Chris Juarez Sent Chaos Through the Wires of Avant-Garde IDM with ‘CARCK/////UNRIG’NALMIX:’
Chris Juarez throws you headfirst into the chaos with CARCK/////UNRIG’NALMIX:, his latest single before the arrival of his new LP, Solong,suckRs., due on September 25th. After a disorientating influx of synthesised distortion, Juarez begins to reveal his stripes as an avant-garde electronica composer, drawing on the machinations of early industrial pioneers which are melted into a whirling dervish of 8-bit experimentalism. With nods to the likes of DJ Scotch Egg and Otto Von Shirach, Juarez doesn’t deliver easily digestible aural aesthetics; he’s on an unflinching mission to orchestrate chaos that cages enough visceralism to disjoint your rhythmic pulses, bearing down on them like a juggernaut that is hellbent on bruising you with pure, undiluted escapism. The beauty is there if you’re brave enough to submerge yourself in the eye of the cataclysmic composition of a storm and surrender to the artist’s cultivated yet Machiavellian volition. Born in Okinawa in 2007 and now based in Mesa, Arizona, Juarez pulls influence from the IDM, progressive electronic, indietronica and post-rock circuits, channelling inspirations from Oneohtrix Point Never, Autechre, and Clark. Each new release marks a push further away from convention and into unexplored territory, and CARCK/////UNRIG’NALMIX: is no exception. Juarez has made a […] The post Chris Juarez Sent Chaos Through the Wires of Avant-Garde IDM with ‘CARCK/////UNRIG’NALMIX:’ appeared first on A&R Factory.

Chris Juarez throws you headfirst into the chaos with CARCK/////UNRIG’NALMIX:, his latest single before the arrival of his new LP, Solong,suckRs., due on September 25th. After a disorientating influx of synthesised distortion, Juarez begins to reveal his stripes as an avant-garde electronica composer, drawing on the machinations of early industrial pioneers which are melted into a whirling dervish of 8-bit experimentalism. With nods to the likes of DJ Scotch Egg and Otto Von Shirach, Juarez doesn’t deliver easily digestible aural aesthetics; he’s on an unflinching mission to orchestrate chaos that cages enough visceralism to disjoint your rhythmic pulses, bearing down on them like a juggernaut that is hellbent on bruising you with pure, undiluted escapism. The beauty is there if you’re brave enough to submerge yourself in the eye of the cataclysmic composition of a storm and surrender to the artist’s cultivated yet Machiavellian volition. Born in Okinawa in 2007 and now based in Mesa, Arizona, Juarez pulls influence from the IDM, progressive electronic, indietronica and post-rock circuits, channelling inspirations from Oneohtrix Point Never, Autechre, and Clark. Each new release marks a push further away from convention and into unexplored territory, and CARCK/////UNRIG’NALMIX: is no exception. Juarez has made a […]
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