Phil Wilson makes up one half of the Toronto rock duo Mad Ones, but he also has a solo project called VIRE, which has just unleashed a new two-song single.
The single begins with "Control You," which is a raw electronic track that pairs aggressive electronic beats with circuit-fried tones and technology-oriented spoken samples. "Human Contact" employs a similarly jarring sonic palette while being slightly more straightforward and melodic in its danceable urgency.
Hear the songs below, along with a performance video for "Control You," which shows us Wilson triggering effects on a sample pad while holding down the beat.
VIRE's promotional materials describe the project like this: "Canadian dystopian dance music on the verge of eroding into digital noise, also known as VIRE. Now imagine this chaos coming from a single musician, a live drummer playing all the beats and triggering all the samples in real time, surrounded by sweaty moving bodies. Long live the new flesh."
The single begins with "Control You," which is a raw electronic track that pairs aggressive electronic beats with circuit-fried tones and technology-oriented spoken samples. "Human Contact" employs a similarly jarring sonic palette while being slightly more straightforward and melodic in its danceable urgency.
Hear the songs below, along with a performance video for "Control You," which shows us Wilson triggering effects on a sample pad while holding down the beat.
VIRE's promotional materials describe the project like this: "Canadian dystopian dance music on the verge of eroding into digital noise, also known as VIRE. Now imagine this chaos coming from a single musician, a live drummer playing all the beats and triggering all the samples in real time, surrounded by sweaty moving bodies. Long live the new flesh."
