GAIN by Proswell
Igloo Magazine Review:
https://igloomag.com/reviews/in-rotation-multi-view-nov-2019
"Yes, you read correctly, Proswell (aka Joseph Misra and Merck Records’ alumni) releases GAIN for Schematic and his Inpuj imprint—described as his most personal and major work. One can easily hear the depth and textured aural heartbeat each track exudes. Take “Dry Gain I” as the album opener—its tangled electrical complexity is unmatched and the evolving melodic brush strokes are a surreal treat. Elsewhere you’ll find IDM symphonies like “Dry Grain II” ebb and flow with mesmerizing beats and bass sizzling in the foreground. Then we have the “Wet Gain” versions where iteration “II” delivers darker trudging notes as an almost dark-ambient sheen persists and fades away. Proswell firmly maintains a sense of style and function, “Ffffuuuu” delves through pitter-patter beats drifting into ethereal regions as “Cccccccc” jumps full-speed into machined abstract noises and technoid fissures. Excavating extraterrestrial roots—tracks like “TMF XXII” merge glitch shadows and time-stretched broken beats as GAIN reveals a blistering glance through a storyboard of IDM, bass, beats, acid, glitch, techno, and braindance all drenched in an uncompromising electrical soup from a true craftsman of the old-school scene." Pietro Da Sacco
Tracklist
| 1. | Dry Gain I | 4:06 |
| 2. | Dry Gain II | 4:03 |
| 3. | Dry Gain III | 4:29 |
| 4. | TMF XXII | 3:52 |
| 5. | Wet Gain IV | 3:26 |
| 6. | Wet Gain VIII | 3:17 |
| 7. | Wet Gain III | 3:19 |
| 8. | Wet Gain II | 2:17 |
| 9. | Wet Gain IX | 3:28 |
| 10. | Dry Gain IX | 2:23 |
| 11. | Wet Gain X | 3:41 |
| 12. | Ffffuuuu | 2:27 |
| 13. | Cccccccc | 1:49 |
| 14. | Kkkkkkky | 1:51 |
Credits
Thank you to:
Misra family
Nate Reeves
Aaron Munson
m50
Alex Bassett
Natalie Tarrant
Gloriibe
Rom @ Schematic
James Hurry @ Man w/ the Plan
Eerik Inpuj Sound
Produced by Joseph Misra
Mastered by Aaron Munson
Artwork by Shawn Wolfe
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