Christian Mirande - Beautiful One Day, Perfect the Next LP

Beautiful One Day, Perfect The Next is a tale of two halves and represents a significant development in Mirande’s practice as it combines a move towards a more musical approach while retaining his customary use of field recordings, spoken word and synth explorations. The A-side consists of a number of seven queasy, iridescent synthesis pieces and haphazard interludes, bookended by two vocal pieces. The nauseous pitch-bent sonics and vocal musings have us wondering if there could have been a Werkbund record on Lovely Music, or recalls Paul De Marinis’ Music As a Second Language, whilst ‘Can’t Close My Hand In This Dream’ breaks up the inorganic sound with vinyl crackle and out of tune piano. The B-side is occupied entirely by the title piece, opening with cool, electronics before developing into rolling ride cymbals, a driving bassline and streams of collaged spoken word reflections on childhood, loss and marine life. ~ Christian Mirande (b. 1986) is an experimental musician from Phila