Cool Person
Future Person [CS; Rainbow Pyramid]

I popped a bunch of tapes leading up to this one, looking for the last of the 2013 worthies before the self-imposed Cerbs shutdown, and it was like one of those old-timey directors going through auditions:

“Already heard it.”
“Too… loagy.”
“Work on it kid, and you’ll have a shot.”
“Boring.”
“Who let this drone fuck in? Gerald get the EFF in here!”
“A bit meaty.”
“Sounds like a fat guy sittin’ on a synth.”
“Next. NEXT. NEXT!!!”

To be honest Future Person, by Cool Person, didn’t stand out from the crowd that much at first. It was a rough night, and they benefited from a few factors beyond my control, which I won’t explain right now. Once I sunk into their groove, however, the Mountains comparisons seemed a little silly, my reservations emerging from a stylistic standpoint rather than any beef I had with the audio. What’s more, there’s a lot more to Future Person than your standard tape-label muddy-muddy. Cool Person spin yarns like cotton candy cones, starting with a ‘plink’ and a ‘plunk’ and evolving into what sounds a bit like an aural flow chart, strictly coordinated to enable the mind to get all Metroid-ed out. What I admire most is the restraint to stop once the mix is still relatively bare, let that develop, then branch out further, then pull it back, then add just a squinch more, etc. Quick playin’ games with my heart, you Cool fucker!

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