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Singer / Musician of Dance and Electronic
A.k.a. Shadowbox
Within the Kill Alters trio, Baxter’s shapeshifting vocals and dense electronic programming intersect with thundering drum kit performances and patches of wailing static intensity to create a strain of “noise” “rock” possessed of fierce emotional weight to match the overwhelming sonics. On her own, as Baxter compresses her practice down to a small rig of Korg Electribe drum machines, an iPad, and her voice, she maintains the ferocity and body-animating rhythmic sensibilities of her collaborative work while pushing her live-recorded compositions to towering climaxes of ego-erasing noise and vocal catharsis. As her machines pound out their loping lattices of beats and scrapes, Baxter pumps each individual element and the mix as a whole through layers of clipping distortion in which disparate elements seem to consume each other and claw for their own space in the spotlight.
Kill Alters |
Certain Creatures |