Last year, RVNG Intl. jogged our collective memories with the under-appreciated genius of 1980s Seattle synth savant K. Leimer with the release of the retrospective collection A Period of Review (Original Recordings: 1975-1983). Check out our note on that event here, in case you missed that missive. But it’s now time to venture deeper into the rabbit hole via RVNG Intl.’s release of Artificial Dance by Savant, which is a side project established by K. Leimer in an effort to tap into the incidental and collaborative nature of music.
This is how it works: (1) invite experimental musician friends into home studio (Marc Barreca, the Kellers of New Flamingo, and Alex Petit); (2) put unusual instrument in said musicians’ hands and start click track with nothing but a loose rhythmic direction; (3) press record when it sounds good; and (4) chop and screw the resulting tracks.
Artificial Dance is the sum total of that experiment, compiling the 1983 release The Neo Realist (At Risk), a 12-inch, and a handful of outtakes. All of which sounds decidedly awesome to anyone with an ear for choppy grooves in the vein of Eno and Byrne’s My Life in the Bush of Ghosts.
Artificial Dance will all be available for consumption on September 4. Meanwhile, blow a tiny part of your mind with “Stationary Dance,” the lead track from the collection, here:
Artificial Dance
01. Using Words
02. Indifference
03. The Neo-Realist
04. Shadow In Deceit
05. The Shining Hour
06. Knowledge And Action
07. Heart Of Stillness
08. Stationary Dance
09. Sensible Music
10. Deceit In Passion
11. The Radio
12. Facility
13. Falling At Two Speeds
14. Fault Index
• K. Leimer: http://www.palaceoflights.com
• RVNG Intl.: http://igetrvng.com
