Diagram of Suburban Chaos - Status Negatives

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Notes:

• Edition of 1000


• First 100 hand-numbered by DOSC


• Mastered by Darrin R. Wiener @ The Velcro Lounge


• Released in Europe by Belgium's Zeal Records


• CD edition is SOLD OUT

Overview:

Debut release from Seattle's William Collin Snavely. The music of DOSC features ear-catching, otherworldly timbres and skittering, erratic lines of tactile, textured beats ("it's a very percussive album") set against backdrops of three- and four-note motifs fashioned from tone colors as vivid as any hues found in Georgia O'Keefe's painting, stretched into hypnotic vapor trails. The vivid imagery that seems to imbue each of the thirteen tracks is just as essential to the DOSC aesthetic as the specific sounds that suggest the pictures.

"They develop in parallel," says Snavely. "I'll be writing a track, and as I'm writing, I'll think of the exact movement an individual or subject might be making, or how the scene should look."

While many composers of instrumental electronic music baldly deny any intentional emotional or programmatic content in their work, Snavely insists the hour-long Status Negatives was crafted with both a narrative and vivid feelings in mind. "Picture some guy working on a factory assembly line, non-stop, doing the same task redundantly, over and over again," he says, setting the scene. "The story starts from there." After years of neglecting his or her dreams, the hero starts "realizing they can accomplish what they originally planned on doing," and in fact, he or she "isn't capable of dying until he or she accomplishes what they originally set out to do."

"It goes through every single emotion," he observes, "but it's definitely a hopeful album."

Reviews / Press:

Source	Article
Digital Nimbus	Status Negatives Review December 27, 2002
Grooves Magazine	Status Negatives Review June 1, 2002
Transworld Stance	Status Negatives Review May 1, 2002 (view image)
BPM Magazine / DJMixed.com	Status Negatives Review March 29, 2002
Spin	The Hit List - More Artists You Need To Know About March 1, 2002 (view image)
Digital Artifact	Status Negatives Review March 1, 2002
Pulse! Magazine (Tower)	Status Negatives Review March 1, 2002
All Music Guide	Status Negatives Review March 1, 2002
Philadelphia City Paper	Status Negatives Review February 21, 2002
Willamette Week (Portland)	Status Negatives Review February 6, 2002
Mixer	Status Negatives Review February 1, 2002 (view image)
Feature Magazine (SD)	Status Negatvies Review February 1, 2002
SLAMM Magazine #176	Status Negatives Review January 30, 2002
em411.com	Status Negatives Review November 21, 2001
Rock Bites Daily	Diagram Of Suburban Chaos announce debut LP November 13, 2001
anti-statik	Status Negatives Review October 1, 2001