A Cyanwave is the fluctuating ring around the cap of the Cyanescen mushroom, a strong hallucinogenic fungi grown right here in the Pacific Northwest. A fitting name for one of Seattle’s most forward thinking and equally psychedelic techno duos. Comprised of long time producers Keith Kelley and Justin Byrnes, Cyanwave have been carving out a niche as the go to guys for after hours, druggy, and experimental techno. Their sound is about as big as dubby minimal music can get, with vast walls of droning reverb encapsulating precise and driving rhythms, the valleys breaking down just as fiercely as the peaks build up. With each member manning a different range of the sonic palette, Byrnes on kicks, hi-hats, and percussion, Kelley on the synths and effects, it’s never the same set twice and driven largely by the energy of the party.
Cyanwave live at The Monkey Loft 10-29-10
Cyanwave drop their first EP Escape What You Create on burgeoning local label From 0-1, November 19th. Comprised of three tracks and a couple of DJ tools, the two are showing us how far their range extends, from spacious and ambient with Deep Time, to late night and mind bending with Locust, to a good ol’ fashioned four to the floor workout on my personal favorite, Minotaurs. This EP is the Cyanwave sound in a nut shell and a stellar example of the various realms you can expect their live set to explore. This isn’t the kind of live act that you know when one song is over and the next begun, it’s just a continuous morphing and melting, ebbing and flowing of sound and rhythm, the aural equivalent of a strong mushroom trip. With heavy support from artists like Laurent Garnier (who described the album as “completely outta space…. Looove the atmosphere on this EP – will play a lot!”) Phil Kieran, Tim Xavier, and Drumcell, to name a few, Cyanwave is just beginning what is sure to be a healthy and mind expanding career.
Check out Escape What You Create here.
And a recent Cyanwave live set recorded deep within the Cascade Mountain Range in an abandoned train tunnel here.
Beyond 1am... 
niiiiiice!!!