
with Audio Damage releasing Traverse today, same day as Boards’ highly anticipated release of INFERNO—13 years since their last studio LP—I tossed together a subtle mix of the album’s final track, ft. the lofi FX unit and taming it down beyond that.
the album overall I’d say is suited aptly by its name: Inferno. if you’re anticipating some lighthearted comfort akin to, say, ‘Roygbiv’, with a rainbow following the hailstorm… you’d better grab a titanium woven umbrella and some tinted googles. maybe a sedative while you’re at it.
familiar avenues through a melting landscape blending the lingering past, formidable present, and unavoidable future. @gestaltaggregation
… 10-11 years ago I stumbled upon a bootleg recording of one of their extremely rare live performances at the Warp 10 Birthday party in 1999. The closing tune at this show has always remained a mystery to me. As far as I know it has no title and has never been released. It’s quite possibly one of my favorite things they have done and really is a shame it never came out. […]
Since I am a huge nerd I decided to take this bootleg recording and re-produce it for fun. Using the recording I laid new drums over the existing drum patterns (almost 100% accurate to original), replayed some synth parts and the bassline. The only thing I didn’t try to re-create was the original vocoder parts and some random samples so I used the bootleg recording for that. I was tempted to make a shorter 4-5 minute version but I figured I should preserve the piece in its intended length (although the length was most likely due to it being a live jam) …

















