While listening to Intercellular Communication, the first thing that may come to mind is your beeping cellphone ringtone—with a twist, of course. There are really good pumping synths going on alongside it. The bassline goes hard, low, and repetitive. It feels like the music of the synths is going about in a circular motion.
Composed, produced, performed, and released by the Swedish producer AUTORHYTHM, the moniker for Joakim Forsgren, this track comes with a very special purpose. Who could have known the disrupting sounds of our cellphones could feel so tranquil, meditative, and energizing at the same time, right? Well, there’s a good reason Forsgren came up with these sounds. Let’s first mention that “Intercellular Communication” is part of his debut album, “Songs for the Nervous System.”
This album has been on AUTORHYTHM’s mind since 2015, the year he got diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease. He drew up sounds based on the scientific evidence of the effects of sounds and frequencies on our brains and bodies at the cellular level.
So how did AUTORHYTHM create such a sound? We hear he made little use of computers. Made mostly from synths, the thought behind the sound somehow aligning with the nervous system comes from what an artist’s gear, instruments, and hardware would sound like if they could not play them—because that conclusion would one day be inevitable for someone with Parkinson’s. Intercellular Communication is a brilliant play resembling Captain Beefheart and Miles Davis musical leadership. If you want to get your nervous system in check, check out Intercellular Communication by AUTORHYTHM.
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Review By: Naomi Joan