New Music: Dan Deacon – Bromst
posted ~ March 8th, 2009. Filed under: Music Reviews, Uncategorized.Dan Deacon might be insane, might be a genius, or might just have a TON of time on his hands, but either way, he rules. His new record, Bromst, is chaos. It’ll give you an epiphany, acid trip, and a seizure all at the same time, yet for some reason I can’t stop listening to it. It’s electro noise pop at it’s absolute finest. Even if you’re not completely into this record, this is some material that is worth hearing, just once, so you know what it’s like to go insane; and if you’re already insane and are hearing Bromst, it just might cure your insanity.
This video appeared on Pitchfork.tv this week. It gives a little glimpse into the Bromst recording sessions. I chose this clip because in it Deacon explains the mechanism they used to hook up a midi controller to a player piano. They rigged the sucker so he can compose ridiculously complex midi tracks on the computer and pipe them into a player piano and get the physical, real sound of an acoustic piano. It’s incredible. The sound is amazing. This video is a must watch.
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You can watch the entire show here.