Kali Malone Cast Of Mind

180g vinyl. Kali Malone's sophomore LP "Cast of Mind" investigates the use of
harmony as a force of psychological impact through the exclusive use of the
Buchla 200 synthesizer in combination with acoustic woodwind and brass
instruments. The record begins as a cascade of battle calls from the wind
instruments that shift between triumphant and anguished howls. While the other
pieces pull from the septimal harmonic framework of the title track, they extract a
more confined palate to depict their sonic identities indicated by the song titles.
"Bondage To Formula" weaves synthesis, trombone and bass clarinet in a delicate
pattern, conjuring an ambiguous assimilation of the acoustic and synthetic.
Dominated by columns of sawtooth waveforms, "Arched In Hysteria" unravels as
a sharp and sober harmony perched on the border of violence, ringing in paranoia
amongst a foundation of low beating oscillators. The record concludes in the
rapture of "Empty The Belief", swollen with undulating bassoon striving to
intonate to the towering stability of machine-generated harmony.