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"An empathy box," he said, stammering in his excitement, "is the most personal possession you have. It's an extension of your body; it's the way you touch other humans, it's the way you stop being alone."

Empathy Box (Hypoxia  Live Performance)

»decadent yet depraved«, the debut album by belief defect, finds shelter and complicity in raster as home and label.

familiar with the underground music scene and how its skeptical nature can also be an obstacle to overcome, belief defect abandon any claim or credit in an attempt to transcend the limits authorship imposes, avoid the boundaries or expectations earned or self imposed and find the clearest, most direct path to their music for themselves and the listener.

at the core of the album is the music that inspired them, the conclusion of countless recordings listened to in their formative years that ultimately result in a life-long devotion to electronic music: from dance floor to primal anger and self-annihilating noise, to transcendental, ambient escapism and intense self-reflexive sonic layering.

the result is a soundtrack for this apocalyptic time, an uncompromising reflection on the state of mankind and its uncertain future — underscored by a sense of religious and secular demise referenced in track titles, samples, and soundscapes scattered throughout the album.

yet, more than a political statement »decadent yet depraved« is an introspective journey, turning each listener into a spiritual soul-seeker staring into the abyss, reaching for some kind of cathartic truthfulness.

sculpture, prosthetics, photography by sarah sitken.

Decadent Yet Depraved

belief defect »no future« taken from »decadent yet depraved«

Field Records welcomes Acronym for a new album, Malm, which follows various ambient laced deep techno EPs and LPs on Semantica and Northern Electronics. The 10-track beatless affair pays homage to one of his lost friends who was torn between his dualistic nature. In a state of paranoia, stress and inner conflict, even brief moments of panic can be fatal for yourself and the people around you.

This album is born from those ideas and was recorded and arranged between 2015 and 2017 in different parts of the world using various analog and digital synthesizers and effects. Informed by grief and sorrow, the album evolved through a number of different forms and finally comprises three acts; the first two showcase the artist’s take on the mental and physical circumstances during the events that took place on the 4th of January 2016 in Malmi, Helsinki, and the final act presents his viewpoint after that date.

The Swedish artist offers absorbing and meditative passages of ambience and sombre atmosphere across all pieces here. Long, tailed pads gently come and go, occasional percussive sounds get sprinkled about and bleak keys bring real tenderness. It's an escapist listen that ranges from oppressive and heavy to more subtly uplifting and is one of the most coherent and cohesive albums you could wish to hear.

Bandcamp

Acronym - What Could Have Been

“Gateway To Hyperspace EP” consists purely of original works from label head Deepbass. 
Taking a more euphonic approach the release delves into a more blissful sound with graceful seductive melodies but still with his distinctive rolling energetic touch.

INFORMA011

Deepbass - Prospect

Time has flown by and the first year of activity has passed.
We are excited to be celebrating our anniversary and ready to lunch our first compilation. 
Sixteen new tracks are ready to be released.
Sixteen new artists are sharing their feelings through the music in its pure form.
From the original techno sounds, to the ambient textures.
From the deepness symphonies to the acid and industrial new wave.
End Of Perception is pleased to present " Y " .

Bandcamp: https://endofperception.bandcamp.com/album/end-of-perception-y

FB: www.facebook.com/endofperception/

Sine Deo

SHMИ - Sine Deo (Y_01)

Parisian party Concrete is launching its own record label, Concrete Music.

Get your copy: http://www.rushhour.nl/store_detailed.php?item=68719

Preview / Abdulla Rashim - Awash River / Textures I - ii - Concrete Music

Welcome to the 97th Unmasked Discussion.
Guest: Phase Fatale.

Back in June, we had the pleasure of hosting Phase Fatale’s first All Night Long.
Returning to Electrowerkz, after his first appearance for Unmasked in 2016, the New York-born Berlin-based artist took London on a 7h journey through his extraordinary music selection.
Today, we are happy to share with you an excerpt of his amazing set, that you can find in our Unmasked Discussion series on SoundCloud.
Ease with us into an exquisite selection of experimental sounds and get lost into nocturnal soundscapes, to then experience electro and industrial voyages, proof of Phase Fatale’s unique taste and extensive music knowledge.
 
Enjoy!

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UNMASKED DISCUSSION 97 | PHASE FATALE

Worg releases La Cena Delle Ceneri EP on Spanish Circular Limited. Monument premieres the title track of the release, that will be out on April 23rd.

@worgmusic
@circularlimited

MNMT Premiere: Worg – La Cena Delle Ceneri

We proudly announced our 2nd project. Which is the V/A compilation album by 20 ingenious artists.

There are many problems that are currently being highlighted in this world.One thing is for sure is you don't get what you value by bringing others down.

Please take a breath of the new dawn and make it a part of you. 
The center of the universe is everywhere…

Mastered by Kaelan Subosc Studio 
Artwork by Norihiro Yukimasa

Release Date : July 3rd 2020 
© Paradigma Records

paradigmarecords.bandcamp.com/album/sinr…ective-001

Felix Fleer & Rythen -  Endless River

04LM - A Strange New Beauty

The future:

06/04 Under Bron, Stockholm
13/04 C2E Showroom/Gallery opening, Stockholm
18/04 Ohm, Berlin
19/04 Terraza, Medellín
20/04 Tunnel, Perreira
25/04 Radio Brus at Fotografiska, Stockholm
26/04 DOM, Sofia
27/04 PRD – Minus Eden, Skopje
10/05 Globus, Berlin
17/05 Positive Education, Paris
24/05 TBA, Japan
25/05 Paramount Open Air, Japan
31/05 Traffic, Tokyo
01/06 Vurt, Seoul

9-11/08 Parallel Festival, Port del Comte

Bookings:
booking@northernelectronics.se

The cohesive array of depth charged devices that Anthony Linell has produced is formidable. From his opening statements as Abdulla Rashim on his early label of the same name, right through to his recent work that puts his aliases aside, there is a robust and rigorous intent that compounds the elemental strategies of techno's models to apprehend his singular vision.

Presiding over Stockholm's Northern Electronics label with Varg (Jonas Rönnberg), Linell dispenses with mechanisms of attention on all fronts. Marked by an indefatigable self-reliance, the label presents exactly what it means to display, and no more. Carving an idiosyncratic platform for his music is as great of a warning as there could be that Linell's leveraging little toward the benefit of the audience. By his measure, the familiarity and comfort of contemporary techno is stripped back to its rushing heart, the senses left tailgating the strobe in a fit of intuition over decision. The greater this is exposed the colder it gets, and its in these extremes that Linell's caustic rhythmic precision hits. Live, it comes off as a galvanizing strike from the outside; analysing the room as a DJ, it's a case of being pursued through the dark.

Just as the brevity of Linell's output in the eyes of techno is exalted as it is brought into focus, the background to this blurs as you start to decipher his other projects. Lundin Oil skirts the fringes of noise and experimental music, and in collaboration with Varg as Ulwhednar, this is perhaps even more pronounced.

Purposively ricocheting between the techno world and experimental electronic music, Linell forges a distinct passage that gathers the aesthetically uncompromising motifs and missions from across this spectrum. It's this combination and resolve that's brought Linell to the world's attention, however little that attention has been solicited.

Preview / Abdulla Rashim - Awash River / Textures I - ii - Concrete Music

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