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cyrnai - to subtle drive - dark entries - vinyl

New Copy

Genre: Techno / Electro - Electronics

1. To Subtle-Drive
2. Techno-Guillotine
3. Pocket Zimbabwe
4. It's A Crazy Fear
5. Subliminalogy
6. Far Above The Clouds
7. Electric Meditation
8. Falling
9. Suppressionist
10. Death Row Lingo
11. Climb The Sun
12. Lost Your Soul
13. Backbone Beat
14. Friction Song
15. When The Morning Comes
16. The Guidelines Of Labor
17. Always

Reissue of the 4th full-length from Carolyn Fok / CYRNAI, an Asian-American female solo artist from the Bay Area

By 1988 Carolyn’s recording gear had many changes and upgrades, from cassette 4-tracks, 8-track reel-to-reel 1/2 inch, a TASCAM 388 to DAT, to floppy disk sampling. She spent three to four nights a week developing sequences for 14 hours from 10pm onwards. Samples would sometimes begin on a Synclavier keyboard with its sophisticated sequencing capabilities. Her fourth album, ‘To Subtle-Drive’, was self-released in 1988 as 8 untitled songs spread across a 30-minute cassette. Then in 1989 Carolyn discovered the first Digidesign digital recording software and changed the project to have more ethnic sounds and samples stemming from tapes collected during a trip to Egypt. In 1990 ‘To Subtle-Drive’ was re-released with 2 songs from the 1988 release and 4 new compositions. This reissue adds 5 bonus tracks recorded during the same period spread across a double LP set. Each copy includes a double sided insert with lyrics, photos and notes by Carolyn. All songs have been remastered by George Horn at Fantasy Studios. "Old-soul beat tracks on cassette with time and techno-guilotine songs."