MICRONAUT
- Micronaut
Songs: 9 Time: 64:05
Micronaut
is the new side-project of Chris Randall (aka Sister Machine Gun.) Much
unlike SMG, the music of Micronaut is soft, gentle, and easy in nature. Brain
Forest is an atmospheric instrumental in which aquatic sounds drift in and
out, over top of a solid droning sequence. Brain Forest blends into Acidosis,
a piece with a mild rhythm, wet sequences, and a light, backing synth drone. Send
in the Drones Pt. 1 is much more upbeat than the previous two pieces.
Although there is still no beat present, the sequences are a bit more
aggressive. Like the other two pieces, this one also contains a bleak, backing
sequences that rarely fluctuates. Send in the Drones Pt. 2 is a
continuation of the first part, but one this one a solid beat is added,
transforming the piece from a light soundscape into a more techno geared dance
track. Ribofunk borrows a bit too much from Meat Beat Manifesto
for my tastes. This piece contains samples pertaining to drugs, as well funky
sequences. 12 Minutes slowly builds up into a trippy piece with a
multitude of beat variations and (you guessed it) a droning background sequence.
Sweeper is a faster-paced track with funky sequences, garbled vocals
samples, and tripped-out beats. Randall joins forces with Alien Faktor
founder Tom Muschitz for the final track, Black Hole. This mellow piece
has a very airy feeling about it. While Micronaut is nothing stupendous, it
does prove that Randall does have other musical interests and it gives him an
outlet for that attraction to the lighter side of electronic music.
POSITRON! RECORDS
Micronaut
is:
2702 N. Mozart
Chris
Randall w/ Tom Muschitz
Chicago, IL 60647
Contact Micronaut
@
USA
2702 N. Mozart
Tel: (773) 862-0900
Chicago, IL 60647
Fax: (773) 862-5911
USA
e-mail: positron@smg.org
Tel: (773) 862-0900
Fax: (773) 862-5911
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