"Altered States" is the debut album from Australian composer
and sound designer Daniel McCagh. In sharp contrast to
McCagh's commercial work for Huawei, Acura, and Volkswagen,
"Altered States" is a detailed opening statement of experimental
aural vignettes by an artist that has clearly spent the
time to master his craft. Digitally manipulated acoustic instruments
form the backbone for McCagh's wall-of-sound aesthetic
painting pictures of bleak futures where the tracks dance, or
more aptly, shiver their way to sharp collapse. In short, McCagh
makes ambient music with teeth. A form of experimental music
with soul, or faded formation of industrialized machine music
shrouded by layers of aural gauze, each piece emotively twisting
and turning in and out of focus. "Altered States" is a brilliant
inaugural proclamation from artist to watch.
| 1 | Twisting And Turning | 3:58 |
| 2 | Leviathan Spine | 3:06 |
| 3 | Altered States | 5:55 |
| 4 | Untitled | 1:52 |
| 5 | Epoch I | 4:45 |
| 6 | Subsume | 1:43 |
| 7 | Aurora | 4:22 |
| 8 | Epoch II | 3:30 |
| 9 | Collapse | 4:48 |
| 10 | Remnants | 6:12 |
