This is That, by Manual Controller

This is That

by Manual Controller

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1.	X-4U 03:18	buy track
2.	Smells Like Happiness 04:31	buy track
3.	Capital H 02:16	buy track
4.	Medicino 01:24	buy track
5.	Prelude to Adjunct of Fear 01:59	buy track
6.	Adjunct of Fear 04:34	buy track
7.	It's Here 01:10	buy track
8.	Two 03:30	buy track
9.	An Exercise in Futility 05:05	buy track
10.	Smells Like Happiness (Redux) 01:35	buy track
11.	The Child-Industrial Complex 05:15	buy track

about

Four years in the making, This is That was composed and sequenced using an array of vintage synthesizers, analog drum machines and live musicians.

credits

released July 31, 2017

All songs written, recorded and produced by Paul Schwarzkopf.
Recorded at Une Attica Studios—Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
City Sound Studios and Red Room Studios—Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Mixed by Tony Williamette, Minnehaha Recording Company—Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Mastered by Gary Tanin, Daystorm Music—Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Trumpet and horn arrangements on “Smells Like Happiness” by Loren Endorf. Trombone by Josh Huot-Gallus. Acoustic guitar by Daniel Kuchenbecker. Additional percussion by Evan McDoniels.

Album art by Lucas Glusenkamp.

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Manual Controller Minneapolis, Minnesota

Manual Controller is the electronic music project of Paul Schwarzkopf. He generates left-of-center "groove-tronica" with all- hardware, often accompanied by a live drummer named A-Ron.

When not making music, Manual Controller helps create weird, non-traditional art events throughout the Twin Cities. ... more

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