I Am Robot & Proud - Lucky Static [CD]

2018 release, the ninth studio album from Toronto's indie electronic music creator and video game designer Shaw-Han Liem, AKA I Am Robot and Proud. On Lucky Static, Liem developed a unique approach where songs were constructed in tandem with reactive computer-generated animations. "Interpreting music visually became an important part of how I composed this album. It might sound strange, but many of these songs started out as Instagram posts - geometric animation concepts, with music being fed into them using homemade software. I spent a year creating and posting these computer programs online as wordless meditations... audio-visual loops that appear in your timeline as peaceful musical moments. Observing how the shapes reacted to different rhythms and pitch combinations would feed into the songwriting process for each track." The resulting 10 tracks feature Liem's trademark interlocking melodies and sample-chopped rhythms, meshed with acoustic and electric guitar as well as toy instruments and homemade electronic gadgets. Mesmerizing, mood-altering, pain-relieving, hypnotic, flow expediting, life extending, joyful and peaceful music. The album was mastered by Sandro Perri (Constellation Records).