TIGERSONIC
Tigersonic
My name is Felix X Tigersonic
Space Bass – Sound Artist
music, videos , art objects, performances and residencies.
I also record and produce other artists.
I make something everyday, music or video.
Sometimes I post it on Instagram or Bandcamp, but often its just for me
I have been told there is a “dubby vibe” to my work.
Don’t think about what you want to be, but what you want to do
Richard Feynman
My current manifesto is Creativity Trumps Period
REVIEW OF GROTESQUALIZER Meet London producer and bass magician Felix Macintosh with a track that presents her intriguing new EP “GRRRR.” “Dirty Shiny Streets” is thick and smoky trippy dub. And you’re like a protagonist seen through Christopher Doyle’s psychedelic lens. Along with the cosmic spirits, you drift through the city neon night with its great secrets and mysterious neighbourhoods. The sound feels like transcendental pulsations, viscous lounge. Felix Macintosh has structured the song in a way that changes your perception inevitably. “Dirty Shiny Streets” is the music of the third eye in a concrete jungle.
Tigersonic Blipcuts
label Linear Obsessional
REVIEWS
” Linear Obsessional describe the work as “…abstract noise, majestic cavernous dub and angular funk…” which puts you in the ballpark, but I would add that parts of Blipcuts manage to bridge the divide between bass music and “experimental”
Can music get you stoned?
That’s what Tigersonic investigates with TIGER GRRRR, a
short-play album, 10 tracks in 15 minutes that pairs perfectly with busy schedules.
These dub-influenced tracks take you deep into
the space between the notes with hypnotizing duets of natural sound samples and abstract noise.
Tigersonic (aka Felix Macintosh) has been described as “dub minimalist”, with 2 albums where dub-influenced future bass meets ultra-short tracks (under 2 minutes). Short is BEAUTIFUL! She makes beats on her phone on the way to the studio then adds bass, mixing tunes quick and dirty – when the idea is done, so is the track.
Her day job is working as a protools engineer at her underground Isington studio, where she makes everything perfect in the digital domain for other musicians. But with her own music, she wants to embrace all the dirt, grit and mistakes in her work (because “humans are analogue”).
influences include King Tubby, Adrian Sherwood, Denis Bovell, Eno, Asian Dub Foundation and Space Jesus, and current releases include Blipcuts (on the Linear Obsessional label) and TIGER GRRR (on Artmix, her own label only available via Bandcampl).
Linear Obsessional called Blipcuts “groove based abstractica for the restless and the curious” and compares her style to early ACR, On-U Sound and PIL, with a post-punk energy and willingness to experiment.” Honest Music For Dishonest Times describes her sound as “engaging, super-varied, dub-influenced electronica” that “bridges the divide between bass music and experimental”.
Felix’s previous work has been in the underground breakbeat scene (Xfile and Aref Durvesh / early Visionary Underground) and her remix creds incl. General Levy / Genetic Drugz / Asian Dub Foundation / Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (for Navras Records) Trisomie 21. She also co/wrote and played bass on “Pandora” a track on cult underground film Nil by Mouth.
She currently meets and collaborates with artists on Londons experimental music scene, and has taken part in composer Sharon Gals mass feedback performance, become part of Linear Obsessional’s drone orchestra, attended Graham Dunning’s sound art workshops, and performed a short tour of silent gigs in art galleries with Vaat du Fuq.
These collaborations have been a real ear-opener and led to Felix performing and recording solo for the first time, using her go-to Hohner headless bass augmented with effects that include a Korg Monotron Delay.
She has been increasingly interested in investigating bass and beats in a more abstract way. Her current mission is exploring the question, “How low can you go and how fast can you get there?”, and TIGER GRRR is the second edition of these explorations.
Interviews
The Sunday Tribune spoke to Felix Tigersonic, known for curating industry alternative Meet-Up Smart MIx as well as producing and creating original sounds about her new release ‘Blipcuts’ for Linear Obsessional, Richard Sanderson’s adventurous SE London label.
TST: BLIPCUTS – such a great idea. And I love the result. Straightforward, hard-hitting, glitchy sounds. Twenty tracks each under two minutes. Abstract, restless, sounds on the move. Where did the concept come from?
FT: I submitted a track for a Linear Obsessional compilation release.The parameters for inclusion were basing it around the MR James. Ghost story ‘A View from a Hill’, an old fave of mine,and making it exactly 2 minutes long . I love short form, so the idea of a short tune for a short story was very appealing. I just carried on from there but it was a short tune with a short visual – blip cuts I was very pleased when Richard Sanderson, the big boss at Linear Obsessional invited me to submit a cassette as he had kickstarted the idea. read the rest of the interview here
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I don’t use Xfile as my production name these days but it came about because it is a anagram of Felix. I do love sci-fi but the TV series is pants, lets face it, so it isn’t anything to do with Fox or Dana Scully. Xkollecitve was an ‘un-band’ umbrella for past collabs – but I am now working as *Tigersonic * grrr ! … ** My past work includes **
a track on Gary Oldmans cult film Nil By Mouth
Lots of music used on documentaries including
Bobby Frictions Generation 7/7 and award winning Dprogramme
Tracks on compilations Law and Auder female of the species my co-production with Visionary Underground appeared on Nitin Sawhneys Fabric Live 13
Previous remixes incl. General Levy/ Genetic Drugz/ Asian Dub Foundation/ Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (for Navras Records) Trisomie 21 …. *Live Performances *
I love playing live and currently am exploring working with my bass/ableton live in a more experimental way.
My word for this year is #nowplaying – My main goal for this year is to make art and have fun.
