LOVE FOCUSED LIKE A LASER
A Hybrid Opera & Art Collective by Matthew Stone Featuring Matthew Stone, Shayne Oliver & Paul Cupo for Hood By Air, Kelela, Zebra Katz & Michele Lamy, boychild, Andre J, Madeline Hollanderm, AJ Gvojic,
Music by L-vis 1990, Aaron David Ross, Girl Unit, Helix, Matthew Stone, Massacooraman, Renato Dicent
young chronos
GATEKEEPER
Super Limited edition USB Token
containing 6 WAV files and original artwork from
Gatekeeper's 'Young Chronos'
Released by Presto?! Nov 11th, 2013
adr
CHUNKY MONKEY
“Chunky Monkey” is a 2013 release from ADR, the avatar of Aaron David Ross, multimedia artist and member of the of the critically acclaimed Gatekeeper duo. Lauded as “bright, erotic and alive” by The New York Times, ADR has demonstrated his spirited, panache production style across a variety of projects over the last several years. He now readies his sophomore solo LP, “Chunky Monkey”, for release this spring on Hippos in Tanks.
“Chunky Monkey” is bristling phazer phunk; distended downtempo served as schizoid lifestyle music. Alone in his basement studio in NYC, ADR has re-assembled the constituents of everyday music consumption, ruminating on reality TV musical realism and the globalized flavors of “stock” music. These experiments are worked into a collage of stoned vocal scats and toothsome puns; wholesome exotica and woozy, schizophrenic pop.
A collection of airtight compositions which flex a range of influences, “Chunky Monkey” recalls the smoothness of big beat, trip hop & reggae against the hard swing of acid jazz. It fuses the silky cheese of Musak with the melancholy plush of jungle & downbeat. Through precise and idiosyncratic blends, ADR conjures a sound for shopping malls and/or space stations; a shark-eyed jest downloaded from the fractured fizz of New Consumerism.
THE UNITY OF ALL THINGS
Feature Film, Directed by Daniel Schmidt + Alexander Carver
Official Selection Locarno Film Festival, 2013
Original Soundtrack by Gatekeeper
Opening Ceremony, 2014
MAGICO MIXFILE
Throw on a robe, clap off your lights and fire up an e-cig—relaxation is mandatory while soaking up ADR's lounge-tastic "Magico Mix". As one half of Gatekeeper, Aaron David Ross specializes in forbidding extraterrestrial environments, but "Chunky Monkey", his new solo debut album for label Hippos in Tanks (out now), hits closer to home. Chunky Monkey vivisects the frictionless textures of modern consumer environments, exposing alien weirdness within the sounds of iPhone games and self-serve Fro-Yo joints. ADR's contribution to our mix series explores the album's distinctly 90s roots, infusing a copacetic cocktail of jazzy trip-hop and easy-listening breakbeats with a bitter squeeze of vintage dub-techno dread. Look out for choice cuts from the likes of Tricky and Burning Spear, and peep our Q&A with the man himself here.