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Winston Smith

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The world of meaning and of causes becomes gradually the world in which he finds happiness 28:56

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Winston Smith - the eighth A Guide For Reason album - fs50

May all of your Orwellian dreams come true (if they haven’t already)

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released February 5, 2021

Limited edition cassette of 40 copies.

from Vital Weekly (April 27, 2021):

A GUIDE FOR REASON - WINSTON SMITH (cassette by Faith Strange)

Following that with A Guide For Reason makes perfect sense, as this is Mike Fazio's project in the realm of experimental music. I was wondering who Winston Smith is, but seeing this on the Bandcamp page, "May all of your Orwellian dreams come true (if they haven’t already)", I realized that was the protagonist from '1984'. Maybe this is Fazio's comment on the current state of world affairs? "The world of meaning and of causes becomes gradually the world in which he finds happiness", is the title of the piece that spans the entire second side, and maybe a statement about people who find 'truth' online?

As I am playing this, I wonder if what I just wrote is true, the thing about guitars? It is difficult to hear guitars in the music of ÆRA, but stretching out guitar sounds in that manner, is a common thing. The way it is done on 'Winston Smith' is even more abstract, and it could be synthesizers, sequencers, samplers and/or rhythm machines at work here. What is left is the atmospheric quality of the music, but collage-style, noisier at times, even a bit industrial at times, and abstract. It is also more dynamic, going through various volume motions here, from relatively quiet to pleasantly 'loud'.

I was thinking that I would not be surprised if some of this material is generated from field recordings, along with whatever else is played by Fazio. Maybe it is all too easy to say this is a dystopian soundtrack, but I can imagine some passages of this, could be transferred one on one to a film soundtrack. As pleasant as it is frightening. That's how we love our dystopian fantasies. (FdW)

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