Arckatron Breaks a Beat

A sample of the newly released Subtle Busyness

The full release of *Subtle Busyness* by Arckatron is now out, a cassette and download on the Twin Springs Tapes label. It’s streaming as well, over at [twinspringstapes.bandcamp.com](https://twinspringstapes.bandcamp.com/album/subtle-busyness). Arcka, aka Shawn Kelly, formerly of Philadelphia and recently relocated to Los Angeles, traffics in abstract instrumental hip-hop. He’s long been a proponent of utilizing under-appreciated snippets of familiar music, often R&B, and on *Subtle Busyness* he’s expanded into off-kilter rhythmic excursions. The album was featured here twice in advance of its release, [back in January](https://disquiet.com/2016/01/05/subtle-busyness-arcka-twin-springs/) when it was announced and in mid-February when [additional tracks were uploaded](https://disquiet.com/2016/02/13/arckatron-subtle-busyness/) for promotional purposes. On the occasion of its full arrival, all 21 tracks, do check out the glorious broken beat that is “Naverparse”:

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/)

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