The MIDI Janitor - Holy To Dogs (2024) [Hi-Res]
BAND/ARTIST: The MIDI Janitor
- Title: Holy To Dogs
- Year Of Release: 2024
- Label: Staff Meal Recordings
- Genre: Electronic
- Quality: 24-48000 FLAC; 16-44100 FLAC
- Total Time: 00:55:21
- Total Size: 307 mb; 620 MB
- WebSite: Album Preview
Using only a scavenged MIDI keyboard and sounds plundered from a wide swath of archaic media (90's sampler CDs, 80s VHS docs, 70s student films) musician Jonathan Orr creates startlingly accomplished slabs of thick, lo-fi electro that shimmer and pounce like nothing else on the Vancouver scene.
As on his previous release (2023's 'Bulk Order') the spiritual template here is the early unreleased tapes of Scotland's Boards of Canada, particularly the twin holy grails of 'A Few Old Tunes Vol 1 & Il', but this time around things feel noticeably weirder and more destabilized, as if that template were cracking apart under the weight of older, less definable influences.
The title of the album is taken from the Gospel According to Thomas: "Give not that which is holy to dogs, in case they throw it onto the dunghill." Reading the text on the verge of sleep, Orr had mistakenly understood it as pertaining not to 'holy things,' but instead to things which were specifically 'holy to dogs. What would such things be? Orrpictured a shrine of objects not valued by the world; garbage, refuse, decay, the discarded. Things forgotten or only half-remembered, like the rusted bones of ancient cities or the clips of dead media entombed on his hard drive.
'Holy to Dogs' charts a weaving course through this narcoleptic vision, from the bright epiphany of 'Petroglyph Park' to the blackened repetition of 'Roman Concrete' the eerie momentum of 'Split Foot,' and the rhythmic hypnosis of 'Far Speak'; each track building on the last in a series of audio snapshots of lost worlds, forgotten rituals, and discarded histories.
An absolutely essential release from one of Vancouver's brightest (and darkest) lights.
Tracklist:
1-1. The MIDI Janitor - Petroglyph Park (01:52)
1-2. The MIDI Janitor - Far Speak (04:02)
1-3. The MIDI Janitor - Black Faun Fragment (02:01)
1-4. The MIDI Janitor - Roman Concrete (05:01)
1-5. The MIDI Janitor - Two Out of Ten Thousand (02:21)
1-6. The MIDI Janitor - No Division Between Sayings (04:35)
1-7. The MIDI Janitor - Partial Power (05:23)
1-8. The MIDI Janitor - Morning In el-Bahnasa (02:47)
1-9. The MIDI Janitor - Dru (03:06)
1-10. The MIDI Janitor - Channel Ridge (04:00)
1-11. The MIDI Janitor - White Faun Fragment (02:04)
1-12. The MIDI Janitor - Split Foot (04:21)
1-13. The MIDI Janitor - Holy To Dogs (05:36)
1-14. The MIDI Janitor - Study For A Sacred Vehicle (04:50)
1-15. The MIDI Janitor - P. Oxy 655 (03:22)
As on his previous release (2023's 'Bulk Order') the spiritual template here is the early unreleased tapes of Scotland's Boards of Canada, particularly the twin holy grails of 'A Few Old Tunes Vol 1 & Il', but this time around things feel noticeably weirder and more destabilized, as if that template were cracking apart under the weight of older, less definable influences.
The title of the album is taken from the Gospel According to Thomas: "Give not that which is holy to dogs, in case they throw it onto the dunghill." Reading the text on the verge of sleep, Orr had mistakenly understood it as pertaining not to 'holy things,' but instead to things which were specifically 'holy to dogs. What would such things be? Orrpictured a shrine of objects not valued by the world; garbage, refuse, decay, the discarded. Things forgotten or only half-remembered, like the rusted bones of ancient cities or the clips of dead media entombed on his hard drive.
'Holy to Dogs' charts a weaving course through this narcoleptic vision, from the bright epiphany of 'Petroglyph Park' to the blackened repetition of 'Roman Concrete' the eerie momentum of 'Split Foot,' and the rhythmic hypnosis of 'Far Speak'; each track building on the last in a series of audio snapshots of lost worlds, forgotten rituals, and discarded histories.
An absolutely essential release from one of Vancouver's brightest (and darkest) lights.
Tracklist:
1-1. The MIDI Janitor - Petroglyph Park (01:52)
1-2. The MIDI Janitor - Far Speak (04:02)
1-3. The MIDI Janitor - Black Faun Fragment (02:01)
1-4. The MIDI Janitor - Roman Concrete (05:01)
1-5. The MIDI Janitor - Two Out of Ten Thousand (02:21)
1-6. The MIDI Janitor - No Division Between Sayings (04:35)
1-7. The MIDI Janitor - Partial Power (05:23)
1-8. The MIDI Janitor - Morning In el-Bahnasa (02:47)
1-9. The MIDI Janitor - Dru (03:06)
1-10. The MIDI Janitor - Channel Ridge (04:00)
1-11. The MIDI Janitor - White Faun Fragment (02:04)
1-12. The MIDI Janitor - Split Foot (04:21)
1-13. The MIDI Janitor - Holy To Dogs (05:36)
1-14. The MIDI Janitor - Study For A Sacred Vehicle (04:50)
1-15. The MIDI Janitor - P. Oxy 655 (03:22)
Year 2024 | Electronic | FLAC / APE | HD & Vinyl
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