I found Trace Amount when I was looking for ‘dark techno’. There is this dark, slow type of electronic music. Trace Amount uses (screamed) vocals which makes it stand out. Especially for this project, there is a fine line between it being a ‘techno’ or an industrial project.
This new 24 minute album appeared on Spotify, so I thought it was time to present it to my readers. Discogs says that Trace amount is an: “Experimental harsh industrial project from Brooklyn, New York”. It is not that harsh and I have some doubts about the “industrial”, albeit perhaps “industrial techno”.
The man behind the project is Brandon Gallagher who plays or has played in hardcore and goth bands, mostly the former. Does that bring a ‘solution’ to the question if Trace Amount is industrial or ‘techno’? Not really. Does that matter?
“Flagrant” contains a recognisable style. Slow ‘industrial techno’ with metal-type vocals. Dark, moody and quite interesting.
Link: Trace Amount
