FINGERTIP, by Man Made Hill

FINGERTIP

by Man Made Hill

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1.	Hot for Sloth 03:11	buy track
2.	Dancing Secretly 02:27	buy track
3.	Rough Stuff 02:37	buy track
4.	Denim Dogs 03:26	buy track
5.	Garbage Police 02:07	buy track
6.	Leather Town 03:33	buy track
7.	Good Look 02:07	buy track
8.	Dream Detox 03:13	buy track
9.	Emotional Rescue 05:46	buy track
10.	My Accoutrements 03:38	buy track
11.	Options 02:35	buy track
12.	Probably Me 02:32	buy track
13.	Delicate Dennis 03:41	buy track
14.	Midnight Nap 03:25	buy track
15.	Loads of Love 02:31	buy track
16.	Deadly Night Shade 04:02	buy track
17.	Rose Water 02:12	buy track
18.	You Are the Best 04:06	buy track

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Toronto underground electronic legend Man Made Hill announces his 20th release, a sensual, hypnagogic pop art pastiche that is straddling the New Year. FINGERTIP takes a sonic nod from vapourcravers James Ferraro and Ariel Pink but intimates a more entropic quality, mirroring a media saturation only found on the deep web.

“I think of it as some kind of Mutant Smorgasbord,” comments Randall Gagne, the mutant head behind Man Made Hill. 1980s synthesizers foster Saturday morning cartoon anthems of the generation, Gagne’s cyberpunk vocals bring the album into the present, a Bitches Brew fit for postmodernity. While this vein of post-Internet song has a tendency to broadcast visions of dystopia, Man Made Hill’s witty lyrics cultivate a sense of community through humour.

And FINGERTIP is a hilariously human work of art. Gagne explains: “I wanted these songs to feel physical in every way, and to show how music unfolds from the fingertip into all sensual centres.” Man Made Hill dusts off decaying mediums, adds a polish of sincerity and packages them with a ribbon of irony that is absurdist, buoyant, and so danceable. “I wanted my songs to function as links to raw, concrete experience that can be held and kept, and integrated into your own personal history. Plus Total Attitude!”

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released March 2, 2018

FINGERTIP written and performed by Randy Gagne at The Solar-Phallic Zone and The Critter Vault, Planet Ontario 2015-2017. Mixing, mastering, and more recording by Nyles Miszczyk at Critter Farm.

"Emotional Rescure" written by Jagger/Richards. Brodie West Plays Saxophone on "Hot 4 Sloth", "Emotional Rescue", and "Options". Zoë Alexis-Abrams sings on "Rose Water". Painting by Sherry Spence. Design by Mike Gagne. Photography by Mani Mazinani. Produced by Nyles Miszczyk. Pleasence Records 2018.

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