After nearly 5 years of on-and-off work, the follow-up to 2017's Omnidimensional Microphone double album has finally arrived. Chris, David, Justin, Roland, and Alex improvise a bunch of music on a bunch of different instruments, telling a story that the listener will only hear if they calibrate their cerebral receiver to the optimum frequency; a story of peace, war, progress, and decay.
"These artists have put their hearts into making the weirdest, most uncommercial music they can imagine. They’re seeking hidden corners of liquid beauty and hysteria." - Kent Williams, Little Village (
littlevillagemag.com/album-review-justin-k-comer-undustrial-devolution-1-2)
released September 2, 2022
Tracks 2 and 4-9 composed spontaneously by David Clair, Justin K Comer, Chris Emery, Roland Hart, and Alex Taylor.
Track 3 composed spontaneously by Justin K Comer, Chris Emery, and Roland Hart.
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PERSONNEL
David Clair - Casio MT-68 on track 2 - fish on track 4 - percussion on tracks 5, 9 - Korg Triton Extreme on tracks 6-7 - Minimoog on track 7 - trumpet on track 8
Justin K Comer - Nintendo DS on track 2 - Yamaha DD-55 on tracks 3, 5 - Music Maker Lap Harp on track 4 - laptop on tracks 5-8 - Roland/Rodgers W-50 on track 7 - Casio MT-68 on track 8 - contrabass clarinet and percussion on track 9
Chris Emery - chord organ on track 2 - microKORG on track 3 - banjo on tracks 4, 9 - percussion on tracks 5-6, 9 - Casio MT-68 and Suzuki OM-27 on track 7 - trombone on track 8
Roland Hart - Minimoog on tracks 2, 9 - contrabass clarinet on track 3 - mandolin on track 4 - penny whistle on track 5 - microKORG on tracks 6-7, tenor saxophone on track 8, Korg Triton Extreme on track 9
Alex Taylor - Bontempi chord organ on tracks 2, 7 - percussion on tracks 4-6, 8 - Casio MT-68 on track 9
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Tracks 1-2, 7, and 9 recorded in JKC's garage in Coralville on December 26th, 2018.
Tracks 3-6 and 8 recorded in JKC's garage in Coralville on December 28th, 2017.
Produced by JKC, David Clair, and Hannah Colton.
Album art by Ben Woods (
bwdesign.works).
Dedicated to Hannah.
justinkcomer.com +
christopheremery.weebly.com
justinkcomer.bandcamp.com +
davidclair.bandcamp.com
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PODCASTS
In the summer of 2019, Justin and David held three album production meetings on the iHearIC Radio show on KRUI in Iowa City. The concept for the albums and most of the track titles were developed over the course of these ~6 hours of radio. Hannah Colton joined in on the third meeting, which is why she gets a production credit above. If you're interested in learning more about the creation of Undustrial Devolution, the episodes are available here:
1.
archive.org/details/20190526Ihearic75
2.
archive.org/details/20190616Ihearic77
3.
archive.org/details/20190707ihearic79
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BONUS VIDEOS
[download the album and check the attached text file for access to almost 6 hours of video]