“Elecro-acoustic” (Used 3 times)

Detour par la departementale by Au fond du Car is a peculiar journey of pop-folk-electronica and retro singer-songwriter music hailing from France. Au fond du car’s EP covers lo-fi textures mostly played live on acoustic guitar or synths plus the spoken words from a 21st century Chanson.

1. Together
2. Roses face A
3. Roses face B
4. Soleil nocturne
5. A Fond de 5e
6. En pause

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Based on name alone, Backbreakerneckbrace already seem a worthy candidate for the effective execution of a grand finale. Based on their refined tendencies towards sensorial- liquefaction, Backbreakerneckbrace confirm their more than capable ability to bring ISSUE’s 5th annual Floating Points Festival to a dizzying, heaving-sigh-of-exhausted-satisfaction-inducing close. Utilizing the festival’s signature Stephan Moore-designed 15-channel Hemisphere speaker system, the group will present a number of new video animations and premiere a grid-based improvisation: Forcefields, Masks, Walls, Flow Patterns.

Comprised of the wife/husband duo of Dawn & Mike Haleta, Backbreakerneckbrace works in shades of throbbing static and electrical storm chaos. Spasmic shards of white noise erupt from pressure-cracks that line the walls of tunnels containing and channeling the seductive throb of beautifully sculpted drones and the crackling flames of tamed digital bonfires. Dawn constructs mesmerizing visual counterpoints to the aural overload, developing organically patterned images that alternately mirror, foreshadow, and comment on the movements of the sound – creating a symbiotic feedback-loop of influence and yielding a cohesive fusion of the optical and auditory senses.

Check the videos and audio below for a small-screen taste of the full-body experience that awaits on Friday. Also, for those unable to attend this week, Backbreakerneckbrace will appear at ISSUE in 2011 for a new world premiere as part of our Emerging Artists Commission series.

508Wall from backbreakerneckbrace on Vimeo.

Cycle412 from backbreakerneckbrace on Vimeo.

It always puts a spring in my step to see another established artist throw their hat in the ring with the FMA.  Cheapmachines (Phillip Julian) is a long standing experimental/electronic artist based in London.  He started putting his work out on various experimental labels like Staalplaat, HalloGallo and Foxy Digitalis in various formats.  The great thing about Phillip is that although a lot of his output was originally released in very small quantities he has now made a concerted effort to put a large portion of his discography available for free on his own site and now here.

A good example of this is a full length release that Phillip has just uploaded here.  Flaunt originally came out in 2005 on Foxy Digitalis and was limited to 100 copies.  Now with the entire work on the FMA more people can enjoy this great release of drone and harsh electronic noise.  I included one track in this post but the work should be listened to in its entirety.  Enjoy!