I have a motion light in my backyard for security, but it would have to strobe, rotate, change colors, and burn with incredible heat and intensity if it was the Motion Turns It On brand.
Motion Turns It On, the band, manufacture displays of flashing, rotating, intensely burning jazz prog rock. On their latest, Kaleidoscopic Equinox, tracks like “Exchanging Souvenirs” rage on like a tidal wave flood hitting downtown only to drain away to leave everything clean and refreshed in some cosmic sort of renewal instead of destruction.
MTIO rides into this realm like the prog rock jazz of the Benevento Russo Duo, landing with more song structure. They’ve got comparable aural flashes to White Denim. Elsewhere, MTIO utilizes a sound like UK dance/electronica, such as Rob Smith.
“Teraform” could be called “Variations on an Electronic Alarm” the way it begins with a shrill alarm, shifting to instruments making similar sounds, and then jamming on the results. “Occiptalized” starts off with odd punches but becomes one of MTIO’s most grooving, funky tracks.
Motion Turns It On
Chocolate Lab Records
