Bleep

Minneapolis native and Sympathy Ltd. boss Meyers (Justin C. Myers to his mother) releases his latest LP via the Shelter Press imprint (Stephen O’Malley, Native Instrument). Struggle Artist is a finely-sculpted work of sound art that is simultaneously downbeat and welcoming, muted and warm. The groundbreaking sonics of Karlheinz Stockhausen are apparent in the way entries like ‘Balloon Etude’ and ‘NPC Loop 2’ flit around the monitors, but there is also a light retro-cinema quality to them reminiscent of Oneohtrix Point Never. At times the skittering, playful synth arpeggios that pop up across Struggle Artists also recall Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith.