I wrote the liner notes for this 2022 album by the Minneapolis electronic/neoclassical collective Paris 1919, led by Chris Strouth. Future Archaeology collects seven of Strouth’s complex, immersive soundscapes originally recorded circa 2010 to 2012, abandoned after his newer compositions evolved in a new direction. As Classical Minnesota Public Radio host Steve Seel says in an interview for the liner notes, Paris 1919 transcends genre in the best way: “It is purely about Chris’s vision—about engaging with a broader palette of sonic possibilities than something just purely consonant or pleasant. It’s much more expressive than that. What Chris does is very courageous. … You could call it ‘confrontational ambient.”
Check out the music and buy the album on Paris 1919’s Bandcamp page.
