518 retro-electronica artist Wes Seneca, having unleashed the full-length album While Rome Burns in March 2023, has given a sneak peek into his upcoming project with the single and video for “Sam.”
“Sam” is based on a voice sample from Jim Gallagher of the late 1980s Albany-based band E Plemnista. Gallagher, the front man and trumpeter, was cautioning a fan standing too close to the band during a performance. Gallagher and then bandmates Josh Vincent, Frank Cristafaro, Nick Nealon and Michael Eck were known for their physically aggressive performances and concert-related injuries.
Wes Seneca resides in the Capital Region and calls on musical influences that stretch from Germany’s Kraftwerk to DEVO and Wolf Alice. A veteran Capital Region acoustic performer, John Wesley “Wes” Seneca trades in what he calls “retro-electronica,” music created with decades-old electronic gear and recorded not with software on a laptop, but on a hardware digital workstation.
Wes is in many ways a creation of the global pandemic. When his acoustic group could not perform in front of live audiences, he took to the basement and conjured up a wide-ranging collection of audio tracks which took shape several years later, as the album While Rome Burns.
Even now that his acoustic group has found its way back to the stage, “Wes” continues create more electronic music and the single and video “Sam” are simply a sneak peek at a forthcoming 2024 release.
Prior to the release of the upcoming and currently untitled EP, “Sam” is available only as a free download at wessenecamusic.com.
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