Luca Mortarello (Lucy) and Seth Horvitz (Rrose, Sutekh) join forces once more as Lotus Eater, generating buzzing psychedelic industrial techno wobblers using feedback, synthesized sound and what sounds like a re-amplified ground hum. Psychoacoustic bangers for fans of Sleeparchive, Sähkö, or even Wata Igarashi.
Trust Stroboscopic Artefacts boss Luca Mortarello and longtime psychoacoustic researcher Seth Horvitz to rustle up one of the trippiest sets of inverted techno we've heard in a minute. "Plasma" is the sophomore album from the duo's Lotus Eater project, and refines the sound they began to explore on their debut "Desatura". After a pre-pandemic tour and some time to sit with their ideas over lockdown, Mortarello and Horvitz return with a sparse, disorienting study of rhythm, texture and illusion - it's a dizzying listening experience. Anyone who's seen Rrose perform live will already know Horvitz's skill in playing with elements usually off the table in dance music. He uses sounds and textures that might usually only crop up in academic music (or possibly psytrance, natch), assembling them into rhythmic forms that vibrate with unnatural funk. Mortarello's Lucy material is similarly kinetic, and the two artists channel their experience into a run of tracks that sound consistently challenging, while constantly retaining a powerful dancefloor pulse.A1. Pendulum (5:44)
A2. Lost Conductor (6:30)
B1. Wishing Well (5:18)
B2. Tunnel (7:01)
B3. Intracluster (2:17)
C1. Stars (5:50)
C2. The End of Words (6:39)
D1. Filament (3:50)
D2. Pray (5:45)
