WILD METALS by RUSSO

Soundscapes with a balearic feel on Torn Hawk's label Valcrond Video.Valcrond Video, the label run by sound and image artist Luke Wyatt (Torn Hawk), presents VV-013 Russo's ""Wild Metals"". Russo (Ari Russo) is an NYC based multi-artist whose engagement with abandoned media finds an outlet in the video bursts he culls as OfficeFern. As a programmer, he's produced innovative music generation tools such as the Diamond Arpeggiator. He returns to his own music with this collection of challenging and transporting structures. Wyatt and VV are eager to endorse Russo's latest report on crossmodal perception, a true exercise in synesthesia. ""Wild Metals"" sounds like ferns and orchids infiltrating a tableaux of black plastic electronics, the breed of black plastic that Russo and Wyatt both found sinisterly inserted into the grid of their childhood. It provided the skin for some of their favorite toys, and its general resonance was aligned with the fast cars, women, and architecture that dominated their imaginations.