In a blog post last year on reclusive electronic producer Chance McNiff, Vermont alt-weekly Seven Days wrote, “McNiff has been slightly dormant in putting out his creative production — [latest release] Sequoiahedron was released in 2013. Maybe if we clap our hands and believe, he’ll magically produce new tracks for us to ponder.” Well, it must have worked because a few days ago McNiff quietly dropped a new EP on Bandcamp. Titled Thoughts Count, the album is spare and haunting, channeling at times the ambient sides of Aphex Twin or Nicolas Jaar. Continue reading »