“Vaporware.” I looked it up. In case you’re too busy to click the link to the left of this sentence, I’ll just give you the quick summary. The term is used to describe a product (typically computer hardware or software) that never comes to fruition and is never officially dismissed. Essentially, it’s the idea that the idea always remains just that: the idea. So in the case of this stunning excerpt from Chris Madak’s Bee Mask project, the computer-theme prevails with these many 1’s and 0’s and their infinitesimal-point iterations fluttering about while remaining strikingly stationary. A gyroscope of atomic particles electromagnetically pulling themselves close together, sounds never trailing too far out, floating in a cloud of synth. Staccato, focused, and incredibly precise, but the whole itself — the product — that’s what is both there and impossible to fully see/feel/experience at the same time. A maddening paradox that is reduced to a beautiful utopian vision of the future with closed eyes, slow breaths, a deep imagination, and the simple click of a play button.
Fresh off a recent tour in Australia, this excerpt, which we in fact posted earlier this year, has subsequently found a nice home on the SoundCloud page of Room40 (owned and operated by thee Lawrence English, from Australia — imagine!), who we have confirmed will be releasing a Bee Mask 12-inch on September 28.
• Bee Mask: http://bee-mask.tumblr.com
• Room40: http://room40.org
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