Proc Fiskal's second album sees a reorientation of the source elements of his music. Where "Insula" fed off samples of the ramblings of his friends and sounds of his hometown, "Siren Spine Sysex" is laden with an inner voice of sampled Gaelic, Irish and English folk music, contorted and imbued into the futurist body of modern pop; the ghostly anima image of the female folk voice and the lamenting wheeze of the accordion rub against the rush of icey 808s and angles of grime. Joe Powers’ family history is in folk music, with several of his forebears active in the Scottish Folk revival of the 1960s. It's this cultural baggage - the Caledonian Antisyzygy of the earnest folk tradition he was raised in – alongside the modernist dance music he makes, that brings a personal element to the album. The music of "Siren Spine Sysex" examines dance music as folk music, re-routing them both comparatively, with the wordless emoting of chopped and screwed Gaelic vocals leading to joyous pop songs like "8 Mgapixel See Thru Phone" and "Leith Tornn Carnal". Though fast and detailed, "Siren Spine Sysex" feels relaxed and pastoral at times, its edits and drums sensual, swelling, and reactive to the music, its textures influenced by the tinny 16 bit flutes, strings, and wacky scores of gaming soundtracks.
STAFF COMMENTS
Matt says: Simply WOW. His first album was incredible and this one's taken it even higher! Casually dropping between half-tempo, luminescent breaks and plasma dub; there's no one who can conjure up the gooey, ketty daydreams that fizz and slurp like Proc. Beautifully radioactive intergalactic angel music. #LIKEx100TRACK LISTING
A1. Anti Chessst
A2. Convaerge Iana
A3. Humancargoe Estt
A4. Recall (Throate Achres)
B1. Met Path Thoth
B2. 8 Mgapixel See Thru Phone
B3. Thurs Jung Youtz
C1. Her In
C2. The Most Beautiful Irish Song
C3. Leith Tornn Carnal
D1. Auld Peop
D2. Iaosiphsean Powers
D3. God Aed
D4. Roman Fatigue