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Nine Pin Ontology 4:370:00/4:37
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Good Until Bad 4:470:00/4:47
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Contamination Fist 4:340:00/4:34
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Cold War 5:350:00/5:35
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Not Gonna Lie 6:050:00/6:05
Andre LaFosse - Karma Suppression Index
The Exotic Melodic Avant Arena Rock album.
Simultaneously some of the most accessible AND most unusual music I've made, I began writing this material in 2012. It was initially fueled by a fascination with unusual musical scales and melodic contours, and by the fabulous, abstract-yet-funky sounds and patterns coming from the Aalto synthesizer by Madrona Labs.
I proceeded to come back to this material in fits and starts over the following eight years: working intensely on it for a period, then leaving it untouched for months or even years at a time. The material haunted me, and felt like some of the strongest, most cohesive work I'd done. But, for whatever reasons, seeing it through to completion was a challenge I wasn't up to.
When the March 2020 lockdown happened, I found myself driven into studio hermit mode. I revisited this material again, and resolved to finally see it through to completion. Although the material dates back several years, 99% of the guitars, and a fair amount of the synth sounds, were recorded in 2020.
It's a cliche for recording artists to think that their latest work is also their best. With that said: as of release day (November 17, 2020), I really feels like this is one of the best things I've done. I don't want to keep making albums like this, but I'm really glad I made this one.
As always: thank you for listening.
All of the non-guitar sounds on this album, including all of the drums, were created with the Madrona Labs Aalto synthesizer.
DSP MVP's: Neural DSP, Two Notes Audio Engineering, Overloud, iZotope, U-HE, Voxengo, IK Multimedia, Valhalla, Airwindows. (And Madrona Labs, or course!)
Cover and page art by Jean Wimmerlin.
Deep thanks to Rebecca Lee, Maria Amelia Martins LaFosse, and Randy Jones.