They say that plants like music. I would have to agree. My plants love Beethoven's 9th and REM's "Night Swimming." My plants did not care much for Blitter.
Blitter's first solo album, Oh No Not The Comfy Chair, sprang forth from boxes, boxes with knobs and dials, switches and slides, and one Super Cow. There wasn't a real instrument in sight, but hey, if the Japanese can do it, why not Blitter? Voice snippits mix with Nintendoesque noises like presidents and interns - all is fine as long as you don't pay attention. That may be the problem, Comfy Chair doesn't allow you to not pay attention.
When all the boxes play in synch with each other, Blitter makes some music that the common ear might almost enjoy. Unfortunately for the common ear, this does not last long. The music itself kept me on my toes and shaking my head. Most people make music you can hear without really listening to, but Comfy Chair screams, "Listen to me!" and you can't help but do so.
The premise behind the album is, in the words of the artist, "Faulty Electronics." Imagine that you have just bought a little Casio keyboard and a drum machine. You record a drumbeat and a little song on the respective machines and then set them off. For about 8 measures it sounds kinda cool - in a Casio keyboard kind of way. Then, after the 10th measure it falls apart, the Casio and the drum machine go out of synch and your little tune is ruined. If your computer was spitting out every noise it had on top of that, and if you were drinking tea at the time, you would have a feel of what Comfy Chair is all about.
I played Blitter in my building last week. He got mixed responses, but all were in the same direction. One person walked by my room and thought that I had a vacuum cleaner running. Another speculated that I was playing the data track off of a CD ROM. Some people would walk in, start bopping their heads to the beat, and then get all flustered when the head-bopping beat melted and was replaced by asynchronous drum beats, beeps, and buzzes. In the words of Andy, "Very bizarre."