Jules Reidy imbued “Clerestory Windows V” with a unique intricacy of tone utilizing a hex electric guitar. The Euclidean sequencing with some pitch shifting on single notes and tones lends the piece the quality of something that sounds like it was composed and then programmed into an electronic device. But in fact it is guitar technique and that sound that gives this mathematically precise song a feel like something that had to come from the expression of an analog creature especially evident later in the song when the sustains linger and the pauses feel less calculated and more intuitive. To the point where the feedback oscillates slowly as not a singular note so much as a pulsing frequency that is opposite of the rich tapestry of guitar work and sounds performed with great energy. If the beginning of the song could be said to be the analog of a star being born, the end of the song is like the pulsar at the end of that stars life. It’s a fascinating piece that may initially have you thinking it’s a weird math rock song but the built in deconstruction happening in real time disabuses those notions before the halfway point as the song shifts from maximalism to utter minimalism. Listen to “Clerestory Windows V” on Spotify and follow Jules Reidy on Instagram.
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