Multi-instrumentalist, composer, and sound designer, Conrad Praetzel lives in northern California. Although he’s released a number of albums, his last five as the roots Americana / electronica project Clothesline Revival, Adventures Into Somethingness is his first release under his own name since 1998.
It’s a lovely release, let’s dive straight in with the title track, Adventures Into Somethingness, which combines what sounds like slowmotion reversed rhythms combined with distant string rattlings alongside spacey ambient sounds to create an ambient track with momentum…
Conrad utilises the electric guitar, often processed by pedals, and further reshaped and reprocessed into something entirely new, creating pulsating drones filled with sonic artifacts. Disintegrateful takes these techniques and adds vocal layers to build a fascinating sound…
Utilising visuals from abstract animated films such as Color Fight and Kaleidoscope by Len Lye, Conrad has produced a video for Rescued By The Nano Spirits, it’s geometric shapes with grainy artefacts matching the ambient yet structured sound of Conrads music.
It’s an album that’s worth spending time with to appreciate over multiple listens. It’s available now on Bandcamp, both as a download and CD release.
