Simian Mobile Disco- "Whorl"

After the disbanding of the nearly-forgotten Astralwerks band Simian, electronic wizards James Ford and Jas Shaw began producing analogue works under the moniker: Simian Mobile Disco.  Receiving much-deserved attention for their remixes of various britrock mainstays such as Klaxons and Muse, the duo's momentum lead to the release of their debut album "Attack Decay Sustain Release". The album, which received favorable reviews on the electronic circuit (no pun intended), launched them onward to immediate levels of productivity, churning out five albums worth of material within 5 years (a rare level of tenure in the genre).

Ford & Shaw's latest outing finds the typically-expansive production team gravitating inward toward the more intimate, minimalist approach.  "Whorl" is in itself an ethereal listening experience and an inadvertent art project from the get-go- the album was recorded live, outside at Joshua Tree with each member being limited to only 1 sequencer and 1 synthesizer, respectively. The results are a sweeping, almost percussionless, soundwave that is the direct result of its environment- echoing chasms of starlit desert. Pensive and altruistic at times, "Whorl" has no apprehension about shaking off potential singles, it embraces the album format as a whole (seriously, from start to finish is the ONLY way this record should be enjoyed) and mesmerizes in the process.



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