Instruments of Science & Technology

Instruments of Research & Technology is a car for atmospheric California vocalist/songwriter Richard Swift to explore his electronic aspect. Utilizing snapshots through the sonic scenery of genre pioneers like Brian Eno, Wendy Carlos, Harold Budd, and Child A-era Radiohead, Swift also culls from Krautrock, dub, Motown, and hip-hop for his mainly instrumental items. His eponymous debut beneath the pseudonym premiered in 2005 around the Otaku Disk label, accompanied by Music from your Movies of R/Swift in 2007 on Secretly Canadian. After liberating two albums and an EP for Secretly Canadian beneath the name Richard Swift, he came back this year 2010 to his Devices of Technology & Technology moniker for an installment in the Library Catalog Music series on Sufjan Stevens’ label Asthmatic Kitty. Swift in addition has produced or performed for most indie bands, like the Shins, the Dark Secrets, Foxygen, and Starflyer 59.