Growth at a Death Pace

by Dittocrush

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1.	Medicating on a Memory 05:50	info	buy track
2.	Intermood with Duane Michaels 05:22	info	buy track
3.	My Pretty Mtn. 02:21	info	buy track
4.	stomachrope 05:26	info	buy track
5.	Mirror Mirror 05:13	info	buy track
6.	Slow Burn to the Apocalypse (Shake it Off) 06:05	info	buy track
7.	Watch You Sketch 06:23	info	buy track
8.	Perhaps, Death is Better 04:01	info	buy track

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The debut album by Dittocrush, “growth at a death pace” is an 8-track register of quiet intricacies. It consists of organic and electronic layers, swelling synths, and quiet interludes. The tracks use analogue tape samples and loops as a creative touchpoint—most beginning with a loop sample and cut up from there.

In ambient tradition, these experimental soundscapes are slow and luxuriant, organic but exacting, lucid but a little unsettled. String instruments hover over vintage synths and electronic pulses. Harp folds into a glowing piano. Bouts of cacophony make an occasional hoot. Those who contributed (vocals, acoustic, piano, steel pedal, samples) developed each track as a series of aural recontextualizations—sometimes still and nearly imperceptible, sometimes crashing, sometimes lush and reassuring.

“Perhaps, Death is Better” contains the album’s most distinctive sampling: a found poem edited from thrifted cassette tapes and set to vapory electronic pulses. Here, fragments from a long-discarded audio journal coax the audience into a state of calm yet uncanny regard. The track reinforces that perennial of ambient propositions: vibrant sonic textures—especially those made or received in a meditative state—can induce deeper listening.

“growth at a death pace” works to alternate between minimalism and movement, one minute inviting the listener to bask in a warm harpscape, the next in a manifold of keys and string. Above all, the album is meant to discompose itself when played—to amble, spark, and bloom based on the listener’s mood and inclination. - Amelia England

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released April 16, 2021

Produced and Mixed by Mangy Moonie at the Dodge and Burn
Except: Mirror Mirror mixed by Daniel Young at Orchard House
Mastered by Daniel Young at Orchard House.
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Dittocrush Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Tape Loops.
Machines.
Spit.
Electrics.
Poems.
Art.
Growth.

Using lots of tapes and pedals to bring out an ambient and experimental way of thinking.

Think of an aid to help you also create.
Take for a walk. Listen while cooking. Blast while painting.
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