DESCRIPTION:
Instrumental track from the 2014 album of the same name, by the Canadian art rock / dream pop group, The Frank Horvat Band.

LISTEN on SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/track/6A7Vzp7mEzUzh9lCFGag9Z?si=MNskV5wFTWO5-14Z8cniKg

Strange Machine is an instrumental piece that I had composed and recorded for inclusion on my band’s first album, I Can See You. It did not end up making the cut for that album since it did not compliment the other tracks. But it did have such an impact on me that I decided to make it the lead and title track on the band’s follow-up album. The loops and mechanical quality to it also ended up inspiring the album, Strange Machine, to be a concept album where all the other pieces were in some form or another related to the idea of us using machines or them controlling us.

The composition itself is sort of strange to include as the first piece on album of “pop” music. In essence, it’s very much akin to any of my other contemporary classical chamber compositions with each instrument following a mapped out part (except for the electric guitar).

I like how the piece conveys a bit of an impersonal, dark feel, especially the bass. – Frank Horvat

PERFORMERS:
Frank Horvat (electronics)
Justin Haynes (guitar)
Michael Davidson (vibraphone)

More about this composition:
http://frankhorvat.com/composition/strange-machine-tfhb/

ALBUM:
Listen: http://frankhorvat.com/discography/strange-machine
Produced by Frank Horvat & Jean Martin
Engineered by Jean Martin
Recorded March to June 2013 at THE FARM, Toronto

THE FRANK HORVAT BAND (#TFHB)
Formed in 2013 by Canadian composer/pianist Frank Horvat, The Frank Horvat Band's uncreative name hides a wildly creative sound and collective of ultra talented musicians. An indie art rock / dream pop band with an electronic edge, their music takes you through a journey of all encompassing sounds from soft ambience to aggressive repetition. #TFHB is pop, poetry and modern expression in a beautifully pained existence. Pioneering a new post-Pink Floyd, Radiohead, Bjork sound.

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