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My Grandfather, the Cubist
Electronic · 2008 · 12 tracks · 45m

My Grandfather, the Cubist

Joy Electric

Analog monophonic synths arranged with mathematical precision. A cold, wintery exploration of memory and geometry through minimalist clockwork pop.

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It's like a math textbook that somehow learned how to sing melancholic lullabies.

A disciplined, mathematical melancholy that finds warmth in the precision of analog circuitry.

Tracklist · 12 Tracks · 45m
01
Victorian Intuition/Father Winter Replies
5:10
02
Rudimentary Animation
4:04
03
Draw for Me, M.C. Escher
3:52
04
Four Gone Pierre (or What Electricity Made)
3:08
05
The First Time I Loved Her It Was Here
5:01
06
I Recall the Telephone Booth
4:00
07
On Being Principally Utopian
4:28
08
Whether by Horse, or Horseless
4:02
09
Only Copernicus
4:33
10
Prelude to Cubism
1:09
11
My Grandfather, the Cubist
4:00
12
Cubism Interlude
2:10
Moments Worth Waiting For
The interlocking, clock-like synth pulses that open Victorian Intuition, setting a rigid yet whimsical pace.
The stark, lonely vocal melody in I Recall the Telephone Booth that feels suspended in a digital void.
The sudden shift into the abstract, geometric textures of the title track's closing movements.
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