Proxima Psychoacoustics

There's a tiny community in Nova Scotia called Whynott's Settlement. It's mainly gravel roads, a lot of forest, and so much quiet. There are also people who live there; I also used to live there, from ages 7-11.

Whynott is a rather expressionistic farewell to that time and place.

The genre is fluid, incorporating post-rock, dream pop, new wave, late 70s synthpop, roller disco, ambient, and more. It's a mix cassette that somebody taped from the radio, but what kind of radio station would have played these songs?

It's the sound of unexpected noises encountered in the forest at sunset. The sound of waking up in a bedroom so dark you can't see your hand in front of your face, more fascinated than afraid. Surreal melancholy combined with a sense of adventure.
 

Chris Harris started out playing guitar and singing lead in high school and college bands; he then discovered the thrill of crafting recordings. He learned mostly by doing, creating a great many obscure recordings over two decades before recording under the name Proxima Psychoacoustics. The name was chosen because it sounded like it could be a music-creating subsidiary of a Philip K. Dick corporation.

The three LPs and two EPs under this name have been embraced by campus radio stations (and music blogs/newsletters of similar tastes), with significant airplay for each (he is extremely grateful for it).

He had a cool photo to put here, but cannot find it at the moment. For sure, though, it was really cool. When it is found, it will appear here.