SOS Forks AI REM II (CD)

SOS Forks AI REM II bears the fruit of Doug Kaplans longstanding quest to push his MrDougDoug project to a level of bewildering all-over-the-place-core MIDI programming and plunderphonic trickery. He stands at the gate in a top hat and tie-dye tails inviting us into a rare zone where vocaloid Animal Crossing sludge metal and minimalism like Philip Glass sit side by side with synthetic air horns and simulated burps. Kaplan builds his tracks on the frameworks of MIDI files salvaged from the Internet Archives Geocities MIDI Collection, weaving together structures from the unearthed scraps of all manner of songs from the traditions of rock, jazz, n¸ metal, country, and more. Kaplan harnesses soundfonts from video games released on Super Nintendo and N64, disfiguring the familiar tones and sound effects of those consoles through pitch-shifting and effect manipulation into carnivalesque curlicues or passages of majestic consonance. Kaplans meticulous process of recombining MIDI files and programming voices works in consort with his Merry Prankster nature to produce music that is at once baroque and, as he himself would tell you, often utterly annoying in its delivery a maniacal orchestra offering up moment after moment of ??? and lol wtf. Despite the in-the-box software-based nature of his albums creation, he pursued processes that would inject pure chance and unpredictable deviations into what could have manifested as antiseptic digital music. MrDougDougs vision of the present-as-future leads us away from the iridescent towers looming over the would-be utopian landscape and squirrels us down the tunnel to his deranged clown dimension. The wonders he presents to us down there cant help but bear the humor and irreverence that he brings to his art practice a mindset, coupled with that of Mukqs, that has come to define the output of Hausu Mountain as a whole. 1. Maxwell Street Polish 2. SOS Forks AI REM II: Totally Fucked 3. Candy-Coated U-Onion AD 4. CTRL+AEON+JOHN 5. Terrier Dealers Mystery 6. Head LCD Tuckman 7. Faker Bucket Vibe 8. Blotter Shaver Levee 9. Resin Aha Event 10. SaD DaDi 11. Scenic Honk-Thru

• Format Detail: CD Mini-LP Jacket
• Format: CD
• Genre: Dance & Electronic