Gio writes…
“After decades of exploring the stranger corners of this world – from hidden temples in Southeast Asia to underground sound laboratories in Eastern Europe – I thought I had seen it all. Then we found that radio in the backrooms, nestled among impossible vegetation, and everything I knew about reality shifted sideways.
“Today we are unleashing Acoustic Kitties onto an unsuspecting world, and I could not be more delighted. This collection of eight tracks represents our first transmissions from that peculiar frequency we discovered, and while it may be our roughest work, it captures perfectly the raw wonder of our initial encounters with whatever lies beyond the veil.
“Unorthodox Interrogation kicks things off exactly as it should – with the same mind-bending blend of downtempo and trip-hop that first leaked through that otherworldly radio, like old friends stopping by for tea in a dimension where tea probably should not exist.
“Vortex of Echoes happened when the radio decided to take control. I have seen autonomous machinery before, but watching those dials spin themselves through dimensions until finding that sweet spot between ambient soundscapes and experimental electronics – that was new. Pure interdimensional interference. Sublime.
“Phantom Limb and Marionette Strings emerged during one of our more entertaining episodes in the backrooms. Phantom Limb maps perfectly to the non-Euclidean geography we encountered, while Marionette Strings captures the surprisingly danceable rhythm of spacetime folding in on itself.
“Curare Dreams is our purest transmission yet. Exactly as it came through – no post-production needed when reality itself is your mixing desk. Those ambient undertones? That is what the backrooms sound like when they think no one is listening.
“Mirrored Void documents the moment we realised we were not the only ones out there exploring. The downtempo backbone might be our own heartbeats, but those percussion elements? Someone else was walking a parallel path, and I suspect we will meet them eventually.
“Manchurian Candidate named itself – we simply found the title etched into the radio one morning, as if by a hand moving through time. The resulting track programmed itself into my dreams, and I have zero complaints about that.
“We close with Fading Ink, named for the way our initial notes about the radio began disappearing from the page. It serves as a perfect snapshot of how the backrooms blur in your memory – not because you are forgetting, but because they are actively rewriting themselves.
“Acoustic Kitties is available now on all major streaming platforms. Each listen might sound different – the nature of interdimensional broadcasts being what it is – but I can promise you this: every version exists somewhere, and they are all exactly as they should be.
“For those ready to join us on this journey into the unknown – welcome aboard. We have seen some truly bizarre things in our travels, but this? This is where things get really interesting. And yes, if you hear purring from between the walls, that is entirely normal. The cats are happy. For now.”