It wasn’t until 2017, however, that the two collided creatively: Bleckmann stumbled upon an online sound journal that Branciforte had been maintaining, which contained his ongoing studio experiments with Fender Rhodes & synthesizers, elaborately manipulated via pedals and modular processing. The results can be heard on LP1, a debut recording as finely distilled as it is wildly exploratory.īranciforte had long been a deep admirer of Bleckmann’s work - he grew up obsessively listening to records like Bleckmann’s Origami and Ben Monder’s Excavation, later working as producer & recording engineer on Monder’s Hydra (2013), in which Bleckmann played a prominent role. Without a note of music prepared or a word of discussion, the two arrived at Branciforte’s Brooklyn studio, armed with an array of looping devices, guitar pedals, found objects, and sound-making machines. In some ways it was a meeting years in the making, in others a wholly spontaneous encounter. In the early days of spring 2018, Theo Bleckmann and Joseph Branciforte retreated for two days of uninterrupted sonic exploration. (for LP1's companion piece, LP2 (2023), visit: /album/lp2 ) Vocal loops of hushed beauty framed by artificially-synthesized tones, deep subharmonic oscillations, and gently layered sheets of noise, with a shared musical language drawing upon ambient, choral, microsound, and free improvisation.

The debut recording from vocalist Theo Bleckmann and electronic musician & producer Joseph Branciforte.

All Music Guide, Best Electronic Music of 2019

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