"The Designed Disorder " has been in pocket since 1998. Originally, dD began as collaboration between two bedroom DJ’s, RD and T.L. Smith, who’s 2x4 experimental DJ sets eventually transformed into multimedia events orchestrated by their own collective E.L.M. Conceptions in conjunction with Pax (operated by indie electronic press agent Sarah Chambliss). Together Pax and E.L.M. hosted events for Schematic Records, Rephlex Records, DeFocus, Warp Records and featured artist from around the world of both renowned and unknown talents.
In Summer of 2003, Pax/E.L.M. hosted an event featuring Anon, an electronic musician/DJ and former label owner from San Francisco, whose musical talent, intellect and experience magnetized the crews. One year later, RD (E.L.M.), Anon and Sarah Chambliss (Pax) sketched a plan for the Designed Disorder, a permanent label collaboration that drew from the wealth of talented musicians surrounding them. Their first release, ‘Autonomous Addicts’ (2005); a compilation featuring Richard Devine, L’usine, Tipper and one of the last known releases by Twerk, was well received, gaining unusual world-wide distribution for its genre.
With the buzz of Autonomous Addicts vibrating all continents, the Designed Disorder is now poised to break free of its ‘genre’ mold by following up with its second child, ‘Morrow Choral Orchestra’; a compilation of intensely talented musicians with cohesive intonations, each fitting as a piece in a choral puzzle of slowed tempos, funked-out electronics, precise instrumentation, gorgeous melodies and emotional compositions, arranged as structure for tomorrows orchestra.
The Morrow Choral Orchestra opens its curtains with French up-and-comer Deework., who delivers an intricately composed, fun and shifted electro-hip-hop jaunt featuring cut-up lyrical samples from his own free net label ‘Bedroom Research’. Fittingly, the renowned Crunk remixer and west-coast dropper of sirens edIT (Alphapup, Planet Mu) follows with an up-beat, sunny, melodic song that warms the heart with light, crunchy beats. Adding crunch in tow, Machinedrum (Merck, Sublight) punishes a shifty kick/snare beat with a stabbing, funky, one-note base line all of which becomes drenched in fuzzy, bent electronics. Mr. Projectile, of Semisexual fame, blesses the comp with a space flight into auroras of constantly evolving synth melodies that cover a bed of sweetly shifted beat breaks. Fresh from his album on Merck, Deru drops a surprisingly fine remix of Yasume (City Center Offices); nicely vocoded and deep with dark emotion, this boasts to be his favorite track yet. ‘dD’ label partner Anon (N3, Asphodel) flexes her vocal chords with effected voice control and vocal chops that cut through chugging beats, bending synths and a bombing sub-frequency baseline. Veteran electronics specialist Richard Devine (Warp, Ghostly, Schematic, Sublight) etches a metallic, melodic serial number over slow, mechanical rhythms in true Devine character. Ben Milstein (Touchin’ Bass/Outside) maintains his signature sound, but diverts attention from electro to a more down-beaten ride of half-time rhythm, double-time clicks and acidic bounces backed by mind bending sample beds. RD (Touchin’ Bass/Colony Productions) also breaks from his electro influence by shifting into an emotive realm of huge, slow-driven beats latent with heavy synths, bell tone melodies and a light acid line that fills the mind with its own nostalgia. Eight Frozen Modules (Planet Mu) truly surprises with a beautifully composed, lonely, solo piano/synth piece filled with heartfelt emotion and void of normal 8fm chaos in its gorgeous simplicity. Sympathy Belated, the newly formed duo of Deru and Ginormous (Hymen), debut their first release; a sleepy journey into clouds of cold melody, soft drumming and hidden vocal choruses fastened together by a warm, soothing baseline that tickles the mind with a truly original sound. Logreybeam (Neo Uijah, Type Records) finishes smoothly with perhaps the most interesting track in its method; a lightly melodic work of pleasant sound design composed by bending, stretching and effecting Guitar, Xylophone, Cello and Piano.
