Holly Herndon
Movement, Holly Herndon’s debut album on RVNG Intl. in 2012, was a test chamber that hybridized her modern composition training and undying devotion to club music, equally Maryanne Amacher and Laurie Anderson as Berghain techno. With that spring board she became a champion of laptop performance and the instrument’s humanization.
Platform, Herndon’s sophomore full length released in 2015 on 4AD / RVNG, furthered the previous album’s pop deconstructivism, this time galvanized into a singular voice, and with a very clear message of optimism in opposition to the looming mass surveillance dystopia.
For PROTO, Herndon’s third LP out May 10, 2019 on 4AD she assembled a contemporary ensemble of vocalists, developers and an inhuman intelligence housed in a DIY souped-up gaming PC to create a record that encompasses live vocal processing and timeless folk singing, and places an emphasis on alien song craft and new forms of communion.
Platform, Herndon’s sophomore full length released in 2015 on 4AD / RVNG, furthered the previous album’s pop deconstructivism, this time galvanized into a singular voice, and with a very clear message of optimism in opposition to the looming mass surveillance dystopia.
For PROTO, Herndon’s third LP out May 10, 2019 on 4AD she assembled a contemporary ensemble of vocalists, developers and an inhuman intelligence housed in a DIY souped-up gaming PC to create a record that encompasses live vocal processing and timeless folk singing, and places an emphasis on alien song craft and new forms of communion.