Out today: FOREIGN BODY SENSATION - The Echo Is in Code

 

Stream the new album by FOREIGN BODY SENSATION, The Echo Is in Code, in its entirety over at Northern Transmissions, here:

https://northerntransmissions.com/foreign-body-sensation-stream-new-lp/

Foreign Body Sensation is the work of Louie Schultz-- a compositional mastermind crafting truly compelling modern electronic music. A classically-trained musician, Schultz refined his pop sensibilities in the bands Army Navy and Nightjacket. While Foreign Body Sensation obliquely utilizes pop economics, 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙀𝙘𝙝𝙤 𝙄𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝘾𝙤𝙙𝙚 was born more from the skills Schultz has honed as a music editor and composer, collaborating with the likes of Mark Mothersbaugh, Cliff Martinez, Terrance Blanchard, and Paul Haslinger. In fact, it was while working with Haslinger -- a former member of Tangerine Dream -- that Schultz turned full force to his love of analog synthesizers (he claims to now have a collection of around 40 synths at his disposal). Fickle, yet capable of generating an almost endless array of textures and sounds, Schultz took his time not only discovering the unique capabilities of each machine, but integrating them into his compositional process. In some cases, many of the pieces that became 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙀𝙘𝙝𝙤 𝙄𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝘾𝙤𝙙𝙚 had lingered for 5 years or longer -- each new discovery tempting a brand new series of compositions. Eventually, Schultz found the right combination of ambient and discordant pieces, judiciously experimenting until they weren’t simply washed out or noisy, but imbued with deliberate momentum.

The Echo Is in Code will be released digitally as well as on cassette via DUNE ALTAR, today.

Preorder the limited cassette (seafoam green - ltd to 50), here.

 

In a sense, 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙀𝘾𝙃𝙊 𝙄𝙎 𝙄𝙉 𝘾𝙊𝘿𝙀 -- the debut album by 𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗘𝗜𝗚𝗡 𝗕𝗢𝗗𝗬 𝗦𝗘𝗡𝗦𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 -- plays like a survey of modern electronic music. You’ll hear familiar favorites, old and new: Morton Subotnik, Morton Feldman, Olivier Messiaen, Eno, Tangerine Dream, Pauline Olivieros, Laurie Anderson, Haxan Cloak, David Behrman -- even Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood. Still, while Foreign Body Sensation has studied the greats, 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙀𝙘𝙝𝙤 𝙄𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝘾𝙤𝙙𝙚 is not a pretentious tourist trap of analog noodles satisfied by the sound of their own oscillations. Rather, these 9 pieces benefit from well-tempered timbres, powerful dynamics, unexpected pop detours, and a natural flow that gives the album’s sequencing a stirring continuity that balances waves of bliss with startling gasps of modern doom and a peaceful resolution. All of these qualities are evident on 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙀𝙘𝙝𝙤 𝙄𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝘾𝙤𝙙𝙚's first single, "Ventilator," which wraps the shattered vocals of multifaceted artist, producer, writer & composer Keeley Bumford (who is the driving force behind More Giraffes and Dresage in addition to having her voice featured on various television and film soundtracks) around a minimalist, "Switched On" trap house soundscape.

 

The Echo is in Code LP:

1. Primitive

2. Destroy Date 1

3. Innumerable Dreams in Which I Could Fly

4. Ventilator

5. Destroy Date 2

6. Iridescent Oil Slick Rainbow

7. Violence of the Sun

8. Antibodies

9. Solitary Confinement

 

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