Deaf Center — Neon City

Deaf Center is the mysterious project of Norwegian musical masterminds Erik Skodvin and Otto Totland, who came together for a holiday in a Norwegian log-cabin and began sampling everything around them — a game of table tennis, an old television broadcast, even friends and relatives having a conversation. An unusual release in the electronica spectrum, instead of relying on synthesis 'Neon City' prefers to warm itself with pianos and lightly plucked guitars, influenced by the film soundtracks of Cliff Martinez and Yann Tiersen much more than the overworked glitch of Autechre. Type cohort Keith Kenniff (aka Helios) steps in to provide a remix, adding layers of guitar over smooth pulsing bass and chopped driving beats.