Dave Madden, The Squid’s Ear

December 2009
Valuing dexterity and amazement over pitch and harmony, electronics pioneers Richard Barrett and Paul Obermayer sprint through a cache of blips, mangled voices, imploded acoustics and sampled/re-sampled anomalies with immortal speed... These virtuosic mages are unparalleled in their collective ability to stitch, tear down, rip, defragment, poke and circumvent your expectations... A complicated mix of fascination, cleverness, humor, a seamless personality, a deft juggling act...sense reaches a peak...