Besides being my favorite actor (screw American Beauty, it’s all about K-PAX), Kevinspacey is also the upcoming album of Jason Drake’s project Cassettes Won’t Listen due in June. This LA-based multi-instrumentalist by way of Brooklyn, the followup to 2008’s Small-Time Machine was three years in the making.
I got a hold of a track off Kevinspacey entitled "The Echoes". It comes in initially with glitch samples before bringing in the signature sound of warbling LFO’ed dubstep bass synth. The main melody feels like a throwback to Mega Man NES cartridges, but with a far smoother attack than the grind of a retro midi synth. Drake’s filtered vocals draw similarities to San Francisco’s The Ay Cad, although far less pop-minded they sink into the mix adding another layer of electro-flavor.
Get your hands on "The Echoes" here.
You can get Cassettes Won’t Listen’s Small-Time Machine as a free download through his Facebook page. Be forewarned, while the album is worth it you do have to Like the page, sign up for the mailing list, download a file with a document that has the album link, then download the album — a daunting task.
Drake’s bi-costal collective, Daylight Cerfew, has in the works plans for monthly concerts and art shows. We’ll be keeping our ear to the ground for them.
-Angelo Lorenzo