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microdebris

by tendencyitis

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disposition 04:17
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unreversal 06:54
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microdebris 21:22

about

tendencyitis is the solo project of mira martin-gray, an improviser straddling the lines between harsh noise, melodicism, drone and rhythm, with a particular interest in manipulated feedback.
her work explores the emotionally and politically expressive power of abstract music rooted in physicality and intuition, using conventionally undesirable sounds to counter dominant cultures of (un)desirability.

tendencyitis.bandcamp.com

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released October 5, 2018

SIDE A is four microtonal dirges, small steps on a slippery slope.
SIDE B contains material hazardous to marine life.

d~t 9


"Mira Martin-Gray sounds like she’s making harsh digital drone at the microscopic level, but she’s really just manipulating feedback, which, take it from me, is super fun to do. As Tendencyitis, Martin-Gray sculpts throbbing, monstrous frequencies out of sloppy, heaping globs of sound. It spills out between her fingers, the audio splattering everywhere like clay on a potter’s wheel manipulated by a chimpanzee. But it’s a bright and colorful mess, as the j-card would suggest, brilliant thick beams of gooey light stretched forever. And no, I wouldn’t take a boombox down into the ocean and play the sea life down there any part of the title track, which takes up all of side B – I believe Martin-Gray when she warns that it’s “hazardous to marine life”!
- www.tabsout.com?p=22008

"Most of the record plays out a casual conflict between an ominous, billowing drone in the background and a gristly but playful scratch and pop of bacterial mixer in the foreground. ‘unreversal’’s brittle, echoey rattle resembles the scraping of low-battery pocket fans across rusty strings. Images of busted old ambulance sirens abound. A sudden heave and some harsh light pierces the membrane of the track, revealing a hidden environment of joyous, slightly tendrily harmonic skronk operating independently of everything else. ‘disposition’ works similarly; feeding in a high-pitch stringy whine worried and rumbled by queasy mixer wavering. Enzyme flush and botched emulsification ensue in a frenzied fete of chewed buzzes and elasticated shape-pulling. Thrillingly ecstatic!"
- theardentwake.wordpress.com/2019/01/14/tendencyitis-microdebris-furchick-race-against-time/

" It seems to drone now, only changing tones slightly and this is definitely something played loudly enough would drive the neighbors crazy. It drives off into this static like electric frequency, but remains so high pitched as to potentially alert any dogs who happen to be around me or anyone listening to this at the time. There is a strong feeling of a dialtone here as well, as this song comes to an end.

More dramatically now, we build up these next tones with some suspense and they are less sharp than before. The high pitch returns in a new layer and this one is just droning like glass. Listening to this particular part now just really makes me feel like I'm being put into a trance, you know, like an old sci-fi movie shooting that classic raygun at an alien who really just looks like a slightly different color human because you couldn't really see the colors in black and white. This ends with a little bit of that outside traffic noise that we like to hear from Dubbed."
- raisedbycassettes.blogspot.com/2019/04/cassette-review-tendencyitis.html

"After that there is the sound of ‘unreversal’ which feels like the utterly warm pleasant sound of a perfect tea kettle. Blowing its horn and filling up the room with delicious smelling homely smoke. It’s like a horn of love, with imaginary aroma of homeliness going into your ears and mind, warming up that coY feeling inside like a good friend that cares for you. tendencyitis simply got it all right over here! The ending on the release comes in (as expected) as unexpected as possible. Offering a whirlpool of crackling crackles to fuzz and shivery spice things up. It’s a delicate case of micro debris that gets settled out over time and space to give the feeling of something nice shuddering in a frying pan. So tasty and so aromatic this release had become; nobody could have known but it for sure is a true pleasure to hear and find out! Get one of these few left over taped from this very fine label and get surprised by these quality sounds."
- yeahiknowitsucks.wordpress.com/2019/04/28/tendencyitis-microdebris/

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Interview with We Need No Swords here: weneednoswords.wordpress.com/2019/05/12/interview-corporal-tofulung-dubbed-tapes/
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