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alGARhythm
12+ albums
instrumentalelectronicelectronicaexperimentalglitch
about
alGARhythm is the moniker of a strange and multifaceted individualist from the Southeastern US. Matthew "Gar" Bailey, aka alGARhythm, was born Nov, 16 1975 in Orlando, FL. A self proclaimed, "Neo-Dada Maximalist" and "Shamanic Fig as an Embodiment of Sound". Perhaps due partly to Gar's history as a visual artist, "alGARhythm" works in an area of live analog electronics, sound collage, and effectual processing that borders on performance art as much as it resembles experimental IDM or leftfield electronic music. Also an accomplished visual artist. Abstract painting and mixed media assemblage go hand in hand with Drum Machine Art i.e. analoGARhythm echo box channel changing, spine tickling arpeggiation, and fingertip-tap-dance melody machine-isms. -Synchronized like moonlit tidal pools run through midi cord nervous systems. Possible musical descriptions: -Art Brut Beat Collage, Neo DaDa MuzaK, Knob Box Cornucopia of Continuous Fluxuation. (Descriptions remain open to interpretation.) alGARhythm works with an assortment of live instruments, as well as with machines. -Synthesizers, Rhythm & Melody making machines, Samplers, Mass Effects, Midi, Vocalization, Found Sound, Field Recording, Vinyl, Tape, TV/Radio, Guitar, Live Percussion, and the list goes on. Perhaps do to his history growing up in postrock and postpunk scenes of central FL , he prefers to "w3rk" with hardware over software, real time sound manipulation, and limited sequencing. Gar expresses overbearing soc
