Continuing ELECPHONIC’s bent of quirky electronica, Triplephonic is the third album recorded by the chameleonic Truly Independent musician Daniel Gannaway.
Once again infusing his unique ‘Atari-esque’ digital melodies with barbed lyrical content, Gannaway’s alternate reality as ELECPHONIC is mesmerising – a Second Life, spent in the company of Max Headroom, Tron and Orac.
Where Elecphonic was an exercise in musical creationism, arriving fully-formed from the ether without evolution or precedent, Triplephonic is a helix in its own genetic sequence. It breathes new life into the wryly opinionated tradition established by the artist’s previous releases – full of incisive, humorous socio-political commentary on the contemporary human condition.
A talented and energetic musician, Gannaway adds a sense of mischief to his artistic repertoire under the pseudonym ELECPHONIC.
Stand-out tracks include the dreamy Burma Has Gone Dark, evoking early Orb or Kraftwerk in a chiaroscuro of melody versus lyric.
Sarah also lingers long after hearing, with its catchy vocal hook contrasting the solemn poetry of its lyrics: “You're a man who used to land jet aeroplanes with a flick of his hand; solely responsible for three hundred lives; your abilities crashed and now your nerves are fried...”
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Since the release of his first album – FINE BY ME – in 1998, Daniel Gannaway’s been a strident proponent of independent music.
Now listing 10 solo albums and a range of side-project releases (including work with band kidameln), Daniel’s most recent solo album, JOINED LIKE NOTES, marked another waypoint on what has become a musical odyssey spanning more than a decade.
Gannaway’s growing discography now includes three intrepid, imaginative releases under the ELECPHONIC pseudonym – the eponymous Elecphonic, Sophomorphonic and now Triplephonic.
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