Boston-based Animatronique's music is similar to artists like Sigur Ros, Jim O'Rourke, and The Books, straddling the worlds of acoustic and electronic music. Layers of guitar combine with electronic textures and various samples to create a world of unique and atmospheric soundscapes.
Animatronique's debut album “Stasis” is an independently released collection of post-rock instrumentals that run the gamut from peaceful and introspective to distorted and pugnacious. Recorded and engineered by local producer Chris McLaughlin (Aberdeen City, Mean Creek, Township), the album is furnished with haunting samples, ethereal electric guitars and dynamic percussive elements, while the acoustic guitar is the nucleus of each piece.
Perhaps the best examples of what this recording offers are the tracks “Greener Grass,” “Little You Little Me,” and “Aloysius.” The latter of the three is a bluesy vamp that incorporates a live drummer (Andrew Dole: Bon Savants/Mystery Roar/Bang Camaro) and ghostly electric guitars, while programmed beats and acoustic finger picking dominate the somber mood of “Greener Grass.” “Little You, Little Me” is a poetic love song that ends with a symphony of guitars, providing the album with it’s most epic and beautiful theme.
Fans of artists such as Jim O’Rourke, Kaki King, Tortoise, and John Fahey will find much to enjoy in the music of Animatronique.
Everyone Is Wrong is a beautiful, inspiring, and thought provoking piece. Acoustic fingerpicked guitar is embellished with ethereal electric guitars that also give the music a haunting quality. Perfect for dramatic and/or introspective scenes. Instrumental, Dramatic Music, Ethereal Music
"Little You, Little Me" is a beautiful and epic love song. Soft fingerpicked guitar mixes with dramatic drumset played with mallets. The climactic ending is enhanced by ethereal, other-worldly electric guitars that weave in and out of one another. Perfect for love scenes and other dramatic scenes, Instrumental, Dramatic Music, Ethereal Music
A bluesy fingerpicked electric guitar piece augmented by drums played with brushes, electric guitar volume swells, and electronic textural madness at the end climax of the piece. A suspenseful and tense piece that is perfect for thrillers, crime dramas, and horror scenes. Instrumental, Dangerous Music, Edgy Music
"Bloomer" is an ambient guitar piece built around a hypnotic pattern in the lower register of the instrument. Ethereal electric guitars add subtle textures throughout. The piece ends with an angry distorted guitar solo. Reminiscent of the works of Eno/Fripp. Perfect for suspenseful or sad scenes, Instrumental, New Age Music, Contemporary Instrumental
"Make Love Purr" is performed on solo acoustic guitar. It is both atmospheric and lyrical in nature, containing musical themes that seamlessly weave in and out of one another. Armed with haunting melodies and shifting harmonies, "Make Love Purr" is a beautiful and introspective piece. Instrumental, New Age Music, Solo String Instruments
"Greener Grass" is a somber post-rock piece that is comprised of lonesome acoustic guitar, ethereal electric guitars, and and haunting electronic percussion.
The mood of the music is reflective, set by repetitious themes that are enhanced by persistent melodies which reappear throughout the piece, Instrumental, Indie Rock Music, Post-Rock
