Alex Keller - Sleep Room
Alex Keller returns to Lost in a Sea of Sound after seven years! With a few releases over the interim on other labels, this is also the return of Alex Keller to Austin's Elevator Bath. The last release was with Sean O'Neill, a mind altering heavy on vinyl with a select amount of copies still remaining. The newest edition, a few weeks away from the set release date, is on compact disc. After listening to Sleep Room many many times, I am still at a loss for the most connecting words to describe this composition. Would it be ok to just say "wow" and leave it at that? Nah, another paragraph of attempted portraiture is definitely in order.
From the opening ten seconds of LIDA device, the stage and tone are set for the barrage of anfractuous sounds crafted by Alex Keller. A rupture of thought begins and is continually fueled Keller's creative conscious and honed skills. We have fallen into an aural world that measures sound in Kelvin and by molecular anatomy. The third selection McGill completely emphasizes this. A prolonged and substantial bombardment of sound wave plasma contorting the auditory nerves. The mind turning the corner of being impervious to sponge like absorption. Alex Keller prepping listeners for the title track Sleep Room, a long escaping hiss from hidden machinery and antipodal devices. The following track Blue-Art elicits a revitalizing pulse. Deep, massive low rumble from an energy finding new venues for audible discovery. Like machinery slowly being staged or pulled into place for the next phase of the Sleep Room. The following selection, Hardell Group, begins the reprogramming sequence. A lull for the mind building near the end with weighty dollops of energy. The final and longest selection, Allan Memorial, holds moments of Alex Keller's idea of tranquility and oppositely, the most resounding aural creativity to well up on the entire composition. A true semblance of dreams gone awry and a world of most vague familiarity.
As mentioned, soon to be released on Elevator Bath in a compact disc edition of two hundred. Sounds contained within a matte finish, full-color, six-panel digipak. And welcomed again, the use of spot glass printing by Elevator Bath. Vivid artwork and photography by Alex Keller. Copies are in the pre-order stage.
Links
Alex Keller site
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