"frame" is the much anticipated follow up release to last year's debut "optimal.lp", a cd which caused quite a bit of critical stir as a very impressive and original work for a new artist. dan abrams (aka: shuttle358) seamlessly blends stark textures/drones with digital disfunction. clicks, skips and tiny mechanised rhythms intertwine in hypnotic form that abrams allows to evolve in a very organic way.

"frame" picks up where "optimal.lp" left off. a bit more distant with excursions into deeper realms of abrams' signature skittish minimalist rhythmic work.

"frame" includes a video, shot by abrams himself, in DVCAM for the title of the album. it is available on the cd in quicktime format as well as a separate high-res VHS release. the use of movement and abstracted forms along with a subtle color palatte of whites, blues and yellows is a perfect visual accompanyment to the fragile rhythms of the soundtrack.

dan abrams/shuttle358:
"if you put an empty frame against a blank wall, you suddenly notice the the color, the patterns, the imperfections in the plaster. the frame is like a window of perception. it takes the wall outside time. the frame draws attention to what is within it - it magnifies it, you focus on it, it begins to symbolize the whole wall."