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minimalist electronic soundscapes with complex timbres created by guitar
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unshapely, constantly mutating, and utterly confused
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uses live digital guitar sampling and processing, live manipulation of pre-prepared tapes
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weird guitars and sample processing creates minimal soundscapes of rhythm and melody

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«Interesting guitar-based instrumentals from a French solo artist. Dissonant counterpoint lines, distorted drumbeats, static machine hums, and purring feedback tones converge and collide -- but always in a controlled fashion.» Listen.com

A curiously eclectic series of approaches to mainly guitar-based music might be an alienating mish-mash in some cases, but where TEMPUS FUGIT are concerned, it makes perfect sense. TEMPUS FUGIT have assimilated dozens of styles into his music, and ultimately come out with something curiously his own. Sometimes he rely on guitar-only - strumming shapes into seductive, almost acoustic caresses for the auditory senses. Other times he visit a sort of Drum 'n' Bass-by-reduction, at others he create a dark deep riff over which a 'lost souls' female voice sings, pushing the chill-down-the-spine factor up full . He has moody moments, neo-Classical tonal feel while being at times big, discordant and brash, showing what an accomplished musician this guitarist is.

Iceberg "t-fugit is the ritual music for a post-apocalyptic society which has descended into savagery in the bombed-out streets of new york. you're probably asking, "if the music is this harsh, why should i care?" tempus fugit is worth listening to for the same reason that we give such attention to classical music -- the thought and skill that goes into piecing these individual elements into a cohesive whole is he music was too complex for many, yet today it is impossible to discuss the high points of c

Alternative/Electronic

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