A
mysterious apartment fire, cause still unknown.
A young man obsessed
with music says good bye to his keyboards, demos and a record collection
dating back to adolescence. Instead of a curse, he takes this as a liberating
omen. Coming from the industrial/Goth nexus of synth based rock, the
new indie initiate abandons the past and commits to his new instrument,
a semi-hollowbody electric guitar.
He
immerses himself in walls of sound, white noise drone, and psychedelic
fuzz swirls. Late at night, he builds a laboratory at home. Road trips
to backass music shops in far off places like Tanis, New Hampshire,
Felton, PA and Phillipsburg, NJ following leads to rare effects pedals,
no name analog echo chambers from the 60's, lo fi Radio Shack reverb
with RCA plugs. He combines the old with the new, maxing credit cards
on digital processors, then spends night and day surfing the possibility
of sound.
Finally, he emerges
from his pirate lab with a self released debut album, Just In Time
For Nothing (parenthetical title to the song "Too Late").
A unique concept recording honoring shoegazers and feedback merchants
like The Jesus and Mary Chain, Slowdive and Sonic Youth, a tribute to
sonic astronauts everywhere.
JITFN,
not the final creation imagined by our hero, guitar scientist HADRIAN
MORDECAI, simply an introduction by way of the past to the futuristic
aural experiment incubating within his mind. THE AQUARIAN said, "Superficial
bitches beware, this boy is a deadly sharp cookie for real, and if this
be ‘shoegazer’ fodder, then let that electro-energy surround
me baby." AMPLIFIER warned, "Mordecai paints sound collages
with the artsy nocturnal aura most closely associated with Pink Floyd,
My Bloody Valentine and Spiritualized...The Spectacle Experiment display
the ability to wreak sonic pandemonium."
THE
SPECTACLE EXPERIMENT, now a full band featuring JITFN hyperactive drummer
Scott Wilson and his lovely wife Mary Ann on bass making love to the
rhythm, framing Hadrian's dreamy soundscapes with thump and fury. They
are playing regularly in the NYC area and preparing the next installment
of the scientist's sonic prophecy. Coming to a galaxy near you. |