Head’s blog

"It seems that bigger labels started to steer away from straight up IDM in the recent years. Perhaps the passing away of Merck, and the resurrection of Neo Ouija may be a testament to that. Even n5MD chilled out and turned towards emotional electronica. In my opinion it has to do with evolution of sound, and the perfection and polishing thereof. You pick a direction and you go with it. So it was a pleasure to stumble upon an exciting and innovative album by an unsigned artist who goes by the name of Mechanical Steering. As always, with amazing self released albums, there is a spark of excitement in the air, the standing waves of sound excited with organic electricity, the crackle of the processed bits bouncing off the porous walls into my body. You feel as if on the tip of discovery. And that discovery is this unknown album by an unsigned name.Designed from sampled urban environmental sounds and digital manipulation, 10:10pm is a poisonous cocktail of melancholic melodies and distorted beats. The sounds break through the web of suffocating percussion and shifting noise, bombarding your ears and mind with complex patterns that resolve into the beauty of their simplicity. Complimented with industrial mechanical sounds, dark passageways, and deep descends, the sound slowly rises to the surface where you find yourself catching 10:10 on the clock again. And again...Konin (Poland) based Mechanical Steering has ben producing electronic music since 1999. Initially creating a few albums under the alias Head, the music slowly matured into the sound of 10:10pm. It's a wonder that this artist has not been snatched by a prominent label yet, as I can totally see his releases on Ad Noiseam, Hymen and Tympanik alike. The album is currently self distributed on Amazon, iTunes, Rhapsody, and lala.com (note: 10:10pm is published under the Head alias). Recommended if you like Hecq, Gridlock, Subheim and Ginormous."

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In march 2009 Mechanical Steering joins the Tympanik Audio family. In this label he will release official CD ‘Return To The Childhood’ in early Summer 2009!

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Mechanical Steering  (earlier Head) was born in Konin, Poland, in 1981.
He started with electronic music in 1999. From then on, he met many different inspiration sources, which still have great results on what he does.
However, all the albums have something common... A characteristic music with heavy sounding, city atmospheres, machines, and people, often connected with soft, calm, and melancholic sounds, although he is still building his own style.
Looking on his achievements, since the first amateurish album "Fabrique" to the last one, we can observe how fast he's improving his abilities with music and how it becomes more and more mature, uses more interesting sounds and its surrounding effect increases too.
 
Apart from that, he made a project called Lustro (from Polish, Mirror), and he played in many different bands which always wanted to find something more and new, they looked for new solutions without looking up to the typical Polish rock music bands.
 
First professional album - Neutrality is compilation of 8 hard and dark ambient songs, which will show exactly what Mechanical Steering (as Head) has been composing for over 8 years of career.

The two of his albums “Neutrality” and “10.10pm” were published as Head.
"10.10pm" it is the last album which was presented on Head name.
Now all albums and singles will be published as Mechanical Steering
 
Moreover, his interesting personality connected with his interesting outlook and view of the world, his sensitive side and his open-mindedness for new ideas and new collaborations.