Kristoffer Lislegaard Shares Cymatics Visualiser For ‘Halocline’, First Taste Of A Streaming-Free Album
Kristoffer Lislegaard has released ‘Halocline’, the lead single from his forthcoming album ‘Allostasis’, and it comes with a cymatics music visualiser. The video gives an early look at both the sound and the look of a record made deliberately away from screens.
Cymatics is the practice of making sound visible, with vibrations forming patterns you can watch. It’s an apt choice for an album about the physical side of music. ‘Allostasis’ was born from burnout, after long hours in front of a screen and an endless stream of online news pushed Lislegaard to step away from the computer entirely. For a year he worked in the studio without one, using modular synths, hardware and an old Tascam 238 cassette recorder, then spent four months selecting and reworking the strongest material. “I needed to log off for a bit,” he explains, describing an ‘analog corner’ at the far end of the studio where the internet couldn’t reach him unless he invited it in.
The visuals aren’t stopping at one video. The album will be backed by a series of live music videos, process footage and a 25-minute documentary, giving the record a wider visual story.
The release is as deliberate as the recording. ‘Allostasis’ won’t appear on Spotify or any streaming platform. Instead, it arrives on 20th November on vinyl and as a download through Bandcamp, Mirlo and Tiger Record Shop, as a statement on Big Tech and the attention economy. Side A is built from collages of melodies, textures and loops pulled from his cassette recordings, while Side B presents two unaltered live recordings taken straight from tape.
Lislegaard, formerly one half of Norwegian duo Sgrow, has previously supported Autechre at Sentrum Scene. He plays a release concert at Mir in Oslo on 22nd November.
'Halocline' is out now. Pre-order the album on digital or vinyl via Bandcamp.
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