Bright Static and Touchtone Glitch

Texture isn’t secondary in Yusuke Nakamura’s “Tone.” On first impression, it sounds like a landline phone call that has fallen just short of a full connection, and we’re listening in as the systems on either end try to reconcile their differences. It’s all bright static and touchtone glitch. In time the basic, underlying 4/4 grid of the music becomes clear, but even as the song-ness of it takes hold, that frazzled-communication vibe retains its fresh, vigorous hold on your ear.

Track originally posted at soundcloud.com/yusuke_nakamura. More from Nakamura, who is based in Tokyo, Japan, at twitter.com/Yusuke_BluSwing and blu-swing.com.