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♫ Audion - The Pong

Look away from the cover art! Look away! I know it's blinding, really. Audion, alias for Detroit-based Matthew Dear, performed last winter alongside Ryan Elliott at Guggenheim's First Friday, a special music series brought to you by the folks over at Flavorpill. Yep, good old New York City... where getting drunk at a cash bar inside a world-reknowned museum while pounding the floor beneath you is not only acceptable, it's encouraged! I missed it, I wept imaginary tears as a consequence.

Christ that artwork is killing my eyes.

Audion's Suckfish LP met rave reviews when it was released in 2004 and continues to ricochet in my skull like a bullet to the brain. I've been chomping at the bit in an effort to grab new titles, so if you're more inclined towards relatively new releases, then his 2006 FabricLive 27 mix is the way to go. In the meantime, throw this tune on (which was also released as a 12" single on Ghostly International) and prepare to be uncomfortably shaken by the unapologetic-to-the-ears, rise and fall sound of "The Pong".