Keith Canisius, the musician/composer behind project’s Rumskib, Shortwave Broadcaster, and electronic duo Astral TV isn’t one to take a break. The drive to make thoughtful, exploratory, and at times cinematic music is a strong one. Hit up his Shortwave Broadcaster or Morph Stereo Bandcamp pages and you’ll have hours of gauzy, ethereal, and heady sounds to get lost in.
For the last several months Canisius has been concentrating on work as Morph Stereo. It was only two months ago that I talked about his Divers EP, way back in September. We are now only in November but Keith has five new tracks he’s recently shared. As always, they are well worth your time. Especially if Euroracks, heavily-effected guitars, and artists like Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze, and Cluster tickle your fancy.
“Different Island”
Cascading synths and blipping/bleeping rhythms lay out a cinematic soundscape that brings to mind the great scores of Edgar Froese while laying out steely, 80s sounds. The melodically driven piece hints at chaos just under the surface.
“Speeding”
A kinetic, rhythmic line draws an almost musical grid to follow as washes of Blade Runner-like patches form in the background. Cluster’s Zuckerzeit comes to mind, as does the 8-bit sounds of early 80s RPGs.
“Station”
“Station” opens feeling like some ethereal techno track, but transcends the dance floor to a higher plane of existence. It’s click-clacky, percussive nature beckons for movement of the body, but works it’s way to the mind over its heady six-minute runtime.
“Believe”
There’s a joyful feeling to “Believe”, the glitchy, electronic-driven sound remains but has a buoyancy and circuital optimism to it. You can almost feel the improvisatory nature of the song’s creation as it bounces and bubbles over in creative anticipation.
“Skaters”
“Skaters” has the heat of a warm summer day emanating from its pulsing body of music. You can almost see wavering heat rising off asphalt as the wheels of a skateboard leave indentions in the sun-softened parking lot. This is the sound of summer, exploration, and the unknown.
“Similarity”
The tactile, percussive sound pulls you into this dense and moving piece. Hopefulness rises throughout with the Eurorack almost creating brassy shots of sound that is somewhere between Mark Isham and Vangelis.
Keith Canisius has kept pretty busy during October, as is evident above. His hard work is our gain, so hit up Morph Stereo and give these stunning tracks a spin. This is proper cosmic engagement. Food for the head and heart.
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