clay wilson: skandha

"I'm always looking for ways to escape that 'block-y,' downbeat-centric feeling," says Clay Wilson. "For me, it's the drone -- what's going on in the background -- that serves to hold my interest." Behind the tightly-wound techno core of "Cataleptic," the sound of a babbling brook and a plaintive, meandering bird call gently give way to the tintinnabulation of a distant bell. But make no mistake -- Wilson's productions are designed for the dancefloor through and through. The static kick-hat pattern of "Feres" contrasts with chunky, stepped percussion, before the ghostly vocal sample (or merely something approaching it) of "Pict" repeats underneath it all.