The Algorithm Isn't Working

by Thane

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1.	Thanescapes 4ever 00:26	buy track
2.	Z10N 04:33	buy track
3.	PSA 01:39	buy track
4.	THANE-MAX 5000 02:12	buy track
5.	Limitless 04:07	buy track
6.	BRB (Scrolling) 01:18	buy track
7.	Moult 01:24	buy track
8.	We Don't Know the Expected Output 02:28	buy track

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Exploring the meaning of freedom in an algorithm-run world.

“What one could expect if Burial, Clams Casino, Jamie xx, and Moby end up being in one room.” - Stereofox

"Ubiquitous in our digital world, algorithms power everything from our entertainment to the administration of our lives and societies. But at what point does automation begin to dictate our choices or, even worse, freedom? Milwaukeean producer Thane explores this question on his recent album The Algorithm Isn't Working, a sonic exploration of the consequences of letting machines interfere with our spiritual connection to the natural world. It envisions its weighty subject matter through the heavy use of vocal samples, chopped up and distorted through the lens of often ambient leaning electronica, and shorter high-octane bursts which offer beguiling and exciting genreless excursions in technological expression.

The thought-provoking refrain of "What will it take us to change?" on "PSA" is set against a kind of digital punk that turns into blissful ambient. Likewise, the acid trance of "THANE-MAX 5000" falls to depths of soulfulness before rising in a euphoric Europop climax, its brevity making it all the more exciting. Brevity is a core concept of this collection. With a running time of just over 18 minutes, many of the tracks whizz by in a blink-and-miss-it blurring of moods.

The Algorithm Isn't Working is an impressively assembled mix of trance, club music, and experimental electronic by an artist whose sights are perenially set on impressive heights. While Thane doesn't always hit the target, he always lands on slick mutations guided by restless energy, as is found on the combustible closing track "We Don't Know The Expected Outcome". " - No Transmission

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released December 31, 2022

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Thane Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Thane is a multi-instrumental producer and songwriter from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The basis of his work is "electronic", but Thane's sonic explorations truly defy genre label, fusing influences from jazz, hip-hop, orchestral, multiple-electronic sub-genres, and alternative to create sonically and thematically explorative worlds for the listener to live in. ... more

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