Surachai's scary semimodular synth, the Empty Bottle's silly staff podcast, and more
by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
Local one-man black-metal act Surachai has been on this wolf's radar for a hot minute—since before he earned a spot in the Reader's 2013 Best of Chicago issue. Last year's Embraced LP is a large-scale quasi-symphonic blowout with a full band and some out-prog arrangements, but Surachai is also a major synth nerd: this week he released Ritual, a 180-gram LP that features only one instrument, a semimodular Cwejman S1 MK2 analog synthesizer.…[ Read more ]