![]() It’s one of Bleep Bloop’s most unique tracks to date, harnessing the power of pop as layers bleed into distortion and the experimentation still takes center stage. ![]() One of the most club-orientated moments of the album happens next, heightened with a powerful bass and drum tandem that soars. Metallic percussion and drum patterns skitter all over the mix, with beautiful vocal scatters interjected all over. “Poison Sweetroll'' simmers in ambient bliss and tranquil harmony during its introduction, completely changing the scenery of Prime and advancing the album’s overall dynamics into roller coaster territory. The walls continue to come in as the music heightens in energy and the spacing between layers becomes even thinner. The environment is dark and borderline claustrophobic, shattering outward in its second section with complex drum patterns and even more wildly constructed sonic sheets. “Curb” follows, with wildly exploratory sound design sheets and fierce drum attacks dominating the intro. The climatic wave of emerging sounds that continues to build as each vocal passage unfolds is surreal emotionally, calling to the days when Mike Patton’s Fantômas were first introducing their sound to the world. Album opener, “Coyote Howl,” begins the album with explosive energy, emanating with a post-rock fiery glaze that swirls tightly around doomsday vocal work. It's unquestionably a Bleep Bloop record even though it sounds unlike anything else in his catalog. Prime is an album of abundant sound classification that relies on unique melding, never landing in one space but always retaining that singular pulse Bleep Bloop wraps around all of his releases. Both decided to move outside of the black and white imagery that’s dominated recent Bleep Bloop covers. I just tried to keep it as raw as possible, while still hopefully being fun to listen to.” Back on artwork duties is longtime visual collaborator Gary Paintin, with heavy usage of prime colors this time around. Tom Waits, Howlin' Wolf, Fiona Apple, Alice Coltrane, Johnny Cash, the list goes on and on. “Lyrically speaking,” Bleep Bloop adds, “and vocally speaking, my influences just come from my favorite singers I think. Bleep Bloop continues his foray into singing and dynamic vocalism, this time proving to make his highest leap across a record like Prime. Within seconds, things go from one extreme to the next, pinned together through a sense of harmonious glory and experimental deviation that jumps by genre and not just sound design. Interwoven mutations into songwriting structures are melded into a tonality of diversity that swarms and changes at rapid speeds. ![]() Leaps always taken from one record to the next, Prime follows suit, extending his electronic foundations with a deeper sense of exploration and craftsmanship. Ever since Bleep Bloop jumped onto the scene in the early 2010s, innovation through deep corridors of electronic music has always been at the forefront. Scheduled for release October 28th with Dome of Doom, it’s a follow-up to the Revenge EP from October 2021 and lands just after the debut record from Triggs’ new ambient and music concrète project, Fossil Fog. So I guess it makes sense that I amassed a bunch of music that’s kind of broken and fragmented but still clinging to itself and staying whole, since that’s what we are all doing right now.Aaron Triggs is back as Bleep Bloop, presenting the stunning body of work Prime. No one knows what the future holds, and the narrative is totally broken and fucked. One Liners did end up reflecting a lot of things about my life and also the world. Bleep Bloop adds, “All the songs could stand alone if they needed to, but they don’t need to. Both in retrospect and in Bleep Bloop’s examination of the human collective consciousness. Disparate sounds fuse together across the 8-track EP that channel the many intricacies of life and the emotional responses molded from these experiences. Scheduled for release on July 10th across digital platforms and a limited edition cassette run of 100 copies, One Liners features Def Jam’s Goon Des Garcons and longtime visual collaborator and musician Gary Paintin. It’s a path filled with many climbs and many more rewards.Ī decade after his initial wave of releases, many of his eccentric techniques in multi-genre blends have funneled into his latest EP. Bleep Bloop began his career releasing music in the early 2010s, quickly rising on the DJ Shadow imprint Liquid Amber and shattering speak systems live across the globe. Calibrated with a technical skill set and a visionary sense of exploration within frequency, rhythms, harmony, and progressions, Bleep Bloop’s sound has traveled the world over and redefines where experimental production music continues to head. Few have pushed tonality in modern music further than Los Angeles producer Bleep Bloop, creating anthemic productions that dive deep across the threshold of sonic surrealism.
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