Artist: Alan HarmanTitle: Human Research ProgramLabel / CAT#: Ice Machine / iMach007Format: Cassette LP / digitalRelease Date: July 15 2022THIS IS A PRE-ORDER. Tapes will ship on/near the July 15 release date. Pre-order comes with a digital Mp3 attachment containing 2 songs for immediate download. The tape ships with a Bandcamp download card inside that includes the rest of the album.PLEASE SCROLL DOWN FOR AUDIO SAMPLES + PRESS RELEASE/INFO! For download-only purchase, please click here to purchase from Suction Records on Bandcamp, or visit your favourite audio download store (we're available on all major digital platforms).North American customers: this item is also available from our North American shipping location in Toronto, Canada for cheaper shipping / no duty fees. USA orders shipped via USPS Media Mail.Please visit http://suction.shop. Suction Records · Alan Harman "Frontlines II" (from Human Research Program - iMach007) Suction Records · Alan Harman "Phosphene Activity" (from Human Research Program - iMach007) INFO:Alan Harman is the solo minimal synth project of Ethan Harman from the small town of Port Hope, Ontario, about 1.5 hours outside of Toronto. Suction Records’ minimal synth/post-punk sublabel, Ice Machine, is proud to present Alan Harman’s debut physical release, “Human Research Program,” a full-length cassette compiling selections from a series of self-released digital EPs and singles. The project came to our attention via an interview in Legowelt’s Shadow Wolf zine. The interview was conducted by Legowelt himself, who wrote: “Buried deep in the snow of the Canadian internet one will occasionally find a great authentic undiscovered artist who lives in obscurity devoted to their art. An artist like ALAN HARMAN.”Alan Harman cites the influence of early-Martial Canterel (aka the solo project of Xeno & Oaklander’s Sean McBride), Belgian minimal synth project Snowy Red, and Canadian cult synth duo (and Ice Machine label alumnus) Ceramic Hello, who Harman described in his Shadow Wolf interview as, “a perfect embodiment of Canadian sound because it gives you this cold, distant feeling which is exactly how it feels living here; isolated and far away from the rest of the world.”The project came to be when Harman found himself disillusioned with the lack of band-mate prospects in Port Hope, realizing that synthesizers and drum machines could afford him the opportunity to become his own one-man-band. With a small set-up including a Korg MS-20 synth, a TR-808 drum machine clone, and a homemade spring reverb unit, Harman writes and records his songs alone, always beginning from scratch, and usually the tracks are written, recorded, and mixed within half-an-hour. The spontaneous nature of the recordings, and the raw tone of the electronics and vocal delivery, gives the music an authentic, early-‘80s synth DIY feel, at times reminiscent of minimal synth genre classics by Thomas Leer and Robert Rental, Absolute Body Control, and John Bender.Available digitally, and on limited-edition cassette (75 copies only) — includes a Bandcamp download card inside. Tracklist:A1. Ground ZeroA2. Circuits BeneathA3. 953-135 (Frontlines I)A4. 1249-130A5. Held TogetherA6. Shell Shock (167-155)B1. Phosphene ActivityB2. 230-155B3. Frontlines IIB4. Touch of GrayB5. Glory Be
