13 Apr 2012 — Henning Lahmann
Incredibly excited about the upcoming full-length by enigmatic female solo artist
FAY, a wildly unique effort that is tough to classify in any sense. Fractured, intricate beats and fancifully processed and rearranged vocals and sounds, sometimes kind of resembling early Missy Elliot material, at other times simply unanticipated and mind-boggling. FAY's approach to composition and arrangement is probably best illustrated by the LP's cover art, with which the artist vividly elucidates her own method:
"The cover art demonstrates that the record was edited visually. each sound is placed, not in a grid or a sequence, but its distance in time from the others is measured by visual space. In this way, I could retain a human element, and a performative element. Also, there was an opportunity for chance. A rhythm I wouldn't have constructed on my own, a section of a vocal line accidentally looped, creating a rhythm. Also in this way I could have slight variation constantly. Each measure being slightly different. Or I could have hesitations or a stronger attack. I was made to be conscious of every sound I was making along the linear path, rather than setting up a sequence and letting it run or loop."
DIN will be released by
Time No Place and is due June 13 digitally and June 25 on vinyl.
