JOHN BENDER - pop surgery LP emo This is a record of

This is a record of heavy treble intricacy

Reminds us of Popol Vuh and Jürgen Knieper

These control voltages and timing signals derived from the amplitude envelope shapes of what the musicians played

and once melded with the voices of Piché and Joanna Anonychuk back at the analog studio of SFU

who bring a distinctly Japanese take to the table

JOHN BENDER - pop surgery LP emo This is a record ofFollowing the release of lo fi electronic masterpiece I Dont Remember Now I Dont Want To Talk About It and his brilliant follow up Plaster Falling, Cincinnati based artist John Bender began assembling his third and last album, Pop Surgery, in late 1982. While all of Benders work draws from intimate home recordingsfeaturing the artist alone with various keyboards, analogue sequencers and tape delaysPop Surgery remains the one that perhaps best distills