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Down Town - Joy Rider (New Vinyl)

MAXIMUM EXPOSURE INC. PRESENTS JOY RIDER, THE DEBUT ALBUM FROM DOWN TOWN, THE TORONTO DUO OF IAN ELIAS AFIF AND MAXWELL CECIL STOVER.

PRODUCED AND MIXED IN COLLABORATION WITH TONY PRICE IN TORONTO, JOY RIDER PORTRAYS A NEW VISION FOR LOW-END MUSIC AS SCULPTURE. LIQUID BASS PAINTINGS, ALLOY TONE ABSTRACTIONS — A VIRTUAL STILL LIFE FORMED OUT OF FRETLESS ALUMINUM BASS, SPECULAR SOPRANO SAXOPHONE CYBERNETICS, AND METALLIC RHYTHM ARCHITECTURES.

THESE PIECES BELONG TO A LINEAGE OF POST-MINIMALIST, LOW-END EXPERIMENTALISM THAT TREATS ELECTROACOUSTIC IMPROVISATION AND AMBIENT SYNTHESIS AS MUTABLE SOUND MATTER —JOE ZAWINUL'S CIRCUITBOARD CARTOGRAPHIES, THE INSURGENT BASS GUITAR MUTATIONS OF BILL LASWELL, MICK KARN, AND ROBBIE SHAKESPEARE, EVAN PARKER'S RECURSIVE MULTIPHONIC INVESTIGATIONS, THE MOST TEXTURAL SIDES FROM THE ЕСМ CATALOGUE AND THE SONIC HOLOGRAPHY CONSTRUCTED BY JON HASSELL AND MICHAEL BROOK DURING THEIR SESSIONS IN HAMILTON, ONTARIO.

THE ALBUM UNFOLDS LIKE A SERIES OF SUSPENDED ENVIRONMENTS — MUSIC FOR INSIDE A CITY.

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released June 12, 2026

MAXEX:50
FORMAT: LP
ARTIST: DOWN TOWN
TITLE: JOY RIDER
ALL COMPOSITIONS BY DOWN TOWN

MAXWELL CECIL STOVER - DIGITALLY-AFFECTED SAXOPHONE

IAN ELIAS AFIF - FRETLESS ALUMINUM BASS, DRUM PROGRAMMING

PRODUCED BY DOWN TOWN AND TONY PRICE
ENGINEERED AND MIXED BY TONY PRICE AT MAXIMUM EXPOSURE STUDIOS IN GREEKTOWN, TORONTO
MASTERED BY KEVIN MCPHEE FOR EAST END MASTERING

DESIGN: MAXWELL CECIL STOVER
$15.55
Down Town - Joy Rider (New Vinyl)
$15.55

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MAXIMUM EXPOSURE INC. PRESENTS JOY RIDER, THE DEBUT ALBUM FROM DOWN TOWN, THE TORONTO DUO OF IAN ELIAS AFIF AND MAXWELL CECIL STOVER.

PRODUCED AND MIXED IN COLLABORATION WITH TONY PRICE IN TORONTO, JOY RIDER PORTRAYS A NEW VISION FOR LOW-END MUSIC AS SCULPTURE. LIQUID BASS PAINTINGS, ALLOY TONE ABSTRACTIONS — A VIRTUAL STILL LIFE FORMED OUT OF FRETLESS ALUMINUM BASS, SPECULAR SOPRANO SAXOPHONE CYBERNETICS, AND METALLIC RHYTHM ARCHITECTURES.

THESE PIECES BELONG TO A LINEAGE OF POST-MINIMALIST, LOW-END EXPERIMENTALISM THAT TREATS ELECTROACOUSTIC IMPROVISATION AND AMBIENT SYNTHESIS AS MUTABLE SOUND MATTER —JOE ZAWINUL'S CIRCUITBOARD CARTOGRAPHIES, THE INSURGENT BASS GUITAR MUTATIONS OF BILL LASWELL, MICK KARN, AND ROBBIE SHAKESPEARE, EVAN PARKER'S RECURSIVE MULTIPHONIC INVESTIGATIONS, THE MOST TEXTURAL SIDES FROM THE ЕСМ CATALOGUE AND THE SONIC HOLOGRAPHY CONSTRUCTED BY JON HASSELL AND MICHAEL BROOK DURING THEIR SESSIONS IN HAMILTON, ONTARIO.

THE ALBUM UNFOLDS LIKE A SERIES OF SUSPENDED ENVIRONMENTS — MUSIC FOR INSIDE A CITY.

credits

released June 12, 2026

MAXEX:50
FORMAT: LP
ARTIST: DOWN TOWN
TITLE: JOY RIDER
ALL COMPOSITIONS BY DOWN TOWN

MAXWELL CECIL STOVER - DIGITALLY-AFFECTED SAXOPHONE

IAN ELIAS AFIF - FRETLESS ALUMINUM BASS, DRUM PROGRAMMING

PRODUCED BY DOWN TOWN AND TONY PRICE
ENGINEERED AND MIXED BY TONY PRICE AT MAXIMUM EXPOSURE STUDIOS IN GREEKTOWN, TORONTO
MASTERED BY KEVIN MCPHEE FOR EAST END MASTERING

DESIGN: MAXWELL CECIL STOVER
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