IM097 - @forces-music - Inertia
Label: Infinite Machine
Release Date: July 1st, 2022
Format: Digital
Mastered by Fausto Mercier

Infinite Machine is happy to welcome interdisciplinary artist, Forces, to the IM family with the release of Inertia, Joonas Siren’s fifth album since he began putting out music in 2018. With previous cosigns from Aphex Twin, Zuli & Daniel Ruane, Forces is known for creating sharp digital textures and ever-surprising rhythmic structures using live coding software such as SuperCollider and TidalCycles.

With a background in fine art, Forces is never one to shy away from conceptual thinking about his output and this album is no different. Engaging with the work of theorist Franco Berardi (particularly recent book ‘Futurability’), Inertia tries to soundtrack the political malaise of the last few decades and the growing sense of powerlessness and inability to avoid the many crises generated by the structures of capital.

Forces opens up proceedings with ‘Algorithmic Governance’, where doom-laden bass drones pulse and groan over erratic drum hits which play in alien time signatures, outside of the realm of full, human comprehension. The algorithmic control of the track’s title could refer to Franco Berardi’s interest in social media, a force which simplifies and monetises social communication, or it could refer to his approach to co-creation with his software of choice. With many compositions, Forces sets up rules or parameters in his code but allows elements of randomisation and evolution, inviting SuperCollider’s algorithm to become a co-author alongside him.

‘Morphogenesis’ begins life as a straight-forward, hard techno composition but things are not as simple as they may first seem. Over its 5 minute duration, the stable 4/4 beat seems to collapse in on itself, potentially nodding to the mood of our current socio-economic moment. This is followed up by the formidable ‘Swarm’, a masterclass in algorythmic synthesis that’ll slice your brain in half on first listen. A stuttering of buzz saw-styled synth tones sweep, stretch and pitch bend themselves in ways that would be almost impossible to achieve within a classic DAW.

Named after the Berardi book that inspired Forces, ‘Futurability’ takes things in a slightly softer direction. Reminiscent of early Tim Hecker releases (with an added cybernetic edge), ‘Futurability’ has a sedative yet uneasy tone to it, as if the song is reflecting the dual sense of concern that things should change in society but our helplessness to actually change them, especially in the ecological or economic arena.

A tale of two halves, ‘Soul at Work’ starts out as a blissfully serene piece of what you could describe as code-based shoegaze which is then chewed up and spat out by algorithmic distortion and disorientating glitches from the midway point onwards.

Forces ends Inertia on a more hopeful note with the David Graeber-sampling ‘Horizon of Possibility’. Unlike ‘Soul at Work’, the lush drone work is left intact on this arrangement - maybe signaling the potential existence of different structures that are more positive and robust for all.

With Inertia, Forces pushes his singular musical style even further, to more hyperbolic and emotive heights. Embracing the eccentric randomness of the SuperCollider software and working in concepts from contemporary theorists, this album is a mediation on the current moment created alongside technology that also feels hyper-relevant to today.

Inertia

Algorithmic Governance

Sonora is a multidisciplinary artist and DJ who experiments with sound, performance and fashion in their shows where they become the Hardcore and Makina Diva. Co-founder and resident of @musa.platform a party and collective that prioritises giving a platform to FLINTA artists.

"For this mix I focused on hard kicks combined with strident screeches from makina and hard trance with a touch of gabber. As usual my sets are heavily inspired by the 90s sounds. Mákina comes from Valencia - just like me - and it's the genre that made me fall in love with DJing.
I proclaim myself a Hardcore and Mákina Diva because these styles of music are mainly dominated by straight cis men, and who better than a trans femme enby to become the diva that will bring this music to safer spaces? 💋" - @callmesonora

LBMX 053 - SONORA

Yenk - Voi x wanna do is freak you - bastiengoat

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GRACIAS LOLI #9 YO VOY DONDE QUIERA @evil666nena

KRABS | GLÜCK #2

For this set dani shifted through hardcore breaks, poppy (psy)trance remixes, gabber and hyperpop amongst many other things, the main goal being to keep the audience on their toes and dancing their asses off to unexpected bangers and alterations of known (club) classics.

DAN1DANG3R For RIPOSTE

T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP-T-POP

CİCEXCOCUX - WWWORKERS

a cleansing rave, hosted by jas lin, hearthealer, & jobel medina on summer solstice 06.21.23 in los angeles
story by hearthealer, voiced by nicollò walsh

TRACKLIST

ACT I. INTO THE PORTAL OF YOUR CUPPED HANDS [0:00:00]
still with me (original drift mix) - chicane
enfant terrible (posh isolation) - lyra valenza
ferox maw - lacertractus (amniote x ute)
burned with desire (LTN sunrise remix) - armin van buuren feat. justine suissa
when i see you - yawning portal

ACT II. YOUR FUTURE IS UNKNOWN [0:21:30]
ciel - aamourocean
the eye of ra - kryder
circa taipei - tzusing
hunter - HDMIRROR
beyond good & evil - moa pillar / ПИР
new horizon - scorz feat. lauren l’aimant
the dark crystal age of resistance, OST main theme - daniel pemberton 

ACT III. TEARS JOIN THE RIVERWATER [0:44:20]
chase - escha & ytem
prudence - pablo altar
take me to the sun - ELSZ
please remember to breathe - himera
unfull - pablo altar
fade away - hannah diamond
still with me (disco citizens mix) - chicane

ACT IV. A HIDDEN BLADE [1:10:25]
heal garden - pat_16120
heaven - dark0
you are a very radiant star - 500 & anima
concrete angel (original mix) - gareth emery feat. christina novelli
evoke (extended mix)- simon patterson & magnus

ACT V. BUT YOU DO NOT TURN BACK [1:27:25]
sink - 7038634357
fylgija ear - heilung

ACT VI. GRASP THE HILT [1:40:00]
you are safe you are loved, to the stars and back - himera
hide and seek - yaka edit, imogen heap

Riverbed (storytelling mix) | More Of A Feeling Than A Dance [062123]

SUPERNOVA (set)

@transmisia666

TRANSmisia is a genre-fluid artist active in the Bratislava music scene, who doesn’t shy away from festival stages or large crowds. She is known for pushing musical boundaries and seamlessly blending genres like hyperpop, cringecore, and hardcore. She is also an advocate for inclusion and diversity, proudly representing trans femininity in her work.

For her mix, she’s prepared a taste of her signature hyper-pop and hardcore combination, which serves as a staple for most of her live sets. By employing hard-hitting beats alongside well-recognised and trendy melodies, TRANSmisia cultivates a unique appeal to her sets. She keeps her dance floor attendees busy with energising beats while fostering an element of surprise hidden in the more melodic parts of her setlist. She uses these melodic intrusions to fill the interludes between drops, breaking apart the well-known, relentless flow of hardcore tracks and serving as a breath of fresh air in the hardcore-oriented Slovakian scene.

eerie w/ TRANSmisia

PITCHY PEACHY 131023 @ TOWARZYSKA

Un mix a lo que nunca fue </3

Tracklist:
The Radio Dept. – Keen on boys
Europa – Hero
Petfood – Date Cuenta
Chill Mafia Records – Ay K Emocion (Syntrovert Bootleg)
Briaian x Imaabs – Doscomattres
Amor Satyr – Toco Aquela
DJ TRISTE – Hola Demonio lml
Brenda – BRND Fight!
Dj pombero – I like everything about you
Lyo XS – Hoy quiero verte
estoc - SHIK SHAK SHOK DELIGHT (ONLEASH x HASSAN ABOU EL SEOUD)
s1m0nc3ll0 - ♜†Castle Jam†♜
anyoneID – Rythmo
JOÃO LAGRIMA DE OURO - SUAVEMENTE (JOAO LAGRIMA DE OURO REMIX)
Aleroj & Didacta -  El Rismo (guaracho)
Dj G2G - PARTY HARD (feat. ZUTZUT)
Abssys - lágrimas de gatorade
DJ GHEPARD – Wings
Abssys - fuente d los sueños
2AT - STR3SS ✿◉●•◦
A_K Trancecore - N0th1ng C0mp4r3s 2 U

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