Fractured Music, by Rui Maia

Fractured Music

by Rui Maia

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1.	Subvert Normality 06:28	buy track
2.	Means of Escape 06:54	buy track
3.	What You Wanted 05:06	buy track
4.	Everything is Changing 07:43	buy track
5.	Walking for Days 07:48	buy track
6.	Silverscreen Factory 06:09	buy track
7.	Don't Give Up on Dreaming 07:29	buy track
8.	Captain Frozen Arpeggio 02:37	buy track

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Across ‘Fractured Music’ Rui Maia chose the starting pointing of using only analogue instruments, vintage drum machines, retro synthesizers and a reel to reel tape machine to create a raw, organic feel to the compositions. ‘Subvert Normality’ opens with rugged 4/4 rhythms, acid squelches and meandering arps to set the tone, while ‘Means of Escape’ takes things on a lo-fi tip via bit crushed percussion and vintage stab sequences.

Several tracks to follow retain a similarly frenzied, dropped tempo acidic feel such as ‘What You Wanted’, and ‘Everything is Changing’, while cuts such as ‘Walking For Days’ and ‘Captain Frozen Arpeggio’ delve deep into more dreamscape and computer game realms. ‘Don’t Give Up On Dreaming’ and ‘Silverscreen Factory’ also see Rui revisit his post-punk and Industrial influences with menacing drones, chuggy rhythms, metallic percussive hits and spaced echoing atmospheres.

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released April 11, 2016

Written, Recorded, Produced & Mixed by Rui Maia in Lisbon
Mastering by António Bastos
Photography by André Leiria
Artwork by Adília Lima

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