A new chapter in THE RITA's singular trajectory - an artist who, despite his widespread appreciation, continues to be alone on the forefront of radical and challenging exploration of harsh sound. "The Alceste" is a return to a more layered technique, but still continuing to pursue the minimal, almost percussive sparse crackle of the recent “KING RICHARD III” process recordings - but now in rapid-fire clusters, conjuring McKinlay's muse the 2-Stroke Engine more vividly than ever. Source recordings of stage makeup application and nylon ripping / repairing performed by Lorelei serve as the pure abstracted femme aesthetics behind the sound. Additional violin source sounds are provided by Mallory Linehan, adding classical ballet movement and reference, as well as overdriven intermittent sounds from a recorded riding crop.