about the record

Sculpturegardening is an otherworldly record populated by knotty modular textures, blossoming floral melodies, tight pointillist rhythms, and glossy acoustic instrumentation. The record was born from a process of “collaborating with machines”: using modular synthesizers to generate probabilistic melodies and rhythms, with Tristan Arp taking on the role of sculptor and curator. Throughout, the boundaries between the organic and digital are playfully blurred: we hear synthesisers played by guitars; emotive and distinctly human melodies generated by modular circuits; digital percussion drummed by hand; and live cello processed with a digital finish.