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tsaik (pronounced “sike”) is an electronic music duo from Chicago, USA.

Jacob McArthur and Joshua Ruffolo have been on a mission to bring together unconventional organic and digital soundscapes, in order to create their debut album for Lost Tribe Records. Their debut album Lemon is an intricately detailed body of work that fully explores textures of melody, rhythm and composition.

Spanning waves of calm ambience to manic noise-scapes, beautiful melodies to raw dissonance with everything in between, Lemon is a truly enigmatic and original work of experimental electronica that both amazes and simultaneously challenges listener’s perceptions of what music can be.

tsaik’s widescreen sound draws from a diverse range of styles and acts - imagine the likes of Mount Kimbie, Shigeto, Boards of Canada, Shlohmo, Giraffage and Tycho getting together for a jam with liberal use of field recordings and you might be close…

tsaik (2011–present) is an experimental electronic duo consisting of Jacob McArthur and Joshua Ruffolo. Through a combination of field recording and resynthesis, they create music that explores texture, complex rhythm, and composition. Over the years, they have investigated a plethora of sonic possibilities, with the end result being a debut album Lemon, released with Lost Tribe Records.

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