Americana-concrète. Tape-pitched elements -- organic, synthetic and mechanical -- weave in and out, blurring reality with dread and unease. Buzzing, scraping, swelling; dying voices in the cirque of tape-delay. Through the projects Nova Scotian Arms, Quiet Evenings, Ornamental Hairpin and labels such as Hooker Vision, VAALD and Adversary Electronics, Evans should need no introduction; he, along with partner and collaborator Rachel Evans have been a consistent, prolific force in the South for over a decade.
Established in 1999, and active since 2001, Monorail is a record label dealing in highly individual and considered forms of experimental music -- not limited to, but including harsh noise, sound collage, ambient, drone, and electro-acoustic musics.