Mesak— “Alpha Will”
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October 09, 2014
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# Mesak— “Alpha Will”
It's four years since Finnish producer [Mesak][1]{: target="_blank"}
released a solo album, and his return to the Harmönia label with *howto
readme* on November 3 seems to be evidence of time well spent. Lead
track "Alpha Will" starts like a cartoonish sibling of the soundtrack
to *The Shining,* with suspended string drones wheezing above fidgety
glitches. A no-nonsense squelching groove edges in over the backdrop,
lending a gritty physicality to the eccentric sound-world.
Listening to the track alone is unnerving, but to take it in with the
accompanying video by [Poborsk][2]{: target="_blank"} (aka Patrice
Curtillat) is even more disorientating. The viewer is dragged down a
video game runway, encountering floating piggy banks and all manner of
rotating polygons in pursuit of a omniscient 8 ball, all in just over
three minutes.
[1]: https://soundcloud.com/mesak
[2]: https://soundcloud.com/poborsk
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# Mesak— “Alpha Will” It's four years since Finnish producer [Mesak][1]{: target="_blank"} released a solo album, and his return to the Harmönia label with *howto readme* on November 3 seems to be evidence of time well spent. Lead track "Alpha Will" starts like a cartoonish sibling of the s...