EB Premiere: Simian Mobile Disco – “Calyx”
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# EB Premiere: Simian Mobile Disco – “Calyx”
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The new Simian Mobile Disco album comes with a lot of backstory, which
we will briefly summarize for you here: Jas Shaw and James Ford packed
up a bunch of hardware and hiked out to the Southern California desert,
practiced jamming for three days, and then performed and audio/visual
live show in Pioneertown. The rehearsals, gig, and a subsequent studio
session provided the raw material for *Whorl*, the LP that drops next
week on Anti Records. Each song on the record is paired with a clip of
the visuals that SMD projected in real time during the Pioneertown set,
and as of today, you can watch the video for "Calyx." It has a lo-fi
aesthetic remiscent of those overhead projector visualizers people used
to grokk over in the 1960s, and the track itself taps into a somewhat
similar retro-trippy vibe with suiggly-wiggly synths and a drone like a
didgeridoo.
[1]: http://www.muzu.tv/simian-mobile-disco/calyx-video/2292697/
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<p><a href="http://www.muzu.tv/simian-mobile-disco/calyx-video/2292697/"><br>
</a></p><p>The new Simian Mobile Disco album comes with a lot of backstory, which we will briefly summarize for you here: Jas Shaw and James Ford packed up a bunch of hardware and hiked out to the Southern California desert, practiced jamming for three days, and then performed and audio/visual live show in Pioneertown. The rehearsals, gig, and a subsequent studio session provided the raw material for <em>Whorl</em>, the LP that drops next week on Anti Records. Each song on the record is paired with a clip of the visuals that SMD projected in real time during the Pioneertown set, and as of today, you can watch the video for “Calyx.” It has a lo-fi aesthetic remiscent of those overhead projector visualizers people used to grokk over in the 1960s, and the track itself taps into a somewhat similar retro-trippy vibe with suiggly-wiggly synths and a drone like a didgeridoo.</p>
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# EB Premiere: Simian Mobile Disco – “Calyx” [ ][1] The new Simian Mobile Disco album comes with a lot of backstory, which we will briefly summarize for you here: Jas Shaw and James Ford packed up a bunch of hardware and hiked out to the Southern California desert, practiced jamming for...