A couple of weeks ago we were sent some music by a musician/electronic producer based in San Francisco known as Edison. If i’m completely honest with you I didn’t have a clue who he was and what type of music he made. Nevertheless, I was bored so I thought i’d check the e-mail out. The first thing it had was a youtube link attached to it which is just insane, make sure you watch it here…
Now, the ridiculous amount of hand-eye co-ordination needed aside that is what I call some good music. What you’re looking at there is a Monome player (a 64 button beat machine) built from an old lunch box. Weird, I know but stay with me. The video was done in real time and one take, with the sound recorded straight into the camera. Granted, it might not be everyone’s cup of tea but if you’re the type of person who, like me can happily listen to some ‘glitched out and melodic’ beats than this artist is definitely for you.
The album itself, has in my opinion four stand out tracks although it does seem to blend so seemlessly as a whole. The first of these four tracks is actually the first track on the album, Tonka Truck – which is actually the track in the video above, the other three are Chopping At The Crab Tree, Introductions and Latitude and the Egadz! remix to Bellows. Now normally, when I review music I would explain why i like the specific track but in this case I can’t seem to decribe them properly – my words don’t actually do them justice. So i’ll try and keep this simple. It’s his attention to detail in each track which makes them so effortlessly amicable. Although, in essence they’re broken samples he’s gathered, he makes them seem so melodious and organic.
I’ve now had the album for over two weeks and it’s already got over 150 plays on my last.fm. Normally, by now any album thats got this amount of plays in such a short period of time i’m bored of. Yet, i’m listening to it now and i’m still loving it. The glitched out percussion throughout is seriously incredible whilst the way he continuously flips from one beat into another will keep you hooked. Make sure you check this out…
All The Information At Hand is out December 22nd – Buy it from Kid Without Radio.
