Bitcrush - Of Embers

Bitcrush is the musical catharsis of Mike Cadoo who has spent the last 10+ years trying to change people’s perception of what electronic music is supposed to “feel” like. As one half of the influentialpost-industrial duo Gridlock, and solo as Dryft, he helped fuse human emotion with electronics, two things that previously were thought to be antonymous of one another. Furthering the human emotion in electronics credo, Cadoo started the label N5MD which in it’s current form is best known for high quality emotional experiments in music. Shortly before the implosion of Gridlock, Cadoo started Bitcrush, a project that would allow him to venture beyond the constraints of the Gridlock sound. All based on a desire to both return to his roots and to scope un-chartered ground. Those who keep a close eye on Bitcrush may have been somewhat concerned with the title of his previous full-length, ‘Epilogue In Waves’. That album, by Cadoo's more private admission, was to be the last of his Bitcrush entity. Thankfully, writing music is an integral part of Cadoo and has become an important means to understand life. Now, two years later we see the release of Cadoo's sixth album from his Bitcrush project. ‘Of Embers’ is his most intimate album and continues with the very personal cathartic nature we have come to expect. Cadoo has always transitioned between and fused together diverse styles seamlessly and with each album has moved the Bitcrush meme towards his personal needs of expression. ‘Of Embers’ begins where the ‘Epilogue in Waves' song ‘Pearl’ left us.  Presented are longer movements each that progress and tell their story patiently using the sound that has grown to become the Bitcrush norm. ‘Of Embers’ is an hour in length, yet boasts only six tracks; three over 10 minutes each and two that approach 15.

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