Musikautomatika

Musikautomatika were a Venezuelan trio who existed across the late seventies and eighties. Their three members all came from divergent fields — biologist Luis Levin, graphic designer Alvise Sacchi, sound engineer Stefano Gramitto — but what they achieved with this intersection of early electronics, musical instruments, and everyday objects was fascinating. It feels like most everything here gets processed — mulched, at times — into hypnotic waves of electronic disturbance, and there’s a dizzying array of textures here that are smartly stacked into abstract sculptures. It’s a very artful take on collective / electro-acoustic improvisation that still leaves plenty of room for unexpected developments.