1tbsp shares a stunning and unique concept album "megacity1000"

Actually one of the artistic, outside-the-box digital albums we have skilled this yr – megacity1000 by Australian producer 1tbsp is an album that transcends the standard method. Based mostly round themes of world-building, metropolitan way of life and the ever-expanding metropolis megastructures we reside in, it is an album that has a story all through the piece. The Australian artist explains that “Megacity1000’ is an idea dance album that I put collectively over the past yr. I’ve been actually fascinated and intimidated by the issues that my technology are beginning to face round increasing inhabitants development, local weather change & gentrification.

The promotion of the album (satirically pro-capitalistic) follows the arc of constructing the town, making an attempt to deliver on traders & entice individuals to maneuver, after which finally the town failing. My girlfriend and I spent two months over summer season constructing a cardboard metropolis from scratch and we shot the visuals for the album on this miniature metropolis. We had been closely influenced by Playtime by Jacques Tati (1967) and Metropolis by Fritz Lang (1928), in addition to following together with what’s occurring with The Line getting in-built Saudi Arabia.”

Past the story of the album lies a sound that is utterly distinctive in it is method. Fashioned of complicated rhythmic structrues and influences that clearly vary from tribal home, to UK Storage, Hip Hop and additional afield – the album is abundetly creative and esoteric in equal measure. There’s tracks that lean on a extra formulaic method to 4X4 home music, with others that utterly problem our thought of contemporary digital music.

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Photograph Credit score: James Caswell