CLAY PAYTON

through constant refinement over the course of nearly a decade, clay payton has steadily developed his art into a major stylistic departure from that of his contemporaries, as well as those who have influenced him. his works tend to be stripped-down, nearly skeletal endeavors constructed through bent tunings and calculated mood swings which usually develop into logically complex and beautifully harrowing soundscapes. each of clays records sonically illustrates his intrinsic distance from the rest of us, as well as his obsession with efficiency and perfection. with each song guitars are mishandled, beats get dropped and so forth. pianos creep into synthesizers and emerge as texture. all the while maintaining a bold ear for fusing his tremendously abstract electronic programming with sharp instrumental hooks and perfect melodic passage.

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