Physique

Physique is Neil Quigley (Kilkenny, IRL) and Sam Scranton (Chicago, IL). Together they make music by any and all means. Truly, no sound or technique is off limits as they assemble compositions that combine rich, warm sonic atmospheres with musical objects of objectively bad taste. Curve Totem, for release on 4/2/2021, is their debut album as a duo.

Their magpie approach to composition builds novel musical landscapes from homemade instruments, Text-To-Speech and AI voices, lap steel guitar, Ableton presets, found object percussion, field recording, the sounds of General MIDI, Light Resistor Boxes AND MORE. At times organic and earnest, and at other turns shiny, digital and distanced, their music often begins with improvisation that Quigley and Scranton revise and restructure over time. The sound world is eclectic, but the music retains a core aesthetic focus that runs throughout. The results are densely layered, maximal, percussive, crisp experimental music with a sense of levity and pure pleasure.