Master Boot Record is here to digitize you with their new single "CPU" and new record HARDWAREZ, due out October 11. And if you've been watching Master Boot Record's live YouTube streams, then you've probably heard at least bits and pieces of "CPU".
"The very first song I wrote is actually also the first single, 'CPU,'" said Master Boot Record mastermind Vittorio "Victor Love" D'Amore. "Even though the other songs on the album have a quite different style, the type of riffing and the different melodic section of this track worked as a base to upgrade the sound before moving forward." "CPU" is also where Love decided to test the real guitar overdubs and was inspired by the results.
"While the early compositions happened during live streams, I added rhythm guitar overdubs off the records in the final stages. This synergy with the synth guitars creates a massive and powerful sound in the studio, just as it does during our live performances. Shreddy also recorded the lead guitars along the chiptune leads adding a lot of attack and an unique energy to the solo sections.The overall production level is much higher than previous releases, contributing to a new, upgraded signature sound.
"With this album the 486DX-33MHz-64MB becomes sentient through human augmentation. For we may become better humans with their help, but machines still need us to shine."
Pre-orders for HARDWAREZ are available here.
Master Boot Record has also lined up a handful of North American and European tour dates from September 25 through November 19. Get all those dates below and get your tickets here.
9/25 Soda Bar San Diego, CA
9/26 The Wayfarer Costa Mesa, CA
9/27 MagWest San Jose, CA
10/1 Star Theater Portland, OR
10/2 The Pearl Vancouver, BC
10/3 Substation Seattle, WA
10/8 The Nile Theater Mesa, AZ
10/9 Teragram Ballroom Los Angeles, CA
10/12 Hackfest Quebec City, QC
10/18 Le Molotov Marseille, FR
10/19 Backstage By The Mill Paris, FR
10/20 Le Ferrailleur Nantes, FR
10/22 Academy 2 London, UK
10/23 Satans Hollow Manchester, UK
10/24 Cathouse Glasgow, UK
10/26 Grand Social Dublin, IR
10/28 Exchange Bristol, UK
10/30 Effenaar Eindhoven, NL
10/31 Melkweg Amsterdam, NL
11/2 Club Volta Cologne, DE
11/3 Neushoorn Leeuwarden, NL
11/4 Logo Hamburg, DE
11/6 Stengade Copenhagen, DK
11/7 Valand Gothenburg, SE
11/8 Goldie Oslo, NO
11/9 Kollektivet Livet Stockholm, SE
11/11 Lacznick Wroclaw, PL
11/12 Gretchen Berlin, DE
11/13 Chemiefabrik Dresden, DE
11/14 Kasarna Karlin Prague, CZ
11/15 Kabinet Muz Brno, CZ
11/16 Turbina Budapest, HU
11/17 Szene Vienna, at
11/18 Pont Rouge Monthey, CH
11/19 Exil Zurich, CH
