Subliminal Rape LP - Macro: Redefining electronic subterfuge to save mankind from itself

PR Log (Press Release) – Jul 06, 2009 – Subliminal Rape is releasing a fourth and perhaps final album: Macro, a harbinger of the next evolutionary step in electronic music and the newest mutated strains of techno. Featuring artwork by Jay Hixson and Wayne Edson Bryan, Macro is available beginning July 7th through Myopic Media, as well as digital distribution on iTunes and Amazon.com.

   Macro showcases exceptionally smooth grooves sandwiching mind melting glitchy techno and experimental compositions with harmonics that vibrate your cerebral cortex like an interstellar octopus sucking on your brain. Reactions from testing on small children and  DJ’s has been astounding. “I’d steal it from the internet,” says a world renowned DJ specializing in minimal and tech-house. Beta testing by music teachers received this analysis from elementary students: “This composer uses raindrops and a modern beat, plus tin cans. It is cool, fun and full of rhythms.” - anonymous 5th Grader. A second grade student correctly identified that the album featured the fourth dimensional sounds of time-traveling “Jello cubes bouncing.”

   Subliminal Rape is the craft of Jay Hixson (Alexandria, VA) a former music conservatory student, composer, producer, award winning graphic designer, and artist. Consistently pushing the boundaries of electronic music by abusing obsolescent music software: Subliminal Rape embodies and satirizes the contradictions, hype, and hypocrisy of mass media and pop culture. With musical inspiration ranging from Autechre, Bach and Coil to the likes of Skinny Puppy, Frankie Bones, and Einstürzende Neubauten: Subliminal Rape is at once smooth, brutal and full of raw emotion.  

The album also features beautiful artwork by Wayne Bryan (Alexandria, VA). “Wayne Edson Bryan’s paintings challenge the fundamental premises of the consumer culture by using many of the same subliminal visual tools to embrace the antithesis of pre-packaged perfection: the defects; the accidents; the waywardness; and the imperfectability of human nature. His art has been exhibited at major museums internationally.” In tandem, the art and audio take the listener on a journey through the danger and promise of dissolving the self in technology and time.

   Shows and gallery exhibitions in VA, DC and beyond are planned for late summer and fall 2009 with a live multimedia experience to wow audiences with a transfixing blend of art, music, and time travel. Already receiving a warm reception from local music fans after a debut on extlabs radio,  Macro is set to overload the arsenal of DJs and mutate the brainwaves of audiences everywhere.

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Myopic Media

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