IRON STAR "ESOTERIC PSEUDOSCIENCE" tape
I got probably the last copy of this when meeting artists at gig and he had 2 remaining copies in his pocket. Not a new project, but sort of side thing of Atrophist with a bit new angle to do things. While I do like idea that your main work is diverse and flexible to do a lot of things, it is no surprise I not only accept, but consider side projects very good thing if one has enough ideas. In my own case, it would be pointless to churn out dozen Grunt releases every year, even if they would be all different and all perfectly justified to be released. Just don't feel like it. So spin off projects exists as ways to explore one side of Grunt a bit further, go into something very specific until eventually project ends and it's back as element of Grunt but not project of its own. As outsider, I can't really hear why Iron Star could not be "Atrophist", but as artistic process, I fully support that you do what inspires and feels coming out "naturally", perhaps without burden of history. In interview linked below, he does talk about conditions where project started and also how Atrophist is very wide ranging output. I like b-side more than the a-side. Especially in beginning a-side has kind of "drop outs" of sound, where volume changes abruptly, seems like connected to deeper bass sounds that "compress" it. Tape gets better over the time and function as small run side project tape release, it is good in that.
https://special-interests.net/main/iron-star-esoteric-pseudoscience/
