Cultural Payout, by Gift Horse

Cultural Payout

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1.	Drunken Gods 09:49	buy track
2.	Devised Program 05:05	buy track
3.	The Sparkling Through 02:15	buy track
4.	Big Salt 04:54	buy track
5.	Cultural Payout 05:13	buy track
6.	Riding On Rebar 07:01	buy track

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Tendrils of atmospheric synths and hallucinatory textures draw the listener into Cultural Payout, the debut album from Brooklyn’s Gift Horse. Comprised of Jonathan Schenke (P.E., Eaters) and Matthew Hord (Pop. 1280, Fine Place), the duo dive deep into leftfield beats and hardware electronics across the span of six sprawling songs. Shadowy melodies, cracked rhythms, and nostalgic bliss swirl together, transporting their audience through potent memories and unfamiliar landscapes alike.

Schenke and Hord trace their connections back to the smoke-stained Chicago experimental scene (where Hord started the beloved band Running), and reconnected years later in Brooklyn. After repeatedly crossing paths both onstage and in the studio, the two decided to experiment writing together, setting up their synths and drum machines for an extended weekend in early 2022 at Schenke’s Studio Windows. That fruitful session laid the foundations for their debut, and – in between other projects, tours, and a debut sold out show at Union Pool – the duo wrote and refined the album over the course of the year. Cultural Payout is out this summer on Ryley Walker’s Husky Pants Records.

RIYL: Global Communication, early Autechre, Primitive Painter, CS + Kreme, psilocybin

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released September 1, 2023

CREDITS:
Gift Horse is Jonathan Schenke and Matthew Hord
This album was written and recorded in 2022
Mixed and mastered by Jonathan Schenke at Studio Windows, Brooklyn, NY
Artwork and layout by William Schmiechen
Photography by Tim Race
Eternal thanks and dedication to Alejandro Morales

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