{"product_id":"basic-this-is-basic","title":"Basic - This Is Basic","description":"BASIC is a mind-meld between Chris Forsyth, his frequent running partner (and formidable 6-string thinker) Nick Millevoi, and Mikel Patrick Avery (Natural Information Society). \"This Is BASIC\", their debut album, is a complex and entrancing instrumental LP recasting forgotten scraps of guitar history into a moving mosaic of strings, skins and electronics. Taking inspiration (and their name) from the 1984 Robert Quine\/Fred Maher album (\"Basic\"), Forsyth and Millevoi got together for a run of low-key jam sessions using an Alesis drum machine for rhythm tracks and forging a collaborative language from angular polyrhythms, pulsing baritone-guitar lines, and shimmering chorus-pedal washes (another stylistic nod, this time to the glistening post-punk of the Durutti Column and numerous 4AD bands). Avery was soon enlisted on drum kit a setup that quickly morphed into a single drum, bell, and a bespoke electronics rig of his own creation. The trio quickly flowered into an improvisational swirl of disorienting electronics, hypnotic throb, and dense flanged-guitar harmonics: three unique voices spinning a complex conversation of textures and rhythms. Tracklisting: For Stars of the Air Nerve Time Positive Halfway Last Resort of the Gambling Man Versatile Switch New Auspicious","brand":"NO QUARTER","offers":[{"title":"Vinyl LP","offer_id":53201925079367,"sku":"TRI-03760","price":29.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":53201925275975,"sku":"TRI-03761","price":16.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0931\/9779\/5655\/files\/a23261d3bd722228d6b5575b5ec1c4da.jpg?v=1769318790","url":"https:\/\/towerrecords.ie\/products\/basic-this-is-basic","provider":"Tower Records Dublin Ireland","version":"1.0","type":"link"}