Intricate glitch-pop built from the microscopic debris of everyday life. Fragmented rhythms and found-sound textures for deep focus or curious wandering.
Secret Mommy sounds like the inner workings of a clock that has decided to play a game of hopscotch. It is music made of fragments: the click of a tongue, the rustle of paper, and the digital chirp of a computer error, all meticulously rearranged into surprisingly melodic and rhythmic structures. There is a tactile, physical quality to the sound, as if you can feel the edges of the individual samples as they zip past your ears.
What makes Andy Dixon's work under this alias so distinctive is the human warmth he injects into a genre that often feels cold. Despite the heavy use of glitching and digital manipulation, the source material is deeply personal and organic, rooted in field recordings and live instrumentation. It carries the restless energy of his punk background but channels it into a microscopic, obsessive attention to detail that rewards close listening.
Start with 'Hawaii 5.0' to hear how he balances accessibility with avant-garde technique. It is the perfect entry point for anyone who likes their electronic music to feel like a puzzle being solved in real-time. If you find yourself captivated by the more acoustic, collaborative side of his experimentation, move on to 'Plays'.
Andy Dixon is a Canadian artist and musician, who gained notoriety as a member of the North Vancouver punk rock band d.b.s. He founded the record label Ache Records, and later played in The Red Light Sting. Beginning in 2003, during the final months of The Red Light Sting, he began to cut up audio recordings he made himself and compose glitch/IDM music under the alias Secret Mommy, though he used The Epidemic for his first solo release.
Shares idm, glitch, downtempo (subgenres); sample based, minimalist, digital clarity (production style)
Shares glitch, idm, downtempo (subgenres); playful, mysterious, restless (moods)
Shares glitch, idm, downtempo (subgenres); sample based, noise textured, field recordings (production style)
Shares glitch, idm, downtempo (subgenres); sample based, field recordings, digital clarity (production style)

Shares glitch, idm, downtempo (subgenres); sample based, digital clarity, noise textured (production style)
Shares idm, glitch (subgenres); processed, whispered, absent (vocal style)
Shares glitch, idm, downtempo (subgenres); playful, restless, mysterious (moods)
Shares glitch, idm, downtempo (subgenres); playful, restless, mysterious (moods)
Shares brittle, glitch, idm, field recordings (signature)
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