artist Mn-L

mn-l writes music while wearing headphones in his tiny toronto apartment. he believes that binary is an art form and hopes you can see that electronic music can also be punk rock. like his songs or else. mn-l's music crosses the IDM / punk boundaries with no regard for protocol, but takes notice of tradition. he comes from a background of harsh noise interspersed with no so subtle melody. From Eye Magazine, August 26, 2004, Summertime Bleeps: MN-L, Marathon Hangout (Shortwave) **** : Everyone's talking about ways to bring indie-rock and electronics together; on Marathon Hangout, producer Matthew Nish-Lapidus would rather see the two sides go to war. For every concession to pop structure, there's an effort to negate it: "Today I Can Only Remember My Address" feeds tranquil acoustic strums through a mechanized shredder in Four Tet fashion; "That Was the Last Cookie" halts its percussive build for a two-chord, Televisionary breakdown that practically transforms the song into a glitch "Marquee Moon"; while "Stiff" aims for full-on rock anthem glory with an incessant Sonic Youth-style distorto-riff, but the tentative start/stop rhythm won't give into the urge so easily. Mn-l loses his grip in the album's final quarter, when the album's dialectic tension falls apart on aimless tracks like "This Is What I've Got" -- but until then, it pays to be ringside.

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