Release: 01/26/2024
Format: 2xLP, Cass, CD, DR
Label: Misanthropic Agenda
Genres: Avant-garde, Ambient
Store: https://misanthropicagenda.bigcartel.com/
Bandcamp: https://misanthropicagenda.bandcamp.com
Track List
1. Pro-Dread
2. Put in the Past
3. Carried by Ravens
4. Void Pusher
5. Doom's Hand Reaching for Your Moment of Triumph
6. Jawline of a City
7. Ballad of Myopic Triviality
8. Stranger With a Sad Heart
9. Most of a Murder
Personnel
– All selections composed by Point of Memory at American
Incrementalism, Philadelphia, PA, May 2022 – April 2023.
– Sequenced and arranged in collaboration with Geoff Tick.
– Recorded at S.A.N.S., Richmond, VA, in March, May, June, August, and
November 2022.
– Recording Engineer: Jon K.
– Assistant Engineer: Geoff Tick
– Performer: Point of Memory
– Additional musician: Filippo Tramontana – French horn (Pro-Dread)
– Mastered by Brent Lambert at the Kitchen Mastering in NC on April
24, 26, and 29, 2023.
– Photography by Phil Rodriguez / elsieandjackandphil
– Art Direction and layout by Gerritt Wittmer.
Artist Statement
Void Pusher is an attempt at “acoustic computer music,” where I aimed
to infuse digital cut-ups with a raw and organic quality. To achieve
this, I processed the cut-up sounds through amplifiers while also
converting them into super bass and inaudible frequencies. These
transformed sounds were played through a space filled with acoustic
instruments and electric guitars, resulting in an in tune cacophony of
resonating snares, harmonizing drones, and the gentle rattling of
shakers and tambourines.
My intention with this project was to create an album that, despite
being heavily manipulated, would exude a sense of human warmth and
soul. All the source sounds were recorded in a studio setting and
later edited at home. I recorded in spring, summer, winter and fall.
By capturing the recordings in each season, I aimed to capture a broad
spectrum of emotions while deliberately avoiding catharsis. I tried to
be as open as possible emotionally and not over direct, in a probably
superstitious attempt to capture something of the human condition writ
large.
Rather than seeking release, my goal was to embrace the human
experience and avoid personal emotional states. The logic is that it
is more challenging to create music that resonates with universal
feelings and emotions than to produce work that is solely
introspective and self-referential. In this way, I sought to become an
interpreter of emotions, akin to the likes of George Jones, acting as
a conduit for the human condition rather than a “writer.” Result is
both my most emotional album, and my least personal album.
I hope that through Void Pusher, I have captured something of the
human experience, offering a generous reflection that goes beyond
individual sentiment.