PBX Funicular Intaglio Zone

Electronic · 2012 · 11 tracks · 46m

PBX Funicular Intaglio Zone

John Frusciante

A radical pivot into hyper-kinetic IDM and modular synthesis. Frusciante’s signature falsetto floats over a chaotic landscape of breakbeats and digital textures.

It's what happens when a guitar god falls in love with a drum machine and decides to rewrite the rules of pop.

A restless, intellectually charged exploration of digital chaos and melodic resolution.

PBX Funicular Intaglio Zone · vs · John Frusciante

Processed+3.7σ

The vocals lean far further into processed than the rest of the catalogue.

Tracklist · 11 Tracks · 46m

01

Intro/Sabam

2:40

02

Hear Say

3:46

03

Bike

4:24

04

Ratiug

6:25

05

Guitar

2:17

06

Mistakes

3:49

07

Uprane

4:55

08

Sam

4:21

09

Sum

4:18

10

Ratiug (a cappella version)

5:15

11

Walls and Doors

4:01

Moments Worth Waiting For

The jarring transition in Ratiug where the kinetic breakbeats suddenly give way to a soaring, melodic vocal hook

The way the guitar on Mistakes sounds like it is being actively dismantled by a glitching sampler while Frusciante sings with calm precision

The dense, polyrhythmic drum programming on Hear Say that feels like several songs fighting for the same space

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