"Songs of Mechanisms" T!NN!

The new – or remastered – release by T!NN! is called “Songs of Mechanisms” and consists of 9 instrumentals, clocking in at just over one hour. They partially bridge the gap between electronica and the obvious talents of an old-school guitarist – playing in the SOR vein of perestroika tradition. In this light it’s important to know that Posidelov is inspired not only by similar ax-wielding heroes of innovation like Zappa and Hendrix, but also Lenin and Stalin(!). The “mechanisms” investigated in Posidelov’s instrumentals are suddenly thrown into a different light. As somebody whose adult life passed through the greatest social “change” – or collapse – of all, the music on display here is seemingly running from genre to genre in order to outdo/outpace other (social) transitions.