Topic: Octavius - Laws LP / Digital 2011 (Mannequin MNQ 020)
Glacial, barren and difficult, OCTAVIUS' Laws arrives in stark contrast to synth pop-derived efforts of recent fashion. Informed specifically by Bowie's Low, New Order's Movement and Tricky's Pre-Millennium Tension, Laws is OCTAVIUS in a daringly raw, beats and noise and vocals only moment.
Laws features significant musical contributions from DJ/Producer Barbeau, who has worked with Doc Martin, Les Rhythmes Digitales, Donald Glaude and is the producer behind Hollywood sex act Dirty Sanchez's sound. The album also includes a number of other collaborators, including No'a Winter Lazerus (producer/engineer for Pink Floyd, Laurie Anderson, Michael Jackson and Tom Waits), Data Bomb (Skinny Puppy and Otto von Schirach collaborator) and Jay Sonic (HOTTUB, LeHeat Records).
Limited edition in vinyl, 500 copies, 16 pages art booklet
Sounds: http://snd.sc/obHvcG
PRESS:
"At times, it sounds like Ian Curtis fronting Merzbow, other times it's Tricky bleeding" - The Wire
“Pioneering, experimental.” – XLR8R
“And as you all surely realize, sometimes art can wipe the floor with commerce.” – LA Weekly
“Comparisons are ultimately inconsequential because Octavius isn't quite like anything else on the pop market.” – SF Bay Guardian
“His work can drift like ambient Brian Eno pieces, distort with abrasive freakouts, or pummel with Nine Inch Nails beats and aggression.” – All Music Guide
“Octavius offers his own visionary soundtrack to dark days. Keep an eye on this one, he might be dangerous.” – URB (Next 100)
Released by: Mannequin Label
Release/catalogue number: MNQ 020
Release date: Nov 26, 2011