Flyboyy Artifacts, by The Gifts

Flyboyy Artifacts

by The Gifts

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1.	Chiyun 03:17	buy track
2.	White Eagle Tunnel 01:41 video	buy track
3.	Speak 02:35	buy track
4.	Flyboyy 03:48 video	buy track
5.	Akadial 08:52	buy track
6.	Mystrig 1 03:08	buy track
7.	Mystrig 2 06:33	buy track
8.	1994 05:23	buy track
9.	Step 02:33	buy track

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Equal parts mysterious fizz, degraded beats, hissing samples, and haunting loops, The Gifts’ first release, Flyboyy Artifacts, is a focused collection of lo-fi meditations from producer Jeremy Mendicino.

Inspired by the thoughtfully broken compositions of Aphex Twin and Christian Fennesz, the bit-reduced textures of Autechre and early computer music, and the fluid polyphonic depth of Brian Eno’s most meandering work, Flyboyy Artifacts wraps post-guitar composition with a soft anxiety and narcotic optimism that speaks to more than a decade of studio experimentation.

Though Flyboyy Artifacts takes pleasure in the articulation of synthetic corrosion and the meticulous placement of mechanical sound, special attention is also paid to the manipulation of the human voice, creating an otherworldly layer suggestive of memory, breath, and something beyond the corporeal.

Mendicino describes the process of recording Flyboyy Artifacts as a search for something that was hiding in silence which merely had to be uncovered. And when describing his relationship to music he oscillates freely between the language of a mystic and that of a technician. It is exactly this relationship between the blindly spiritual and the hyper-rational that defines the tension of the music he creates as The Gifts.

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released June 1, 2018

produced by j mendicino at field sounds palace, hardwick vt +
abstract sound lab, allston ma
mastered at signal kitchen, burlington vt

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The Gifts Hardwick, Vermont

A lifelong member of the creative community, The Gifts’ sole member, Jeremy Mendicino, owns an extensive collection of rare, strange, and vintage equipment, and spends his time recording people using mics and knobs.

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discography

Lullabyes

Dec 2021
Silks

Oct 2020
Cyclesea

Jun 2020
Flyboyy Artifacts

Jun 2018
Dor [ep]

Sep 2017
Ocable / Maustv [single]

Feb 2017

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