Fabulous scientific breakthroughs are a regular feature of today’s technologically advanced (relative to the past) and advancing society, but in between all of the worthwhile, seemingly altruistic research being done, were you aware of our fully-fleshed capabilities as revivers of historical figures? I don’t mean in a zombie sense — because what would be the benefit of personally chastising Ronald Reagan if he was always trying to catch a gnaw? — but in the completely normal sense, albeit with slightly different motivations now that some time has passed. Francesco De Gallo… wait, they’re telling me that the 18th-century Spanish painter spelled his name slightly differently. Well. This guy’s cool too. C’mooon science.
Acknowledging the accuracy of referring to Apex Ideals as his debut LP, the Montreal-based De Gallo a.k.a. Hobo Cubes has certainly earned the “prolific” adjective over the past five years. At least a dozen cassettes and recorded collaborations, many of which were released through his own Hobo Cult label, have bolstered his musical persona as one of genuine complexity, borrows as he does from a variety of electronic sub-genres. De Gallo’s collaborations elsewhere have sometimes been more blatantly beat-oriented, but the music of Hobo Cubes tasks to envelop in a way that avoids the “ambient” label alone. It’s an abstract style that earned him a spot at Mutek last year, and one that is currently making me salivate. And I’m not even in the mood for salsa.
Apex Ideals comes out February 11. Here’s a neat excerpt reel:
Apex Ideals tracklisting:
01. Structures in Stasis
02. Fluidity
03. Subtle Sleep
04. Escape
05. Infatuation
06. Unit
07. Restless
08. Synchronicity
09. What Seemed to Be Nothing
• Hobo Cubes: http://hobocubes.tumblr.com
• Debacle: http://debaclerecords.com
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