If glitchy - clicking - buzzing - minimal noise poured over slurring groove-heavy basslines and funky 4/4 house/tech beats is your bag, then you must give a listen to the latest release from Noise Factory Records and Montreal's electro-guru Neil Wiernik – also known as NAW.
The music of "Green Lights Orange Days" is thick and rich with movement and sensation, often surreal in nature, yet ultimately and unquestionably dance music nonetheless. "penny fishing north of bay" introduces us to the album with a swarming and airy glitch-noise backdrop met with the solid funk of NAW's signature deep-groove-basslines and house rhythms, while "campfire cricket melodies" moves on with a more filtered and trippy dialect.
Green Lights has its deeper and dubby moments too – Tracks such as "underpass tunnel corridors," "railroad after dark," and "canal lock swim lesson" take the listener into a swaying state of mind with their reverbed mix of noise and movement. Random snippets and samples of real-life are twisted and tweaked beyond all comprehension by the artist to create these otherworldly environments within; the names of the compositions are a clue to the nature of their creation. The filtered vocal noise of "jen is not gone she's only lost" and the reconstructed 8-minute opus "penny sifting north on bay" are just two of the strangely fascinating audio marvels that will have you hitting the replay button repeatedly.
Whether you are an aficionado of minimal techno, experimental electronica, leftfield glitch, or daftly deep house, then rest assured you will be most pleased with this new release from NAW and Noise Factory. On a personal note, this is honestly some of the grooviest and most fulfilling minimal electro that I have encountered in quite some time – genuinely really good stuff.
