out now!

Tracklist:
1. Take It
2. Icarus feat. Kelly Johnston
3. Still Voice Convincing feat. Kelly Johnston
4. The Cartmills
5. They Move So Slow
6. Exposure
7. Whispers In Feat. Douglas J McCarthy
8. Suction Suction
9. Give Me Once (24 Hours A Day)

Via Hallucienda:
 Exposure is the long-awaited debut album from Reverse Commuter, a project of the multi-faceted Los Angeles-based producer Kenneth James Gibson. Featuring collaborations as well as solo productions, this kaleidoscopic set of songs gives a bird's eye view into the influences and techniques that make Gibson's music a special experience. Reverse Commuter joins [a]pendics.shuffle and the band Bell Gardens -- among other pseudonymous projects -- as distinctive musical activities of Kenneth Gibson, with Reverse Commuter showcasing an adventurous and song-focused electronic music sound. From the first track, the subdued and haunting "Take It", the design becomes clear -- Exposure presents a sonic world that exists to get inside ones skin. Kelly Johnston affirms this with her alluring vocal contribution to two of the albums more evocative tracks: "Still Voice Convincing" and "Icarus". Exposure's seduction completely takes over on "Whispers In", featuring Douglas J. McCarthy (Nitzer Ebb, Recoil) providing a masterful vocal performance over Gibson's pulsating, otherworldly soundscape and rhythm. The full nine tracks complete the spell, an audio conjuration that holds the listener within a entrancing web. As Kelly Johnston states on Exposures third track, "Do you see it? Do you feel through it?"

"Exposure" album teaser

out now on Hallucienda's Phono Obscura compilation!
http://www.beatport.com/release/phono-obscura/1366614

Via Hallucienda:
The Bystanders feat. Mount Sims & Linda Lamb - "History Is Not Shrinking (Reverse Commuter's Lesson In Lies Mix)" is the second track on PHONO OBSCURA, a collection released by HALLUCIENDA.
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PHONO OBSCURA confidently charts the course of Hallucienda, and is curated and collated by trusted tastemaker DJ Three. With an eclectic assortment of established names and future candidates from the electronic music globe, PHONO OBSCURA’s nine tracks present a focused vision through artists that balance the need to push envelopes and the desire to fill dance floors.
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Three’s thoughts on this track:

Los Angeles-based producer Kenneth James Gibson, known for his tech-house as [a]pendics.shuffle and currently causing a stir in the indie scene with his new band Bell Gardens, reveals a shade of what's to come from his new dance music guise Reverse Commuter with this full reproduction of The Bystanders’ original track. Pairing Ken's live instrumentation with buzzing electronics and soaring keys, the result is a California dub-disco masterpiece.
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The Bystanders - History Is Not Shrinking (Reverse Commuter's Lessons In Lies Mix)

If there are two sides to every coin then Kenneth James Gibson is working with more than just pocket change. The prolific Los Angeles-based producer and video artist is driven by a constant and insatiable hunger to create. He masterfully constructs a dizzying variety of music – from house and techno to dub and indie rock, including different blends between the styles – in a catalog of over two hundred releases. [a]pendics.shuffle, a mostly techno and minimal production alias, has been Gibson’s mainstay for quite some time, with Reverse Commuter recently joining this as his ambitious, song-oriented electronic music project. He also creates sounds under a list of other monikers that reads as a proper mouthful: dubLoner, KJ Gibbs, Bal Cath, Eight Frozen Modules, Premature Wig, and Hiss & Buzz (a collaboration with Jack Dangers of Meat Beat Manifesto). That’s not all, though; Gibson also has his indie rock band Bell Gardens, an acclaimed label named Adjunct Audio, and various video projects, often created as Captain Primo.

As [a]pendics.shuffle, Gibson has releases and remixes on labels such as Get Physical, Leftroom, Planet-Mu, and Hallucination Limited. His own label,Adjunct Audio, has also been home to some of his more memorable releases. It serves as his platform for promoting cutting edge dance music from artists like Akiko Kiyama, Mikael Stravostrand, Mr. C, and Mathias Schaffhäuser, with many more releases lined up for the label’s future. Adjunct Audio recently released an acclaimed compilation titled For Every Moment of Triumph Vol. 4, which was mixed by legendary Shaboom founder Blakkat. The compilation is a benchmark for Adjunct Audio, as it’s the imprint’s impressive 67th release, and showcases the present roster as well as some newcomers to the label.

Reverse Commuter is also an important part of Gibson’s creative life, as the project includes a more personal approach as well as collaborations with other artists. Reverse Commuter’s debut album Exposure – released on DJ Three’s new imprint Hallucienda – combines the sonic range of Gibson’s previous efforts but with a strongly developed color and warmth. The foundation of Exposure’s nine songs comes from a cinematic, post-minimal strain of house and techno but embellished and taken into a fresh territory. The album’s production palette features washes of synthesizer, guitar, and found sounds, all drenched in psychedelia and parlayed with Gibson’s own engaging vocals and those of collaborators Kelly Johnston and Douglas J. McCarthy of Nitzer Ebb. Exposure is an album clearly in its own time and space.

Gibson’s foray back into organic song-oriented music has also taken the form of Bell Gardens, a collaboration with Brian McBride of the classical ambient duo Stars Of The Lid. Full Sundown Assembly, Bell Gardens debut album, was released on UK label Southern Records and a second album, Slow Dawns For Lost Conclusions, is coming out on the Rocket Girl imprint. In the midst of all this activity, Kenneth Gibson is also immersed in video work, including a recent music video for Francis Harris, and freelance composition of music for film and television. This multi-faceted producer and creative soul has no plan for slowing down, and further appearances of all these projects look to stretch into the future. Which side will land, of which coin … there’s no way to predict. 

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