Matt Robidoux: m e s h s o n g s ep cassette (Air Tone, 2024)
October 21, 2024 at 9:18 pm | Posted in Reviews | Leave a comment
Matt Robidoux: m e s h s o n g s ep cassette
After releasing an album showcasing a touch-controlled aluminum synthesizer shaped like two corn cobs, Matt Robidoux presents a
short cassette of compositions featuring MIDI accordion, pedal steel guitar, baritone horn, and e-drums. Maybe other instruments or sound sources are involved too, because there’s lots of other sounds and textures to be heard. Opener “Dream Window” is filled with sharp pinging tones, footsteps, knocking, and objects rolling on the floor, ending up as a flurry of glitches, pops, and waves. “Gum Loop” has a warm, rolling guitar loop, processed horns, shimmering patterns, and sporadic drum bursts. “Snail Shell of Rust” starts out with harsh refractions and zaps, surprisingly ending with sparse, intimate piano notes. “M e s h s o n g” is a sort of glitchy, unstable piece that ends up being the most playful, even funny track here (the backwards drum hits at the end seem comedic somehow). “Two Shapes” starts with more reversed sounds and light fluttering, along with glitch-delayed guitars, then turns into eerie melodies drifting into the sunset.
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