German Army (@german-army) is a duo from the San Gabriel Valley. Born between Sydney Possuelo and Paulo Freire, this project is as prolific and productive as it is shrouded in mystery.
Characterised by a certain amount of experimentation aimed at sound collage, the most industrial plunderphonics and the darkest noises, the enigmatic Californian collective has accustomed us to a certain variability of musical genres, but also, without a doubt, to an unquestionably high level of quality and a perennial dark emotional component, which reveals itself in an exquisitely overbearing way in their work.

'Then is Now' certainly doesn't spare itself in this, gently dragging us (but with no way out) into a dreamlike and post-apocalyptic scenario. The air is rarefied, the atmosphere terribly poisonous; noisy organic references blend with ruined urban components. A constant tension takes over our bodies during this muddy, murky sonic journey.

Time is the merciless executioner, the place the poor sacrificial victim.

Digital + Cassette. 
Buy: afloodedneed.bandcamp.com/album/then-is-now

German Army - Then Is Now

Newly-arrived experimental electronic music duo @un_p debuts on A Flooded Need with a monumental four-track EP that violently bursts upon us like a sonic train, mixing various elements of contemporary electronic music, with the aim of abruptly liquidating all our awareness.
From the very first moment, the sensation that pervades us is like being catapulted into an icy dilapidated environment where ancient statuesque sound masses are corroded by noisy, saturated isolationist atmospheres.
The same acoustic creatures that seem on the verge of encompassing us, are able to whisper as-yet-unknown indecipherable conventions, suggesting the acceptance of the overwhelming power of noise as a remedy to the evil of modernity and a form of relief.
Ensemble Axiom is dynamic stasis. Huge stormy sound clusters meet liquid, bilious silences.
It is shining ruin and cold restoration.
It is digital sculpture and human escapism.

1. un_p - DEM
2. un_p - ERS
3. un_p - NON
4. un_p - OST

Produced by Stefano Giampietro and Giorgio Bosso.
Mastered by Stefano Giampietro and Giorgio Bosso.
Artwork by Carmine Laurenza.
AFN009 - @a-flooded-need
A Flooded Need, 2022.

un_p - Ensemble Axiom

Tedium is modernity in the waiting phase. A longed-for moment of stasis.
A compilation of 23 tracks that shows us a rather wide spectrum including diverse manifestations of modern electronics. Boredom and neurosis that hold hands and become a chameleon-like whole.

Sometimes this combination draws its essence from obscure ambient demotivating, other times steals the body of enormous noisy and granular flows.

An emblematic sound vessel capable of containing everything from the sharpest electro-acoustic resonances to the most deformed deteriorations of hip hop imagery.

released May 27, 2022

Curated by A Flooded Need and Eks.
Artwork by NMR.
Mastered by Guido Marziale at KU Studio.
FLOOD01 - A Flooded Need, 2022.

V/A - Tedium

Out 7th May 2021.

Produced by Yogev Freilichman.
Mastered by @nocturnerror at KU Studio.
Artwork by Carmine Laurenza.
AFN006 - A Flooded Need, 2021.

Force Close

SARA

Yogev Freilichman - SARA

De Point (Freilichman Remix)

Wackelkontakt - De Point (Freilichman Remix) [AFN006]

- Hold your breath, one last time. Can you hear them? -

Eks lands on A Flooded Need with Easy Sampling - the label's first vinyl release.

The work presents itself as a perfect hybrid between the world of slowed down/chop 'n' screw music from Houston and the universe of experimental abstract/glitch music, crossing the dangerous fields of noise, improvisation and no-input theories.  The dualism between classic and experimental beatmaking are filtered together with syrup, making the narrative fluid of the tracks a set of distinguishable but cohesive emotions.

Slowing down as a religion, an imperative, a battle cry, an essential value.  Sinister hybrids of hip-hop and edgy electroacoustics make for a shadowy, borderless landscape that cannot be labelled in any way.
A peculiar and very personal tribute to the world of hip hop and black music in general, drawing on unusual and unexpected elements; a mini album of body and melancholy, nostalgically approaching bewitched and dark territories, leaving us with the possibility of being wrong once again.

releases July 20, 2021

Pre order: https://afloodedneed.bandcamp.com/album/easy-sampling

Produced by Guido Marziale at KU Studio, Naples.
Mastered By Riccardo Gamondi at Fiscerprais Studio.
Artwork by Carmine Laurenza & Coletz.
Vinyl Layout designed by Horbo & Eight.
Lathe Cuts at TapeToDisk.

Easy Sampling

Pre-Order

Eks - Easy Sampling [AFN007]

Ensemble Axiom

un_p - OST

un_p - NON

un_p - ERS

un_p - DEM

German Army - Obsolete Connections

Then Is Now

Jon From Is Not Here

German Army - Jon From Is Not Here

Bus Stop In A Restricted Area

German Army - Bus Stop In A Restricted Area

German Army - Capture A Sense Of Dissolution

Tedium is modernity in the waiting phase. A longed-for moment of stasis.
A compilation of 23 tracks that shows us a rather wide spectrum including diverse manifestations of modern electronics. Boredom and neurosis that hold hands and become a chameleon-like whole.

Sometimes this combination draws its essence from obscure ambient demotivating, other times steals the body of enormous noisy and granular flows.

An emblematic sound vessel capable of containing everything from the sharpest electro-acoustic resonances to the most deformed deteriorations of hip hop imagery.

releases May 27, 2022

Curated by A Flooded Need and Eks.
Artwork by NMR.
Mastered by Guido Marziale at KU Studio.
FLOOD01 - A Flooded Need, 2022.

Tedium

Didokabotu

Dj Die Soon - Didokabotu

Raze

LXS - Raze

Elves of Misty Valley

Talpah - Elves of Misty Valley

Condolence

GOLPESAR - Condolence

Swerve on It(feat. Sensational)

Eks - Swerve on It (feat. Sensational)

Strawberry / Smell

Nocturnerror - Strawberry / Smell

Real Estate

CECILIA - Real Estate

Love

SEC_  - Love

Superfici Assolute

Elisha Morningstar - Superfici Assolute

JUST KIAN KUSH

MIIN---AMOR - JUST KIAN KUSH

Total Allergic Reaction

Kinlaw & Franco Franco - Total Allergic Reaction

Pimp Simulator

Bidimensional Gangsta - Pimp Simulator

Serpitude

Eks & Nocturnerror - Serpitude

Amniotic Fluid

un_p - Amniotic Fluid

Monotonous Particles

c_c - Monotonous Particles

You're Not Welcome Anymore (feat. Ahmed)

Elvin Brandhi - You're Not Welcome Anymore (feat. Ahmed)

Perspective of Red Tape

German Army - Perspective of Red Tape

Concrete Wilderness

Fluitudo - Concrete Wilderness

EN03

E-Cor Ensemble - EN03

Dreamwork

Sara Persico & Xavier Lopez - Dreamwork

Pitoyable Frère

Eraclio - Pitoyable Frère

Food, sex, glory to God; in which order? Do you first eat, and then pray to thank Them? Or perhaps coupling takes the top spot for you. 

Each of these three fundamentals is about service. What is your way of serving others while you’re in this world? And will we keep doing it ever after? In heaven—if we’ll make it there—will W serve us their mass of resonating frequencies and clipping digital ornaments? 

A new release by W is here to go alongside our feasts, orgies, and other acts of devotion. Yes, it’s suited for all kinds of services. You must try it on fried fish, living bodies, or celestial ones. 

From right to left and back again from left to right; W spins the middle frequencies into a ritual that helps us to forget ourselves. For a while, heaven and earth exist on the horizon, instead of the vertical. 

The sonic horizon reminds us of the beauty of the plain from which nothing arises to compete with God. What's more, the panning offers an exercise in humility: everything is around you, but you’re not the center. 

The distorting of those sweet basslines tells you that what you’re hearing is growth and rot, crop and compost, both at the same instance. The distortion invites you to go medieval—think Ars moriendi, the art of dying. Learn from these sounds by reflecting on how they’re ready—but not willing—to leave this plane at any moment. 

The sounds that make up Maanpinna follow neither a linear understanding of time, nor a hierarchical understanding of bodies, but an instantaneous one of both. You could call it quantum music, but then why would you do so when you can call it a service? 

Of the three acts of services mentioned, sex and God demand the most trust. Can you trust these sounds? You could learn to do so by listening to them on repeat. No: forget the idea of being able to know music, forget beginnings and ends; try living with these sounds forever, always unearthing new aspects. 

Commit to the sounds, because why else would they trust you? Touch the wobbly melodies and feel them touching you like nothing has ever done before. 

Apart from the sea of sine waves, Maanpinna sometimes gives you bursts, pops, and washes of filtered white noise. They are gestures of good faith made by the music itself towards you. If you didn't trust the sounds before, perhaps now you will. 

Those bursts are not pure noise, but cut down to a serving size by W. The modified noise tells you what the dead always tell the living: ‘What I am, you will become.’ The art, in life and audio, is in learning to lose. It’s a lesson that reverberates deep in the bare soundscape of Maanpinna. 

It is music made from very few elements. And while reduction has always formed the basis for aural worship, on the hands of W, sounds are never reduced to the level of blasphemy: there's always the noise and the distortion. 

- Kaino Wennerstrand 

Produced by Eero Pulkkinen (@susiovet). 
Vocals in 'Half-Mast' by Elatu Nessa.
Mastering by Jaakko Viitalähde. 
Artwork by Carmine Laurenza. 
AFN005 - A Flooded Need, 2021.

Maanpinna

W - Half-Mast [AFN005]

Stoned daily by the sad homologation of modern life, a flooded need re-emerges from the bitter waters of our loneliness.

Record Label / Network founded in 2019.

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