Residential landlines have already reached relic status.
Even most older people have cell phones these days. This has led to home phones
and their accessories laying to waste. Well instead of letting his answer
machine rot Tyler Powell used it to record loops of guitar compositions
designed to be background noise.
“Outgoing Messages” is essentially a compilation album of
his weird hobby. The tracks are bits and
pieces of some of the loops he created that he deemed good enough to be
reproduced. Powell has created calm atmospheric music that is mundane enough to
do other things while listening to but pleasant enough not to turn off. I think
that was the balance he was going for when he made these; so job well done.
-- Roy Blumenfeld
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