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Lid Emba?s debut Reason Isn?t Radar is the product of painstakingly chiseling away at the debris left by a variety of sound sources using numerous editing procedures and audio-processing convolutions, until a shape, deformed or aerodynamic or both, emerges from the fog. A snappy classification for Lid Emba would be obsessive compulsive disorder in stereo, unsuitable for the ugly mechanics of marketing. The methods and non-state-of-the-art gear Sean abuses are determined by time limitations and financial constraints more than esthetic allegiance, so let?s categorize Reason Isn?t Radar as electronic by default. Sean?s been entranced by voodoo voltage and followed its progress ever since his adolescent ears were invaded by the moog solo on ELP?s ?Lucky Man,? but what has impacted him most from investigating the electronic music continuum is that knowing at least three chords is irrelevant and texture can be the hook. Why be victimized for not taking piano lessons? Just invent your own scales and chords, even if you have to tattoo the keys to remember ?em. Lid Emba is a coherently unpredictable blend of opposites, a mix of musician and non-musician, intuitive layering and self-conscious organization, eccentric sound for sound?s sake and time-worn melodic and structural precision. All of this exists in Sean; he?s schizoid and lost his innocence long ago. He?s also a bit of a sadomasochist, having a willingness to suffer both the intermittent tedium of making Lid Emba music and the frequent challenge of relying on procedures that often have very little to do with his many years as Only The Drummer.