Altered Zones

We’re halfway through the year 2011 and December 21, 2012 is only 502 days away. No matter where we lie on the range of eschatological beliefs associated with the 2012 Phenomenon, it's hard not to wonder about it as the day draws nearer. While some predict apocalypse, a New Age interpretation is that the 2012 winter solstice will be harbinger to a cosmically enlightened spiritual metamorphosis in which mankind will transcend both time and space.

Minneapolis kosmische-inspired trio Food Pyramid use synthesizers and live bioinstrumentation to "contact the Cosmic Beloved as Manifest in Light & Sound." "ATM," a track they contributed to Mood Glyph's 2011 Sampler of new and unreleased tracks, further prompts association with the New Age forecast. Elements of time and space are essential here, as prismatic, oscillating synth beats punctuated with delay effects act as points of departure for what feels like a ride down a road of dark clouds into unknown galaxies-- and perhaps toward some "enlightened" entity. The void left behind by once-steady drum beat and the slowing of the synthesizer's tempo toward the end allow for a kind of projection on the listener’s part. As "futuristic" sounds no longer seem to be coming from so far off into the future, we're given the opportunity to inject our own nostalgia for dwellings past. --Mary Katherine Youngblood, Visitation Rites

Food Pyramid: "ATM"

Download the Moon Glyph 2011 Sampler here. Food Pyramid/Deep Earth split 7" and Food Pyramid full-length LP coming soon from Moon Glyph