Insectoid activity is a common source of raw material and inspiration for electronic music, notably in the form of cicada whirring. For Dave Keifer, who goes by Cagey House, it’s a particularly feral, anxious kind of pest motion that provides a role model. His “January Insects” sounds like a nature film in time-lapse, fast-forward mode, a cacophony on the order of Conlon Nancarrow’s most outlandish player-piano work, with the whiz-bang joy of a Carl Stalling invention.
Track posted for free download at [soundcloud.com/acts-of-silence](https://soundcloud.com/acts-of-silence/cagey-house-january-insects). Found via the always excellent [actsofsilence.com](http://www.actsofsilence.com/album-review/the-chaos-of-medley/). Get the full set for free download at [archive.org](https://archive.org/details/0kbps053). More from the releasing netlabel at [mavrecords.webs.com](http://mavrecords.webs.com/).