The fine, Los Angeles”“based abstract beatmaker (until very recently of Philadelphia) Arckatron (aka Shawn Kelly) uploaded two tracks from his forthcoming, 21-song album, *Subtle Busyness*, at the start of the year: the blissfully steady-going “Lunar” and the wonderfully meter-defying “Aerofloat,” which warped this way and that as its rhythm ebbed and flowed. Those first popped up on the SoundCloud account of the label releasing *Subtle Busyness*, Twin Springs Tapes. (I wrote about them [at the time.](https://disquiet.com/2016/01/05/subtle-busyness-arcka-twin-springs/))
Now four more tracks, along with “Lunar” again, have been uploaded to the Twin Springs Bandcamp page: the surreal opening cut (“Cosmicrust”), a piano-against-percussion piece titled “Power (Handz Up…),” a funky video-game gambit titled “Toow,” and a track titled “VariaTRON” that plays pinball in your head with intense stereoscopic, microscopic beats.
And there’s a lovely video for “Lunar,” sort of an animated lava lamp with a subtle hint at Arckatron’s logo, on YouTube:
The album is up for pre-order for a mere $6, including the cassette (and including shipping in the U.S.) at [twinspringstapes.bandcamp.com](https://twinspringstapes.bandcamp.com/album/subtle-busyness). The official release date is February 23. The cassette edition is limited to 100.
More from Arcka at [arckatron.us](http://arckatron.us/). More from the Twin Springs label at [twinspringstapes.bandcamp.com](https://twinspringstapes.bandcamp.com/) and [facebook.com/twinspringstapes](https://www.facebook.com/twinspringstapes). And here’s an interview I did with Arcka/Kelly back in 2009: [“Young Communicator.”](https://disquiet.com/2009/05/17/yarcka-young-architect-shawn-kelly/)