{"product_id":"cyrnai-to-subtle-drive-double-record-album-vinyl-lp","title":"Cyrnai To Subtle-Drive - Double Record Album - Vinyl LP","description":"A reissue of the 4th full-length from Carolyn Fok \/ Cyrnai, an Asian-American female solo artist from the Bay Area. Carolyn's adventures in sound began with recording stories on a tape recorder at age 9 in 1976. A short time later, exploring the scattering of musical instruments and effects units her father left lying around the family home. She became especially fascinated by his TEAC reel-to-reel recorder that set off a lifelong fascination with sound design. By the age of 16 Carolyn had become inspired by industrial electronic act Cabaret Voltaire, as well as anarcho-punks Crass. Creating the stage name Cyrnai, a rearranging alphabet of Carolyn Fok, she played in several Bay Area bands including Treason, A State Of Mind, Trial and Rhythm \u0026amp; Noise between 1983 and 1991. By 1988 Carolyn's recording gear had many changes and upgrades, from cassette 4-tracks, 8-track reel-to-reel 1\/2 inch, a TASCAM 388 to DAT, to floppy disk sampling. She spent three to four nights a week developing sequences for 14 hours from 10pm onwards. Samples would sometimes begin on a Synclavier keyboard with its sophisticated sequencing capabilities. Her fourth album, 'To Subtle-Drive', was self-released in 1988 as 8 untitled songs spread across a 30-minute cassette. Then in 1989 Carolyn discovered the first Digidesign digital recording software and changed the project to have more ethnic sounds and samples stemming from tapes collected during a trip to Egypt. In 1990 'To Subtle-Drive' was re-released with 2 songs from the 1988 release and 4 new compositions. This reissue adds 5 bonus tracks recorded during the same period spread across a double LP set. Each copy includes a double-sided insert with lyrics, photos, and notes by Carolyn. All songs have been remastered by George Horn at Fantasy Studios. 'Old-soul beat tracks on cassette with time and techno-guilotine songs.'\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenre: Pop\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenre: POP\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabel: DARK ENTRIES\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabel: DARK ENTRIES\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Cyrnai","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53594142900517,"sku":"4IGI3Q-HDUA-OJ","price":29.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0821\/8142\/3397\/files\/cyrnai-to-subtle-drive-double-record-album-vinyl-lp_SNxjs.jpg?v=1786735793","url":"https:\/\/mediamall.com\/products\/cyrnai-to-subtle-drive-double-record-album-vinyl-lp","provider":"mediamall","version":"1.0","type":"link"}