Month: January 2022

ZODIAX FACTS (March 1, 2022)

Key tracks: Scour, Zzzodiac, The Habitual Sound, 0Reunity, Chaotique, Recontact, Slowbirth.

“ZODIAX FACTS” is the 5th album by Toronto’s Lexic Task. It follows suite in the vein of IDM / Ambient 3rd album, “ADRIFT” (April, 2021). ZODIAX FACTS is a 14 track excursion of IDM electronica into sound synthesis, complex rhythm tracks and sonic exploration through soundscapes via synthesizers, modular synths, programming, soft synths, and drum machines. The album was releasing Feb 11, 2021, now the release date is March 1, 2022. Mark your digital calendars!

Furthermore, I would say the album encompasses the merging of analog gear, in the old school way, with digital synthesis and music production. The album production is an artform in itself, with the use of software, but also analog synths and drum machines, so using the studio as an instrument. The album encompasses the zeitgeist or feel of an ever-changing world, and both the pros and cons of such change. The album releases March 1st, 2022.

Preview it on https://soundcloud.com/lexictask/sets/zodiax

Pre-order the new 14 track album on Bandcamp https://lexictask.bandcamp.com/album/zodiax-facts

Pre-order my new album “ZODIAX FACTS” on Beatport! . Get it in any number of great audio formats, WAV, FLAC or even just mp3. on #beatport! https://www.beatport.com/release/zodiax-facts/3631535

or check out all links here: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/lexictask/zodiax-facts

Thank you in advance for the support. Hope you enjoy listening to it! Bandcamp and Soundcloud audio players below album cover art!

New EP “Dryspell (Select 2009-2014)” is a set of b-sides from my first sessions as Lexic Task, back in 2009. The project initially started in 2005 but only as live jam sessions with drum machines and analog synths, where only a select few tracks were distributed free on Myspace and through a few blogs. These 8 tracks are a collection form the 2009 era.

Free streaming! or download for $7 on bandcamp!

LP: “Adrift” (2021)

# of Tracks: 10.

Genres: IDM, electronica, ambient.

Now on sale $5.99 on iTunes https://music.apple.com/ca/album/adrift/1559206546

“Adrift” is the second full length album by Lexic Task (aka Toronto’s Matt Kay). Some tracks are archival, started in 2016, some are new tracks. The album explores Matt’s influences, from more popular acts such as Boards of Canada, Aphex Twin, Autechre, Plaid, Nathan Fake, to more underground artists such as LFM, Legion of Green Men, and more.

The Tracks on adrift range from the main electronica sound, to some glitch beats (“Mammals”); to pure ambient and synth soundscapes (“Moonlit River”, “Solemn Space”). The album starts off and veers towards a climax, to a more serious tone in the later half of the album. Overall, the whole album is an excursion into exploring Synthwave and IDM.