| This is a time for strength. Not the type of strength being promoted in American foreign policy, but rather its antithesis. We must be strong enough to stand up to the ugliness that is all around us, the twisted paradigm of aggression that we have all created, or at least in which we are all complicit. When you don't have power, pull, or a political voice, creating beauty in the face of ugliness can be a revolutionary act. I don't know if Scientific American (Andrew Rohrmann) had anything like this in mind when he came up with Strong for the Future, his Mush debut, but the music he creates brings this concept to the forefront of my mind. Future is stoic, refined, and driving. It is unlike any other electronic record that I've listened to of late in that it seems to know exactly what it is, or rather that its creator knows exactly what he's capable of and pushes himself just beyond that limit just to see what happens. Scientific American is an electronic artist who uses his computer as a loom rather than a welder's torch; elements of rock, hip-hop, and glitch are woven together rather than fused. He understands the importance of finesse when dealing with musical complexities and respects his listeners' capacity for abstract thought. This is exactly the type of music we need more of right now. If only people like this would run for elected office… - Signal to Noise |
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