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Axioms by Impossible Recording Machine
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15 tracks | 67 minutes
Released Oct 2001
on Positron! Records
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A diverse blend of pop, abstract and instrumental music from Matt Walker (Smashing Pumpkins, Filter, Cupcakes) and Jim Dinou (Exo).
Editorial review
With Axioms, Impossible Recording Machine marks an impressive debut while adding another notch to the increasingly eclectic belt of Positron! Records (owned and run by Sister Machine Gun frontman Chris Randall). Running the gamut from jagged industrial clangs to wispy electronic murmurs, the album's 15 tracks forge through refreshingly original territory. Although Axioms serves as the debut for Impossible Recording Machine, it's actually the second time the band's two members have worked together. Having previously recorded as Retina, Matt Walker (the Smashing Pumpkins, Filter, Cupcakes) and Jim Dinou (Exo) reunite to create a more varied mix on this outing, showcasing the duo's talent for mixing the traditional with the spontaneous and the electronic with the acoustic. Essentially three five-song EPs combined into one set, Axioms' track order can be rearranged into separate sections. "Inertia," the first, contains a set of ambient songs with hushed loops, mellow pads, and skittering beats. The duo uses the minimalism and minor/major interaction throughout the section to its fullest, giving a sense of both sadness and comfort. The next section, "Acceleration," propels the set forward while helping to bridge the gap between the largely experimental first section and more conventional third. "Interference" acts as an introduction here, setting the stage then abruptly giving way to the percussive assault of "Compulsive 3." It's here that Matt Walker lets loose and showcases his exceptional drumming coupled with a barrage of distortion, overdrive, and phaser effects. With its cinematic atmospherics enhanced by agile synthesizer work, "Acceleration" leads into the third and final section, "Interaction." Featuring more pop-oriented songs such as "Safety in Numbers" and "The Bells," "Interaction" reveals Impossible Recording Machine's more accessible side, with conventional song structures and Jim Dinou's emotive vocal work. The old adage that "a song is never truly finished" is one that Walker and Dinou have been said to live by. However, it seems -- at least on Axioms -- they've loosened their grip and have left any apprehensions behind. With a satisfying balance of both straight-on hooks and trippy explorations, Impossible Recording Machine has released an intoxicating album that whets the appetite for more. ~ Don Kline, All Music Guide
Bio / Background
"With a satisfying balance of both straight-on hooks and trippy explorations, Impossible Recording Machine has released an intoxicating album that whets the appetite for more." - Don Kline/All Music Guide
After nearly a decade of writing music together, Matt Walker (Smashing Pumpkins, Filter, Cupcakes) and Jim Dinou (Exo) have decided to brave their perfectionist fear of completion and release the mania of their Impossible Recording Machine.
An amalgamation of influences from pop to abstract, IRM began as a private outlet for genreless experimentation that eventually evolved into a new kind of band with an unusual spectrum of material. Matt and Jim allow their collective intuition to lead them to new and intriguing sonic worlds where they embrace things electric and acoustic, melodic and dissonant, disciplined and spontaneous, and weave them into IRM.
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