LOS ANGELES, CALIF – No lyrics and very little imagery – All this artist desires is the discovery of something new in the world of electronic music.
Cain MacWitish – also known as Cain WTF – says his latest tracks on his album “Ouch” are the closest translations he’s ever done to the music he hears in his heart and mind. The album’s first song titled “Ouch,” found on his cainmac.bandcamp website, expresses his world of deep physical pain that stems from a motorcycle accident six years ago.
“It’s ‘Ouch’ all the time for me – It’s what the song represents,” Cain said. “I relate to the cover of the album – a beat-up cat … My pelvis had to be rebuilt, and recently the pins had to be redone because they were coming out. With this type of experimental music, you’re not going to find anything else like it anywhere else. If you’re looking for something way outside the mainstream, you’ll like these tracks. I love the discovery process of sitting down and seeing where the sounds take me. By the end, it resembles something like music and my main focus is to walk the line between music and chaos. I try not to fall completely one way or the other.”
The next track, “Virus” has a distinct sound to represent a different type of pain – wrenching, raw emotion from the tragic and sudden losses surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. In the variety of sounds Cain produces, listeners can adapt his versatile tones to soundtrack most any activity.
Oftentimes included in the gothic and darker Techno genre, Cain says his vibe is highly influenced from his performing experience in Indie and Punk. Originally from Arizona, Cain has lived on both the East and West coasts, and recently moved back to LA from Oregon. As a youth, he was a classically trained musician with a natural fascination for computers and electronics.
“I was a drummer for local bands in New York and that’s when I started experimenting with acoustic sounds and synthesizers to generate drum sounds,” he said. “When I moved to the LA area in the early 2000s, I learned how to produce new sounds on my computer from watching and helping out with professional equipment. That’s when I started making my own music.”
In that time, Cain developed a friendship with Steve Bates – co-engineer for Thriller – and got the chance to work with many artists, including Courtney Love and Eric Clapton. He made a career in being a house DJ, and enjoys setting the tone for clubs and special events. He said a lot of inspiration comes from those settings, and the feedback on his own material has been motivating.
“I just release tracks as they come, and on Mixcloud I’ve had about 13,000 hits,” Cain said. “My 148 releases on my website translates into about 478 songs … I’ve found my niché – and it’s the closest I’ve ever come to producing what I’ve set out to do. I have a big palette to choose from, and I’m glad people are listening.”
Be looking for Cain WTF on the music scene in LA, and make sure to check out his website.
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