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Free USA

by Protect-U

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Needs 05:18
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Top Hat 05:02
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Dit Floss 03:48
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Flying Hi 04:55
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Distored 06:13
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F-USA 06:17
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about

Released in 2014 on Future Times, Free USA is the debut LP by Protect-U.

Free USA was written, recorded, and mixed throughout 2013 at Protect-U's home studio and mastered by Matt Colton at Alchemy Mastering.

The tracks on Free USA were jammed into being and then laser-cut into exact shapes. On their two Future Times EPs - Double Rainbow and World Music - Leitko and Petillo poured layers of ambient drift onto nearly-steady house foundations, creating long and propulsive zone-outs. On Free USA, Protect-U doesn't depart from this sound as much as they launch further and further out with it, specifically in the rhythm section, which pivots and lurches into unexpected places throughout the LP. Melodically, automation and humanity combine with dizzying, psychedelic grace, making the sound design sparkle with cool precision. From the bright, super-soaked opening track "Needs" to the boxed-in drum clunk and iced-out coda of "Down the Tubes," Free USA showcases Protect-U's constantly mutating strand of electronic music.

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released April 8, 2014

Music by Aaron Leitko and Mike Petillo
Mastered by Matt Colton

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U-Udios Washington, D.C.

U-Udios is a cassette/digital label meant to document jam sessions and collaborative works recorded at Protect-U's studio in Takoma Park, MD as well as the occasional live show board tape.

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