- When
- Nov 2011
This is a release on Type Records, the label I co-founded with John Xela. John was responsible for its musical output; I contributed in the first few years on design and running the label. The catalogue is archived here for posterity.
Boomkat, which stocked the label, still lists this record, filed under Dark Ambient / Drone / Metal.
The New York-based artist might still be best known for being a member of now defunct noise duo Yellow Swans, but 'Man With Potential' shows that Swanson is unafraid to dive headfirst into the dank pulsing soundscapes that helped birth his old band. Where Yellow Swans used pulses to underpin their cascading white noise, Swanson here puts the chattering 140bpm percussion at center stage, not least on the album's opening track, charmingly titled 'Misery Beat'. This is Birmingham techno filtered through the mists of the Pacific Northwest — a blistering collection of contemporary club music with a deafening noise twist.
Made at Type.
Earlier in the catalogue: Mike Shiflet — Merciless TYPE098. Later in the catalogue: Vatican Shadow — Kneel Before Religious Icons TYPE105.