Album Review: Tyondai Braxton - Hive1

Having spent the last six years composing and violating various avant-classical works, Braxton (formerly of math-rock figureheads Battles) is dragged back into the marketplace with the release of these mostly electronic instrumentals composed for a performance work at New York’s Guggenheim Museum of Modern Art.

YouTube footage of that event shows Braxton’s chilly electronica in its intended environment, set against aqua-purple lights and the sensual spiral curves of the Guggenheim itself. Aside from the admirably deep groove and warm undercurrents of Amlochley, Hive1 feels incomplete without the intoxicating visuals.