Romance Wake Naming

Propelled by mangled breakbeats, cassette cut up experiments, and Mark Trecka’s crooning howl, "Romance Wake Naming" draws from the experimental and even hip-hop roots of industrial music rather than the sullen coolness that is so often exploited in contemporary post-punk scenes. The emotionally and texturally rich result lives in the hinterlands between heavily experimental trip-hop / illbient and a kind of dreamy industrial art punk. Vinyl available via The Garrote. Mbira performance (loop source) on track 1 by jaimie branch. Sampled speaking voice on track 1 is Jackie Wang, borrowed from a lecture based on her book Carceral Capitalism. Production, mixing, synth performance and drum programming on track 2 by Paul Barker. Speaking voice on track 4 by Emily Cross, sampled from “Correspondences as Shelter.” Synth on track 5 by Doug Tesnow and Evan Hydzik. Bass and synth on track 6 by Sam Skarstand, who also engineered and recorded a variety of the performances throughout this record including vocals and bass on tracks 2 and 6. Sampled and looped speaking voice on track 6 is Audra Wolowiec. Breath and movement sound sources are Claire Deane, Sienna Blaw, Erin Landers, and Jacki Calle Hernandez. Rhythm on tracks 4 and 7 is sampled from Meat Beat Manifesto, “Edge of No Control.” Mastering, additional mixing, finessing, pasting, and so on by Evan Hydzik and Doug Tesnow. Cover photograph taken by Olivier Nemnom. Hand-lettering by Marshall LaCount. Immeasurable gratitude to all named here as well as Andrew Neerman and special thanks to Ford, for the end(s).

7 tracks

1. 1Rumors of Survival
2. 2Wake Dance Romance ft. Lead Into Gold
3. 3Sex Pattern Death Pattern
4. 4First Pain
5. 5Praying to the Seams
6. 6Houndedness
7. 7The Dream Naming