Elliott Sharp - ARC, Vol. 3: Cyberpunk and the Virtual Stance

Cyberpunk And The Virtual Stance collects recordings made between 1984 and 1988, all dedicated to exploring the possibilities of technology in music -- as one might gather from Elliott Sharp's usual approach to music making, this means an experimental approach to electronics, not a techno record. Some of the album's tracks simply build from electronic loops and will only truly appeal to those interested in Sharp's avant-garde composition; others work from driving beats and wind up with an industrial-strength groove that pioneers the territory that the harsher side of techno was settling into at the time. Read More