New York-based ??(OHMSLICE) will be releasing its debut album Conduit September 8 on Imaginator Records. The album was recorded at Ft.Lb Studios in Brooklyn, produced by the outfit's primum mobile multi-instrumentalist Bradford Reed (King Missile III, inventor of the electric board zither called the "pencilina") .
Ohmslice formed around Reed's experiments in processing percussion through a modular synth. Layered over a sonic framework of double-drummed syncopated rhythms and analog pulses and drones are the sultry vocals and driving, often abstract lyrics of poet Jane LeCroy (Sister Spit, Poetry Brothel). Joined by a rotating crew of collaborators including Josh Matthews (Drumhead, Blue Man Group) on drums, the legendary and ubiquitous Daniel Carter (Thurston Moore, Yo La Tengo) on trumpet and saxophones and Bill Bronson (Swans, The Spitters, The Gunga Den, Congo Norvell) on guitar. The album combines formal structures and heavy grooves with a sonic meditation on the nature of human-electronic improvisation. Conduit, was recorded live over a two-year period. The album is an organized documentation of spontaneous creation and exploration and moves from the fuzzed-out psychedelic of "Crying on a Train" to the meditative ambient cycles of "Broken Phase Candy" and beyond. Within this realm, the listener is meticulously guided through beautiful harmonic and rhythmic phase mosaics and held captive by an innovative and violently unquantized approach to groove based electronic music. Combined with LeCroy's visionary mixture of philosophy, reflection, language and song Conduit illuminates a path to a rare and alluring space that reveals endless layers with each new listen.Videos