a plastic like liquid over everything in the vicinity, which
bubbles and pops, ricochets and spits and sends a hidden
coded message into the airwaves for all to hear. Rammed
with airborn magic and stacked to the hilt with smiling
characters, this one captures your head for its lifespan.
"Rem sleep research" plays its special song with
almost a cathedral like presence to its musical outlay,
with grand chords and sparking melodies that are gagging
to be broadcast over huge distances. Remember to join in
with the rubber ping people as they scuttle and explode
all over the freakin pace, its mandatory, so just get down.
Clickwhizzle pop style goodness for you all.
"Drink
Malk" wraps its face hands and lower legs in an 8bit
coat and takes you to another world, with a cascade of electrocuted
pipe game adventure soundtrack style spinrotationalifegetquality
that is packed with warmth and perfection. Just listen to
it. Whilst "Involution" plays a different tune,
with an acoustic style pipe attempting to communicate with
the passing clouds with a friendly message that seems to
fall on deaf white puffy ears. Luckily a zap droid falls
from one of the passing chalk barges and joins in just for
a laugh, turning our viewers origina track into a fuzzy
minimal acid journey into semi complete darkness. Another
cool one.
"Saturniner" streams its message through every
available port, and it seems the message is confidential
and is being relayed by a series of minimal clicks and almost
dry tones that skim around in the background like circling
vultures mapping out a template on the floor below, spooky
stuff.
The
title track "Midsummer nice dream" is a processed
fairytale spread out thin on a sheet of fluorescent glass
which is slowly shaking and humming to bring the item back
to life. Once the music begins an ever growing selection
of machined items with grinning smiles and globuar like
lifeforms come out of hiding to soak it all in, its like
a a cold wind flowing through your inferno of a flat (greenhouse)
in the middle of summer. Refreshabot excellence.
Ochre has jumped up to the table with this full length release
on the 'tronic and has really laid it down double well.
Its like an instruction manual, packed with information
and amazing technical specifications which on the sly is
secretly seeping hidden codes and enchanting melodies into
the oxygen. Character tunes for all. Coola.
Sam
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