zen005 - Instruction Shuttle: Open Sad Circuit

Instruction Shuttle

Instruction Shuttle, 'Open Sad Circuit' album cover

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After releasing numerous EPs and assorted projects on various independent labels and his own Astromass imprint, Pennsylvania sound sculptor Instruction Shuttle (Todd Christopher) has teamed up with Philadelphia-area indy label Zenapolae records to release the Instruction Shuttle masterpiece Open Sad Circuit CD.

Open Sad Circuit, a sprawling soundscape of 13 "songs", mixes the signature dense atmospherics of it's creator with micro-melodies and angular twitches, only hinting at a conceptual impressionistic portrayal of the "thoughts" and "experiences" of a sentient audio-manipulation system. Instruction Shuttle uses stereo-field explorations and a labyrinth of sonic smears to give the listener a variety of different levels of listening. The rhythms of the CD consist of crunches and glitches that churn and bob in space. The noises and effects that hide in the darkness of the album make themselves known via avatars of movement, appearing out of nowhere to add fluid and motion to this abstract work. Transitional fades and washes of exposition lead the listener by the ear through the soundscape.

Open Sad Circuit is a cross section of the sound that has developed during Instruction Shuttle's ten-plus-years of sound exploration. The imagination of the record presents itself in a very improvisational manner, appearing as a single album-length blur, littered with audible bits and chunks of orthoclase and emeralds. Open Sad Circuit was produced in large by live takes of real-time mixing, and this gives the record a nice organic and comforting feel, regardless of the post-digital apocalyptic cynicism portrayed in the sounds and attitudes..tasty.

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Tracklist Downloads

1. 2ml MP3
2. Champagne MP3
3. Talltowers MP3
4. Chimertimer MP3
5. My Love For Animals MP3
6. Rome Approaching MP3
7. Quartz Coarse Land MP3
8. Visible Brush Strokes MP3
9. Dustbunny MP3
10. Kevlar Family Album MP3
11. Sectorspectre MP3
12. DNADegrade MP3
13. Goodbye MP3

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All parts performed, recorded, and manipulated by Todd Christopher.
Copyright © 2002 by Todd Christopher.
Cover art by Mando Gomez.
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