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Slow Codes is a collaborative, multidisciplinary creative project. What started as a primarily audio body of work with an extensive discography of beautifully balanced soundscapes has evolved into a vast, immersive life story told through performance art. In listening one hears a fated presence and sense of self. It is a production and possession conducted with all their being. The continuity of songs and visual art tell tales straight from the heart with an honest vulnerability that is equal parts journal entry and formal production.
The music, almost entirely self-produced and performed by Dustin Léger, consists of layers constructed from loops, samples, synths, guitar, bass, and drums that weave a narrative of shadowed beauty. Frequently filtered vocals expose a devil-may-care attitude full of deeper thoughts and feelings pursuing a vision of expression hell-bent on achieving release through music. The music pairs with stunning visual mediums resulting in a hypnotic, enveloping experience for the audience.
Slow Codes draws inspiration from a wide variety of influences. Foremost is an admiration of the artistic styles of behemoths such as Bowie and Reznor, however, when one delves deep into the extensive discography a seemingly never-ending and eclectic taste becomes clear. Frequent experimentation and contradictory themes create a signature sound revealing an artist unafraid of exploring the duality of light and dark, humour and despair, and the elements of humanity. The music displays maturity as it delves into unconventional pacing, brutal synth riffs, and pulsating industrial drums rounded out with wall-of-sound choruses. The songs are progressively arranged and thoughtful, created collaboratively with friends and professional musicians, displaying an egoless approach to creativity.
Slow Codes is a passion project, a labour of love, and full of confessional overtones. A fusion of melancholy and deeply personal expression juxtaposed with gothic noir and a playful levity, the result is a deeply authentic, ongoing living testament in an era of disposable, plastic, over-productions. A living rebellion through personal creativity that means something in a world turned upside down. A perfect gathering place for imperfect people.