Frank Lynch: Static Aether

When albums are released on vinyl, they naturally have two acts, side one and side two. While most albums failed to take advantage of this, some great albums have been divided into two acts. One example is  Black Flag's My War LP. Side one, which is more straight forward and fast paced, has "My War", "Can't Decide", "Beat My Head Against The Wall", "I Love You", "Forever Time", and "Swinging Man", only one of which breaks the four minute mark. Side two has only three songs, "Nothing Left Inside", "Three Nights", and "Scream", three slower, sludgy, brooding songs, all of which break six minutes, almost reaching seven minutes twice. Jane's Addiction did this as well on Ritual De Lo Habitual, with their side two dedicated to singer Perry Ferrell's friend who died of a herion overdose, as well as his mother who committed suicide.
When albums are released on CD, you can lose the natural division of the two acts. My album, Static Aether, is also divided into two acts. To maintain the division on the CD format, I clearly divided the album into "Part One" and "Part Two" in the artwork. Part one, consisting of four tracks, is generally shorter, more upbeat songs. Part Two is more atmospheric. A quieter act that centers around one long track "Aetheric Energy", with a second track serving as a sort of into.
I made this album, my debut solo album, entirely through programming and audio manipulation. I didn't record or play any instruments whatsoever. My goal on this album was to make it entirely without instruments. I used four or five computer programs. The result is something I am very happy with, even if it isn't very accessible to a mainstream audience.


I am not really sure how to classify the album. Ambient, electronic, experimental, lo-fi. If you are into music described that way then you might give this a try. Be warned, it isn't for everybody.


Frank Lynch: Static Rain