Dream_mega – Control / You Are Not The Center

At a recent DREAM_MEGA performance, Joel Kyack stood alone on stage, directing alava flow of sound at the audience. Overwhelmed by the haunted-house frequencies, theinvasive rhythms, the untethered, untuned vocals, one attendee bent against another towhisper, “I think this guy’s channeling demons.” Whether spoken in terror or esteem, thisaccusation is useful in the face of DREAM_MEGA’s second LP, ‘Control / You Are Not theCenter.’ The record is laced with menace. You hear it in the mutant war marches, in thedancehall reflux, in the tolling bass. You hear it in the crystalline melodies and theyearning ascensions. You even hear it in the Guided by Voices cover.Joel’s relationship with unsettling sound-demon channeling-is now decades long. Hislong-standing service in Landed, the band he co-founded in 1997, runs parallel to Joel’scontributions to Six Finger Satellite, Men’s Recovery Project, Megafuckers, Dos Mega,and Street Buddy. This relentless dedicati