Otem Rellik - Elephant Graveyard [CD]

For the past three years Ft. Collins, Colorado native otem rellik (Toby Hendricks), has been tweaking, mixing, and perfecting each track to his record Elephant Graveyard with an almost manic obsession. A renowned circuit-bending prodigy, Hendricks is no stranger to meticulousness. Carefully and thoughtfully, he creates instruments to his specifications from old discarded toys and other flotsam, crafting tones and sounds that are distinctly his own. He builds tracks in the same fashion, piece by piece. His songs echo off the walls of the basement rooms that he produces them in with rich harmonies and rough, sometimes guttural raps filling the spaces.