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Mercury Effect

Life ain't nothin' but glitches and honey

About Me

Mercury Effect is the solo sound based project of Thomas Faulds. One of the most active IDM artists in Chicago, The project wasstarted in 2003 and explores the world of microsound, glitch, Jungle, beatmanipulation and sound textures. All sounds are created from scratch, either sampled from the envirement or synthezised inside a computer. Sounds are deconstructed and built up using an immense variety of techniques and equipment. The intricate drum programming comes from hours of intense editing to create a dense tapestry of glitchy, brain tickling rhythms. Atmospheres are created through a dub-like process of improvising live with a mixing board and an effects unit. With this combination, a dynamic, alien, yet organic soundspace is acheived. In short, Mercury Effect is a revolution in sound. This is the soundtrack to a confrontation between innerspace and outerspace. With this music, a paradigm shift is here. Music version 2.0.Mercury effect has releases on international labels suchas Xynthetic, Sixteensteps.com, and DirtyDemos.Thomas is also one half of electronica duos Silences Sumire, Wosko/Faulds, Venus Light, and Lyrical Siberia.

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Member Since: 2/16/2006
Band Website: soundclick.com/mercuryeffect.com
Band Members: Thomas Faulds is currently living in Chicago sweating over drum machines and working feverishly on new music.I am always interested in collaboration and remixing. Contact me if you are interested and interesting.
Influences: AUTECHRE, PHOENECIA, APHEX TWIN, SQUAREPUSHER, FLASHBULB,FUNKSTORUNG, OTTO VON SHIRACH, RICHARD DEVINE, MUM, MILLICENT, RADIO909, SYNDRONE, John McEntire, Eight Frozen Modules, Elainie Lillios, Venetian Snares, Stockhausen, Matmos, Chris CLark, Amon Tobin, Mouse on Mars, Curtis Roads, Steve Reich, John Cage, Elvin Jones
Sounds Like:Broken Details full length 2007 :Ataxia EP 2007 :
Record Label: Sixteensteps, Xynthetic, DirtyDemos
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Check out this event: New Silences Sumire E.P.- The Algernon Remixes -

Hosted By: Silences Sumire When: Sunday Dec 30, 2007 at 7:00 PMWhere: www.silencessumire.comwww.silencessumire.comchicago, IL 60640United StatesDescription:Silences Sumire Click Here To View Event...
Posted by Mercury Effect on Thu, 06 Dec 2007 09:05:00 PST

Check out this event: Wosko/Faulds CD release show!!! CELLOBEATS!

Hosted By: wosko/faulds When: Saturday Dec 08, 2007 at 6:00 PMWhere: Ears and Eyes Festival!!!SUBTChicago, Illinois|14 60640United StatesDescription:wosko/faulds Click Here To View Event...
Posted by Mercury Effect on Thu, 06 Dec 2007 09:04:00 PST

Collaboration season!

..> Cello, Vocal, and Laptop collaborations!!! CD's coming s So, it appears that this is the season for collaborations! I've got this great new group with Tabitha Lydon called Venus Light. It's al...
Posted by Mercury Effect on Thu, 19 Jul 2007 07:15:00 PST

New news!

For anyone interested,   Soul Ressurection continues my collaboration with Sara Rose. I am in a band called Lyrical Siberia with Sara, this is a remix of a Lsib song. Sara is a badass and plays K...
Posted by Mercury Effect on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 05:56:00 PST

Listening list

Go get these now! The flashbulb - Flexing habitual Venetian Snares - rossz csillag allat szuletett Colorlist - Unreleased keith fullerton whitman - multiples (kranky, 2005) clark - body riddle mo...
Posted by Mercury Effect on Wed, 07 Mar 2007 11:23:00 PST

More new Things

New project with Clarity (Charles Gorzinski) is underway. We did some Reremixes together for local band The Drastics. Shit turned out lovely, and we are working on much more!!! This man is a genius an...
Posted by Mercury Effect on Thu, 22 Feb 2007 01:11:00 PST

New developments

   New M.E. E.P. will be released May 2007 by the fantastic label Xynthetic! This release will feature a new direction in Mercury Effect music. Feauturing Lyrical Siberia Violist Sarah Rose!...
Posted by Mercury Effect on Thu, 22 Feb 2007 09:51:00 PST

New Mercury Effect album released on Sixteensteps.com

New Mercury Effect album "Broken Details" is available for free download @ www.sixteensteps.com! Enjoy!
Posted by Mercury Effect on Wed, 31 Jan 2007 10:30:00 PST

Hyperoctave website feature!

The website Hyperoctave.org has a feature on Mercury effect this month. The site is run by my man Espion and features a lot of really wicked electronic music. You should check it out! @ www.hyper...
Posted by Mercury Effect on Fri, 13 Oct 2006 11:55:00 PST