Cube

Cube

Lucky Numbers & True Weight

Digital Regress

"Lucky Numbers & True Weight, the fourth full-length by the New York City artist Cube, continues to push to the surface what has been hiding in plain sight all along: the artist’s ability to write memorable songs that synthesize elements from a variety of left-field genres into its own sonic world. The grit of noise; the ammo splay of digital hardcore; the experimentation of footwork; the rigor of industrial and techno; all of this exists here on more or less equal footing. These musical languages are deployed by the artist—real name: Adam Keith—as a means of sustaining an atmosphere, both uneasy and ecstatic, that plays out through the duration of the project. "There is a sense of contemporary hard-boiled grit here, like this music was meant to accompany a grubby pawed swipe on a gambling app or the action at a smoke-logged off-track betting operation. 'Reverse Cowboy' is borderline-anthemic beat punk done up in an atemporal style, somewhere between The Normal and The Prodigy. The interlude 'Middle Man' lurches like a drunk noise kid at a warehouse show. 'New Stare' is goth DJ Nate. It’s music for both latent rockers and latent ravers, for a new era of cross-pollination. "If this record conjures contemporary technology, it is through a soiled patina. In the bowels of the city and far away from any techno-utopian ideals, Lucky Numbers & True Weight plays. It’s the soundtrack to smudged screens and fried Bluetooth speakers; to shadowy discotheques and corrupt sports bars. It’s a strobe...

Cube

Decoy Street

W.25TH

Cube is the prolific and chimeric nom de plume of one Adam Keith, formidable tape experimentalist and artist / abraser currently operating in Oakland, California’s vibrant subterranea. After countless cassette releases, 2016’s well-received My Cube LP and a tenure in no-wave faction Mansion, Keith reaffirms Cube’s pledge with Decoy Street—his second album and the most developed work he has made under any guise to date. Opener “In This House” serves as the ideal introduction to Cube: cellular interference, colliding circuitry, metal-on-metal grind and simplistic guitar distortion meet a towering and damaged beat. While “Habit” merges downtempo and industrial touchstones via layers of heavily treated vocals, “Sanctuary” tilts further towards propulsion—a dark treatise on discomfort, yet contagious enough to charm DIY and post-punk devotees. Released on W.25TH, Superior Viaduct’s sub-label for contemporary bands, Decoy Street is recommended for fans of Prurient, Puce Mary and Alan Vega.

Cube

My Cube

W.25TH

Cube is an experimental electronic music project from Adam Keith of Oakland, California. Musically, he touches on industrial, dub, techno, noise, and more, but does so with a distinctly personal, emotional touch – the spirit of a singer-songwriter lurks underneath his waves of distortion. My Cube is Cube's first album, and it is a multifaceted, kaleidoscopic listen, containing a multitude of moods and atmospheres.