Latest album “Drowned In Meaning” out now; Follows up Realistic releases for Illegal Art, Seeland labels.
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James Towning of Realistic. Photo by Belly.
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“Math Is Hard” is the latest single from the new Realistic album “Drowned In Meaning” out now.
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“Towning demonstrates a knack for unconventional looping, sonic accumulation, and a good joke.” – All Music Guide
Following up previous releases for the Illegal Art (Girl Talk) and Seeland Records (Negativland) labels among others, Brooklyn-based electronic music collage artist James Towning released his latest album as Realistic on February 29th.
The latest single from the album is its lead-off track “Math Is Hard” now available for streaming and download. Towning describes the song, saying, “The track’s core music box melody is derived from a 1991 Fact TwentyTwo song named ‘Collapse’. Excerpts from Dean Martin’s ‘That’s Amore’ and beats from XTC’s ‘Making Plans For Nigel’ carry the track along.”
Other tracks sampled on “Math Is Hard” include Sonny James’ “Young Love” and “Crimson and Clover” by Tommy James & the Shondells.
Realistic’s Drowned In Meaning (the album title is intentionally sarcastic) features 16 tracks comprised of hundreds of samples -- some obvious, some obviously obscure -- stitched and layered with Towning’s own synthesizers, drum machines, digital effects, and keen sense of humor.
The album’s previous single “Token Gestures” featured the Hall & Oates hit “Kiss On My List”, vintage tape of the Mars rover lift off sequence, and the sound of a fireworks display that Towning recorded in Brooklyn Heights.
The video for the song is now streaming. Towning says that the clip “is an exploration of multi-layered compositing techniques similar to how the music is created. Snippets of video from David Bowie, The Mighty Boosh, and ‘The Big Blue Marble’ are synchronized with the original samples and combined with stock footage of people pretending to feel emotion.”
James Towning of Realistic is available for interviews. Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic for more information.
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Realistic
Drowned In Meaning
(Blackmail Electronics – Out Now)
Track Listing:
02. Cuddle Party Headrush
03. Notes to Self
05. Drama Distortion
06. Dot Pattern
07. Glitter and Glue
08. Moment of Realisation
09. One Hundred Years
10. Woozy Familiarity
11. Pointless Creative Endeavor
12. The Sea of Showers
13. Good Luck With All That
14. Mining for Content
15. Pursuit of Happiness
16. Late Nights and Weekends
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Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic Promotion
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