{"product_id":"off-on","title":"Off\/On","description":"Starting with as perfect a cutting-edge sound as one could want from 1979 -- zoned and droned keyboards, sequencers running rampant, and drum machine precision mania -- Forma continue their back-to-the-future love on their second full release, Off\/On, serving up another batch of short tracks that all sound like they should be incidental music on Omni-sponsored documentaries. The opening \"Off\" indeed couldn't be better as a statement-of-purpose fanfare on that front alone. Otherwise, aside from the later \"Mécanique\" -- at 11 minutes, the album's longest and most entrancing piece -- as with the first album things follow a basic title format of band name and number, giving the sense of installations in a larger process. Sometimes that results in things that steer away from re-creation to new inspiration -- thus \"Forma 286B\" feels shaped by shoegaze's impact on electronic music in recent years, a shimmering overload underscored by a quick rhythm, as much as it does from the space rock that helps usher in these textures toward wider audiences. \"Forma 278\" moves along like a gently propulsive trip down a river under a moon that's not quite ours, while \"Forma 293\" has a cheery sprightliness that still feels like an alien transmission, a bit of cool amusement that's not unfriendly. The short minute-long numbers that act as bridges between the longer ones further underscore the idea of a soundtrack without a movie, as with the skittering chitters on \"Forma 313\" and the quick swirl of \"Forma 358.\" ~ Ned Raggett","brand":"InnerSleeve","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41908495286437,"sku":"9120020389358","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/6007\/1077\/files\/f5167c527eb32cc9b06e9ec97cb223c4_c1b9492f-9230-4e4c-8c40-04d44489e8e8.jpg?v=1782380795","url":"https:\/\/www.innersleeve.com\/en-ca\/products\/off-on","provider":"InnerSleeve","version":"1.0","type":"link"}