7. Photophob - Her Sexy Circuits

This is a song that illustrates what is really special about electronic sounds in music. This is to say, I do not feel that this song could have possibly been written without electronic sounds. Photophob, aka Herwig Holzmann, is an Austrian IDM artist, and he's pretty fucking good at what he does. The best way to introduce his music is probably the title on the Photophob homepage, "Soundtracks for movies that have never been filmed." IDM is an acronym for (I)ntelligent (D)ance (M)usic, a genre that has an ironic name. The only way I can imagine the genre name makes any sense is if you were to imagine music that your brain could dance to. While there is a clear structural rhythm, the percussive elements are expressive of sounds that are not involved in rhythmic timing in any real form. Initially, the rhythms do not make much sense. By the end of the song, they make sense. If there is a moment in the song that the percussion's form is the most understood, it is at 2:54. The song is titled Her Sexy Circuits, and that is exactly what it describes. The song begins with sounds that smooth the grace and form of the female. As song progresses, we see it with greater clarity. Once the final melody is introduced at 1:55, we are completely aware of its form. The sounds from this melody are heavy and unrelenting, producing a dense description that completes a body, and hence, Her Sexy Circuits.