Derry’s Andrew Morrison makes music under the name The Cyclist and his latest album Bones in Motion just came out on Stones Throw/Leaving Records.
Morrison says The Cyclist project is “an attempt to get to a time in electronic music, where everything sounds warmer, like with the more techno-ey tunes by Throbbing Gristle maybe a bit like what Geogaddi by Boards of Canada got across, but with a whole other meaning with a more danceable edge of New Order. This needed to be done and needs to be done more. let’s call it Tape Throb for now.”
So there. To that end, the music of The Cyclist is cerebral house and electronic music filtered through disintegrating equipment so jagged artefacts of the process seem to cling to the sound ensuring a lo-fi coat covers the songs. Morrison supposedly uses a battered £20 keyboard “whose constant errors generate random noises and extra tones”. Leaving Records call it ” thoroughly busted techno for the post-punk demo tape set,” which makes sense too.
Morrison has previously released a cassette album called Bending Brass on the Crash Symbols. The embedded tracks here are from Bones in Motion which is out now on LP, CD cassette and MP3.
Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005 . He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Cara Magazine, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, founder of Lumo Club, club promoter, event curator and producer of gigs, listening parties & events in Dublin.
CLASS!!!! Good man yerself, Nialler boi!
Just bought his album thanks to yer write up. Really good.
Awesomes! So did I.