Dance Mania

Recorded in isolation in a former whiskey distillery, Dance Mania is Magic Arm whittling and distilling sound down to pure forms, a collage of songs, mood pieces, drones, found sounds and stirring instrumental passages. With instruments tuned to 432 Hz, the record is purposely crafted to attune to it’s listeners, the frequency proven to fall easier on the human ear. Organic and man-made brush alongside each other throughout with guitars, hand-built percussion and vocals tangling with the barbed wires of synthetic sound and manipulated recording. After coming into possession of an early CD-R mix of the album visual collaborator Dave Thacker shot a companion film piece which explores liminal spaces and nowhere locations throughout the United Kingdom. The film can be viewed here: www.magicarmmusic.com/dance-mania