'Mischa Mathys has a new album. Some might say, it's my first album.
Like every other work, there's some kind of theme or expansive musical concept at the heart of this album. I only fell upon it as I was finishing it up, but there's some kind of underlying response to the overwhelming rigid structure of machine music. That's why 'mistakes' and human expressions, which can't be quite quantised, prevail in this stark electronic aesthetic.
Featuring guest appearances from previous collaborator Adam Unbeat and Tleilaxu bandmate rubinthecubin, the LP is a collection of tracks made over the course of a year.
There's more lyrical content than I've ever made before in large thanks to rubinthecubin, but my machines still do most of the talking for me. They can't be trusted with the subjective spirit of the music however, and always required interference from my part.
There's always a question of authenticity when I process a voice through a synthesiser or let a sequence run rampant through randomised control voltages, but I don't wish to answer that here.
It's perhaps less concrete in its concept as something like the piece I did with Darkroom contemporary, or the Tleilaxu project; perhaps that's why I couldn't name it in the end. It follows on from the last EP I did for Ivaylo's Lab Cleaning Jams and possibly took some cues from the feedback I got there, but it's just an extended snapshot of the music I've been making and listening to recently.
It will certainly change with some different and new equipment, and those early instrumental Hip Hop records I've been playing on repeat at home will get a rest after this.
I don't know if there's any point to the recorded format anymore but there was a concerted effort on my part to make this a concise album, and I hope, but don't demand that you enjoy it as much as I did while making it. '
