Galen Tipton

Galen Tipton, also known as recovery girl (born 1996), is an American hyperpop musician based in Columbus, Ohio.[4] She is the founder of the Community Garden record label. Her sound has been described as an experimental electronica fusion of ASMR sounds, IDM and the hyperreality focus of hyperpop. Her music has gone viral on the TikTok platform.[5]

Galen Tipton
Also known asrecovery girl
Born1996 (age 2627)
Genres
Occupation(s)Musician, Sound Producer
Years active2010s - present[1]
Labels
  • DESKPOP
  • Orange Milk Records[2]
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Life and work

Tipton grew up in a small farm town, where she was “one of the weird kids” who spent a lot of time immersed in the world of fiction novels and video games.[6] She considers this an influence on her music, which she has branded in the realm of fantasy and science fiction.

She was first inspired to make music playing Guitar Hero 2 as a child.[7]

According to Tipton she started the recovery girl project as a method of self therapy for working through her trauma. She chose the name "Recovery Girl" after the My Hero Academia character of the same name because she identified with her healing powers.[7] Galen Tipton is a transgender woman and was encouraged by a trend of dissonant, pitch shifted vocals in hyperpop to express herself without vocal dysphoria under the "recovery girl" name.[6]

Tipton is part of a duo called "Digifae" together with singer/producer Diana Starshine.[3]

Sound

Her music has been described as "hyperactive and intentionally overstimulating digital orchestral soundscapes".[8] According to Pitchfork: "..largely improvised chords and melodies acting secondarily to the constant rush of squelching synthesis underneath. A hypercute take on avant-garde synth music".[9] Her music has been praised by figures like Iggy Pop and David Byrne.[10][8]

She said in an interview that she intended to make accessible experimental electronic music that didn't take itself seriously, partly in reaction to the more self serious inaccessible experimental music she was interested in at the start of her career, to invite people to stranger forms of music.[5]

Influences

She has cited SOPHIE as an influence for her sound design, textural elements, experimentation and "Her whole public coming out, and all of the songs related to her trans-ness and identity gave me so much life, as a non-binary, trans girl producer".[11] She has also cited the formlessness of early Arca music and her interest in nature aesthetics and folklore, ASMR and field recordings[5] Other influences include minimalist composer Steve Reich,[8] 100 gecs, Machine Girl, street sects, Deli Girls, Giant Claw[7]

She has cited the Japanese footwork music scene as an influence, “I don’t consider my music footwork, by any stretch, but I feel a strong creative kinship with the Japanese experimental scene that dabbles in footwork. To me, the music these artists make sounds like pure freedom and play, and that’s the space I like to create from—one of unrestricted expression and emotion.”[11][12]

Discography

As Galen Tipton

Year Title Label Ref
2016 Spell Books O1 ::: Ideonella Sakaiensis Them There Records
2017 treats 2! [13]
2018 QUEER FLESH postgeography [14]
2018 Nightbath DESKPOP
2019 fake meat Orange Milk [15][16]
2020 Ungoliant Orange Milk
2020 Goddex Orange Milk [17]
2020 carepackage
2022 Nymptones
2022 cycles
2022 phone mouth music
2023 brain scratch Self released [9][5]

As recovery girl

Year Title Label Ref
2020 recovery girl
2021 recovery girl & friends (mixtape)
2021 Nausea Pop, Vol. 1
2022 Grit Ur Teeth (mixtape)
2022 Nausea Pop, Vol. 2
2022 Nausea Pop, Vol. 3

As Digifae

Year Title Label Ref
2022 digifae [3]

References

  1. AllMusic: Galen Tipton Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More | AllMusic, accessdate: June 1, 2023
  2. Galen Tipton - orange milk records
  3. August LGBTQ music: Demi Lovato, Doechii, and Digifae: August LGBTQ music: Demi Lovato, Doechii, and Digifae, accessdate: June 3, 2023
  4. galen tipton uses her music to craft miniature universes of sound - Alternative Press
  5. MusicRadar: How improvised MPE, misused plugins and AI speech software made Galen Tipton’s mind-boggling brain scratch: "A lot of my work is made by experimenting and learning something new" | MusicRadar, accessdate: July 2, 2023
  6. galen tipton Navigates America’s Turbulent Times as recovery girl: galen tipton Navigates America’s Turbulent Times as recovery girl Archived November 1, 2022, at the Wayback Machine, accessdate: June 1, 2023
  7. Our Culture: Artist Spotlight: recovery girl - Our Culture, accessdate: June 2, 2023
  8. Wexner Center for the Arts: Otherworld Performance Lab: galen tipton | Wexner Center for the Arts Archived March 23, 2023, at the Wayback Machine, accessdate: June 1, 2023
  9. Pitchfork: Galen Tipton: brain scratch Album Review | Pitchfork Archived May 27, 2023, at the Wayback Machine, accessdate: June 1, 2023
  10. Splice: 8 transgender music producers who are making waves with their sounds in 2023 - Blog | Splice Archived March 31, 2023, at the Wayback Machine, accessdate: June 1, 2023
  11. Mixmag: Post-PC Music: How the London label inspired a new stage in the pop continuum - Scene reports - Mixmag, accessdate: June 3, 2023
  12. The Guardian: Bradford bassline and ketamine-charged punk – 50 new artists for 2020 | Music | The Guardian, accessdate: June 3, 2023
  13. Tiny Mix Tapes: galen tipton - “ਭ३౽=͟͟͞͞(((ഽʻ⁸ʻ)ഽ lurch ਭ३౽=͟͟͞͞(((ഽʻ⁸ʻ)ഽ” | LISTEN | Chocolate Grinder | Tiny Mix Tapes, accessdate: June 3, 2023
  14. Tiny Mix Tapes: GALEN TIPTON - QUEER FLESH | LISTEN | Chocolate Grinder | Tiny Mix Tapes, accessdate: June 3, 2023
  15. Galen Tipton - fake meat - Tiny Mix Tapes
  16. The Pulse » Chattanooga's Weekly Alternative: New Music From FITTED, galen tipton - The Pulse » Chattanooga's Weekly Alternative Archived December 16, 2019, at the Wayback Machine, accessdate: June 1, 2023
  17. PAPER Magazine: Galen Tipton on the Trans Deity at the Center of 'Goddexx' - PAPER Magazine, accessdate: June 3, 2023
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