Jimmy Edgar on Metal: “SOPHIE and I had been exchanging synthesizer files for years, and developing new styles of synthesis since 2011 or so. We were trying to figure out how to create sounds that sound like physical objects. I was downloading a lot of white papers from universities and doing all this technical research to figure out how to achieve this. Basically, a lot of the album is based on physical modeling, and there are a couple types of synthesis that are related to that. One is called ‘sweep step synthesis,’ which is emulating, say, the sound of rubbing your finger on glas… read more
Jimmy Edgar on Metal: “SOPHIE and I had been exchanging synthesizer files for years, and developing new styles of synthesis since 2011 or so. We were… read more
Jimmy Edgar on Metal: “SOPHIE and I had been exchanging synthesizer files for years, and developing new styles of synthesis since 2011 or so. We were trying to figure out how to create s… read more
Jimmy Edgar is an American conceptual artist and sound designer from Detroit, Michigan. Influenced by minimalism, Yves Klein and Immaterialism, early in his career he released two hip-hop glitch albums under the names Michaux and Kristuit Salu and Morris Nightingale. His first solo album Color Strip (2006) came out on Warp Records after he signed to the label at age 18. This release was followed by XXX (2010) on !K7 Records in 2010. After his last solo LP Majenta (2012), he has released several EPS on his own imprint New Reality Now, often designing the album covers with Pilar Zeta.… read more
Jimmy Edgar is an American conceptual artist and sound designer from Detroit, Michigan. Influenced by minimalism, Yves Klein and Immaterialism, early in his career he released two hip-hop g… read more
Jimmy Edgar is an American conceptual artist and sound designer from Detroit, Michigan. Influenced by minimalism, Yves Klein and Immaterialism, early in his career he released two hip-hop glitch albums under the names Michaux and Krist… read more