Saxophonist Andrew Bernstein is a major contributor to the churning intensity of noisy Baltimore art-rock band Horse Lords, and while the music on his forthcoming second solo album, An Exploded View of Time (Hausu Mountain), isn’t nearly as loud or propulsive, its concentrated sound and cycling patterns are hardly chill. With the exception of the piece “Deux Ex Machina”—which deploys custom resonance software that seems to elongate and smooth his slaloming, vibrato-heavy phrases while adding a ghostly sonic backdrop—everything is played live, without effects.…
Saxophonist Andrew Bernstein is a major contributor to the churning intensity of noisy Baltimore art-rock band Horse Lords, and while the music on his forthcoming second solo album, An Exploded View of Time (Hausu Mountain), isn’t nearly as loud or propulsive, its concentrated sound and cycling patterns are hardly chill. With the exception of the piece “Deux Ex Machina”—which deploys custom resonance software that seems to elongate and smooth his slaloming, vibrato-heavy phrases while adding a ghostly sonic backdrop—everything is played live, without effects.…