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Gum
Electronic · 2007

Gum

Cornelius

2007 · Korova

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Gum is a hyper-focused exploration of the sonic architecture Cornelius perfected during his Sensuous era. It sounds like being inside a high-tech clock where every gear is made of glass and every tick is a perfectly EQ'd frequency.

The music manages to be both incredibly cold in its digital precision and remarkably warm in its melodic sensibility. It is a world of micro-sounds: the sound of a match striking, a sharp intake of breath, or a single guitar string plucked and then digitally manipulated until it becomes a rhythmic pulse.

Moments Worth Listening For
The way the guitar riff in the title track is perfectly mirrored and delayed across the left and right channels
The sudden transition from organic breathy vocals to harsh digital glitch stutters
When the percussion shifts from a standard beat to what sounds like a sequence of household objects being tapped
Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does Gum sound next to the rest of Cornelius's catalogue?

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