Slave To Society's latest LP for BANK NYC, Terror Corporation, follows the projects' dystopian concepts and themes and continues to build the intense sound and vision of Andrew Bowens aural scheme. Known for exploring the extremities of the hardcore sound, tempo unrelated this is about the amalgamation of industrial and experimental noise music, mixed with cinematic atmospheres, technoid rhythms, mechanical breaks and raw low frequency distortion.

releases June 24, 2022

Written Produced and Recorded by Andrew Bowen
Mastered and cut by Dietrich Schoenemann
Published by BANK Records NYC Ltd

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Terror Corporation

Slave To Society - Terror Corporation (BNK-038 snippets)

Second Other - Absence Body 1

live excerpt

Frecuencias Ancestrales is an audiovisual exploration of the sounds of the ancestral cultures of Mexico by the musician /beyond/, the filmmaker Pedro Maia and the pre-Hispanic multi-instrumentalist Óscar Carrillo, who in a joint creative process seek symbiosis and synergy between the music of ancient rituals and the repetitive rhythms adopted by various currents of avant-garde music. 

The Live AV was shot in Mexico in analog format with a super 8 camera, with scenes of ceremonies that reflect the cultural, socio-historical and folkloric factors and traces that can still be found in Mexico today.

@beyond-live

NYX RITUAL L - FRECUENCIAS ANCESTRALES LIVE

ROTTEN SUN [Mia Zabelka and Lee Adams] Live @ KLANGZEIT Festival, IKLECTIK, London, 18.11.2023.

NYX RITUAL LIII - ROTTEN SUN LIVE

BLACK ROMANCE 017 w/ TAKA NATAKA (29.01.28)

GLS Attack - Aegrotus

A submechanical remix of the 'CLOAKS' track: 'DESOLATE TURVES  part 2' Recorded in 2009.

DESOLATE TURVES 2- SUBMECHANICAL REMIX.

UNKNOWN SOURCE (IN.TENSION REMIX)

Group remains firm with its particular work philosophy, as since its beginnings it has followed a fairly strict line in terms of the clandestinity of the project and also in terms of its way of understanding music. His musical proposal is located first and foremost in very defined sound parameters, although his style expands depending on each release. Another element that must be added to their good working practice is the strong link that has always existed with Faith Disciplines, given that the label embodies all the values that define Group.

Group is a project with its own sound and a gradually expanding style, and Seedman perfectly reflects these attributes. With 160925_1145, the first cut on side A, the ritualism he has previously exhibited on other albums such as Esoteric Free Afrika, or more recently with Broken Faces, is somewhat apparent, due to the slow cadence, steady rhythm and tribal arguments. 160205_1066 is created from another perspective, however, it is not what it seems because from the first bars there is a syncopated and constant rhythmic pattern that places you in an industrial scenario, and gradually a simple two-tone melody appears that completely changes its initial musical context. 170218_1475 moves between an industrial and dark ambient concept, as it mixes gloomy atmospheres with deep breaks.

The sonic properties of 160131_0683, the cut that opens the B-side, connect with an unexplored environment, with a new, recently discovered and inhospitable scenario, since among other things we can appreciate sounds of machines, radio signals, filtered and choppy voices, combined with disturbing acoustic phenomena. 170213_1455 is a track that describes quite concisely the creative sense of Group, and for this we must take into account that it could be catalogued as a techno production, with groove and aimed at the dancefloor, however, he manages to minimise all these factors by giving it a volatile and atmospheric aspect. 170105_1398 closes the B-side of the vinyl, returning once again to the tribalism and ritualism that characterises many of Group's productions, given that on this occasion his rhythm is not diluted, it has much more presence and manages to generate a hypnotic state.   

In addition to these six tracks that make up the entire vinyl tracklist, Seedman also presents a couple of bonus tracks in digital format. And the first of them, The beast11, already arouses curiosity because its title is not due to a sequence of numbers, as is usual in this project. Musically, it once again shows Group's ability to adapt any environment to a sonic degradation very much in keeping with his style. 150407_0166, the last track on the album, is an ode to chaos, a hodgepodge of frequencies devoid of rhythm that appropriately serves as an outro. 

Release date: March 1st, 2024.

Premiere: Group - 160131_0683 [Faith Disciplines]

Tala Nikitina & Georgy Orlov-Davydovsky have lifted the veil of the mystery of prenatal life at the the recent "Amalgama" - the performance was attended by the one who prepared to appear in this world, while still in the power of uterine localization. (Also today we congratulate young parents on the birth of a child!). Sonar searchings, parts of a body being constructed from the beginning, a humming umbilical cord, guttural outpourings and synthesizers handcrafted by Papa Srapa.

edit & mastering by @ilsur_kasa
recorded & mixed by @alexeyflint

004 • Tala Nikitina & Georgy Orlov-Davydovsky • live at amalgama 2.12.23

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