专辑简介

Shorai is back with 15 X 5 = 75 minutes worth of promiscuous electronica, clattering beats and (well) lots of interference. An adventurous trip through glossy, dehumanized sound design, staying well clear of any preconceptions. Shorai is an act with a distinct trademark sound and identity, and “Interference” is an album rich with details and noisy delight. Fernando Garcia is not known to rush it with his output as Shorai, this being only his 4th album for HANDS in 10 years. While defying all categorization, he has been termed “the missing link between Kraftwerk and Winterkälte”. If you stick to that comparison, while the preceding “It Was Listening With Mechanical Precision” was more on the accessibly atmospheric side, “Interference” marks a bold return to rough and edgy territory. The album starts right off with the bulky “Spectral Overlap”, teeming with punchy shuffle beats, piercing noises and grating loops, while the next track of the same name tones it down a bit. And with number three, “Modulated RNA” and its convoluted reverence to early EBM you’ll notice you’re hooked to the unique sonic universe of Shorai. All tracks on the album have something to do with interferences, for instance "Sn Meets Sqr" references the "marriage" between a sine wave and a square wave which results in an interference between them, while "Background Radiation Always Shines On TV" mirrors the harshness of the signal you can see as “snow” interference on a dead TV channel. The entire album follows a unique logic and works in a pattern that is determined by the fact that each track clocks in at exactly 5.00 minutes. It’s within that framework that Shorai unfolds his infinite plethora of ideas. Encounter the moody downbeat of “Looking In The Scrap For Spare Parts” (it really sounds the part), the upbeat stomper “Demasiadas Notas” (which might even find its way onto the dance floors) or the numbing glitchcore of “Harmonic Cross Ratio” and “Waveform Over Japan”. In all its diversity, “Interference” is strongly recommended to be listened to in its entirety to savour its full impact - let all those flavours of electronic music mix into this unique, timeless whole. Shorai is an acquired taste for sure, but one that will be acknowledged and highly rated by electronica aficionados!