- Metasplice come from Philadelphia, but it's hard to talk about their music without a plethora of spacey adjectives. Their ability to leap between intense claustrophobia and zero-gravity depths makes for a deeply alienated listening experience, best exemplified on last year's Infratracts LP on Morphine. While their latest effort for Morphosis' label doesn't necessarily expand their sonic palette, Metasplice own a distinct niche that remains as captivating as it is confrontational.
According to the sleeve, "Vertia" was recorded in December 2012; its sand-paper-dry drum production certainly sets it apiece with their Topographical Interference EP of the same year. A dissonantly pitched synth sets an expansive sheet atop the developing drum patterns, which themselves are eventually lifted off into a void of echo. "Tiled Eighths" sounds something like a collapsing nebula. Endless reverb tails strafe around a modular sequence before the gain is cranked up to levels that make you question how much sound a piece of music can hold. It's the sort of track that will either set you running or stop you in your tracks.
Lista de sequência de músicasA1 Vertia
B1 Tiled Eighths