GRAVEL SAINTS snarled new life into rock through artificial augmentation in ‘the old dog of the junkyard’
AI in music may be a divisive topic, but Federico Zimbaldi (AKA Nevralgia Digitale), with his independent digital music label, has found AI as the perfect conduit for the expression of introspection. There’s no disputing the fact that people are more open to musings when they’re accompanied by melody; just look at the death of poetry. And with that in mind, the single, the old dog of the junkyard by GRAVEL SAINTS, is the perfect example of the ability to evoke emotion and pulse-altering adrenaline through artificial augmentations of vintage rock n roll. With all the brashy swagger of the 70s era, unholy amounts of scuzz, and livewire vocals that deliver more energy than the Stones were ever capable of, the track is a raucously vindicating exposition on how it feels to be counted as down and out when visceralism still runs in your veins. There’s almost a live-in-studio recording to the release, which even traditionalists would struggle to raise their eyebrows to. Under the digital label project Nevralgia Digitale, Zimbaldi crafts fictional groups to channel raw emotionality and cultural observations through music. It’s a collision between digital innovation and human instinct, told through a language more immediate than any […] The post GRAVEL SAINTS snarled new life into rock through artificial augmentation in ‘the old dog of the junkyard’ appeared first on A&R Factory.
AI in music may be a divisive topic, but Federico Zimbaldi (AKA Nevralgia Digitale), with his independent digital music label, has found AI as the perfect conduit for the expression of introspection. There’s no disputing the fact that people are more open to musings when they’re accompanied by melody; just look at the death of poetry. And with that in mind, the single, the old dog of the junkyard by GRAVEL SAINTS, is the perfect example of the ability to evoke emotion and pulse-altering adrenaline through artificial augmentations of vintage rock n roll. With all the brashy swagger of the 70s era, unholy amounts of scuzz, and livewire vocals that deliver more energy than the Stones were ever capable of, the track is a raucously vindicating exposition on how it feels to be counted as down and out when visceralism still runs in your veins. There’s almost a live-in-studio recording to the release, which even traditionalists would struggle to raise their eyebrows to. Under the digital label project Nevralgia Digitale, Zimbaldi crafts fictional groups to channel raw emotionality and cultural observations through music. It’s a collision between digital innovation and human instinct, told through a language more immediate than any […]
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