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Programm releases brooding mechanized video for new single "Jukai"

  • April 11, 2016
  • Alex Bocknek
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Toronto-based Programm's dark new shoegazey single, "Jukai" derives its name from the Japanese Kuroi Jukai "suicide forest." As the name suggests, the Mt. Fuji-adjacent forest is a real destination notorious for its populace of wildlife and death musers.

"At the time I wrote this song, I was living in Whitby, a quiet commuter suburb, in an isolated area by the lake, in a centurion mansion (where most of the album was recorded)." said Jacob Soma, Programm guitarist and vocalist. "It was actually the most affordable rental I could find, only because it was scheduled to be demolished at any time with little warning."

"Jukai's" centerpiece synth alternates between periodic bright euphoric flourishes and somber turns, accompanied by a manic underlying piano melody. Soma's vocals drone over the bleak instrumental runs, offering a final result that resembles Psychocandy's harsh radio static distortion fused into UFO synthesizers.

Perhaps one of Programm's crown achievements on "Jukai" lies in its embrace of the lifeless mechanical feel that synthesizers can elicit, especially amidst the current climate in synthesizer music, which is dominated by the popular application of synthesizers to add warm overtones to make music more palatable.

Programm's debut album A Torrid Marriage of Logic and Emotion will be out via The Hand Recordings on Apr 22.

Watch the video for "Jukai" below:

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