Limited to 200. Opens A1 with "Shipping Container", a rough, minimal stomper, offering plenty of bounce, but no padding or instructions. A2's "New Dawn" opens the door to a brightly-lit and concrete alternate reality. B1's "Sky Castles" keeps bodies moving while synthesized strings whisper false reassurances of easy days and high pay. The closer, "Indelible Mark" is an atmospheric lo-fi Casio and Rhodes lounge-funk spy groover that smells of Holiday Inn wood-paneling, dripping with Benson & Hedges Ultra-lite 100s. Deploying a variety of primitive electronic techniques, Explanatory Denial is a testament to the power of diligent synth-hunting and decades of basement refinement.Explanatory Denial is the 7th record by Chicago-based electronic producer Jim Magas under her longtime MAGAS monicker. In the 90s, he fronted unconventional 'No wave'-ish bands Couch and Lake Of Dracula.
