Jacqueline and August of the Galaxy Electric; photographed by Jen Meller.

Brooklyn's The Galaxy Electric are following up 2016's vintage steeped Everything is Light and Sound with a retro vortex of an album aptly titled for today's times — Tomorrow Was Better Yesterday. Comprised of the creative couple Jacqueline Caruso and Augustus Green who abide by an analogue approach they have branded as cosmic tape music; their latest record has been the result of meticulously creating a mystifying work that exists outside the digital pale. An album funded by a Kickstarter campaign launched this past August that raised $11,052 from 155 backers, Jacqueline and Augustus have created a record that is absolutely unconcerned by the Ableton and Logic methods of contemporary production. Adhering to an improvisational fusion armed with reel-to-reels, tape machines, a Korg Delta, a Mellotron, Buchla synths and any odd antiquated noise maker they can get their hands on; Tomorrow Was Better Yesterday traverses the space-time continuum in imaginative ways that casts an analogue vacuum tube glow on a retro-futurism that could have been (and perhaps still can be).

Presenting the video debut of “Destination Omega” directed by Sean Hancock, The Galaxy Electric set the dials and switches for the outer edges of all eras (past, present, future). Oscillating movements of light, electricity and various images in motion are seen displayed from vintage from CRT screens that celebrate the sciences of sounds and visions. Incandescent objects move in time to the duo's organic rhythmic assemblages, as Jacqueline steers their electro-ship toward destinations unknown. With recitations of you never know where you'll end up and only time will tell — a lullaby in retrograde is encased within an electric sarcophagus of wonder and a cautionary warning that feels reminiscent of Gene Wilder's Willy Wonka psyched-out Wondrous Boat Ride song. The visuals recall the image readings found in some madcap laboratory that Doc Brown would approve of as The Galaxy Electric catapult the audience through alternate dimensions, through the mysteries of the cosmos that extend beyond the furthest reaches of cartographic understanding.

The duo shared a bit about the analogue approach to creating the new record:

This is the first album we have ever recorded that was fully and completely improvised. We recorded to 1/4" Analog Tape without any digital recording magic (overdubs, edits, tuning etc). We spent a year practicing this new improvisational style before we turned on the tape machine. But once we did, we recorded every day for a month. And when we listened back — we realized we had created a space age fantasy album — with an incredible story; a soundtrack to a time traveling space voyage.

Director Sean Hancock talked about his process and inspirations for the video:

I'm interested in exploring video technology that I do not think was ever fully explored due to the exponential rate at which technology has changed over the last 70 years and I'm particularly interested in looking for a blend of old and new, analog and digital to get the very best from both.

I use a mixture of 60s, 70s and 80s video and television equipment that are very much a part of my fine art practice and fortunately doing music videos such as this one has become an extension of that work.

I love the work of Steina and Woody Vasulka and their embracing of technology and art. They were true pioneers and have been a constant inspiration.

The Galaxy Electric’s new album Tomorrow Was Better Yesterday will be available October 22 via their imprint Varispeed Records. Pre-orders are available now here.

VIDEO PREMIERE | The Galaxy Electric, "Destination Omega"