Ben Pest and ARA-U unite for the next release on No Static / Automatic. Kaos Sympatik EP started life with the pair recording jams of various vintage studio kit, including an EMS VCS3, Roland VP330 and an Orgon Systems prototype known only as the “Silver Box”, which developed into full tracks over subsequent sessions.

Ben Pest has been busy releasing high grade club tracks including collabs with Radioactive Man and Kursa for Asking For Trouble and Love Love Records last year, and with solo EPs dropping on Cultivated Electronics and Posh End music. Here he links with NS/A boss ARA-U, turning out some of their headiest material to date.

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NSA012 ARA-U & Ben Pest - Kaos Sympatic

Ben Pest and ARA-U unite for the next release on No Static / Automatic. Kaos Sympatik EP started life with the pair recording jams of various vintage studio kit, including an EMS VCS3, Roland VP330 and an Orgon Systems prototype known only as the “Silver Box”, which developed into full tracks over subsequent sessions.

Ben Pest has been busy releasing high grade club tracks including collabs with Radioactive Man and Kursa for Asking For Trouble and Love Love Records last year, and with solo EPs dropping on Cultivated Electronics and Posh End music. Here he links with NS/A boss ARA-U, turning out some of their headiest material to date.

Pre-order: https://ara-u.bandcamp.com/album/kaos-sympatik-ep

ARA-U X Ben Pest - Err Hello [NSA012]

TL Premiere #1968 (2025.07.30) : ARA-U & Ben Pest - Slapback [No Static / Automatic]

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For this 127th Premiere of 2025, we have a track by ARA-U & Ben Pest titled ‘Slapback’ from their forthcoming EP "Kaos Sympatic" on the UK based Electro Record Label curated by ARA-U : No Static / Automatic.

The EP will be available from August 1, 2025 on limited edition 12" prince purple vinyl (100 copies) + digital.

▶︎ Pre-order : https://ara-u.bandcamp.com/album/kaos-sympatik-ep

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ARA-U & Ben Pest - Kaos Sympatic EP [No Static / Automatic // NSA012]

Ben Pest and ARA-U unite for the next release on No Static / Automatic. Kaos Sympatic EP started life with the pair recording jams of various vintage studio kit, including an EMS VCS3, Roland VP330 and an Orgon Systems prototype known only as the “Silver Box”, which developed into full tracks over subsequent sessions. Ben Pest has been busy releasing high grade club tracks including collabs with Radioactive Man and Kursa for Asking For Trouble and Love Love Records last year, and with solo EPs dropping on Cultivated Electronics and Posh End music. Here he links with NS/A boss ARA-U, turning out some of their headiest material to date.

The EP kicks off with ‘Err Hello’, it’s wholly discordant, lairy, and unapologetically weird. ‘‘Get A Grip’ drifts in with hallucinatory wafts of sound over a warped riff, building into a granular, distorted headfuck of a hoover-bass moment. This one will make the subs rattle on the right side of distortion. On the B Side title track ‘Kaos Sympatic’ gets stuck in with a big broken beat and guttural sub that transforms into a techno drop to drive this track home. Finishing up, ‘Slapback’ serves up a cut of high energy electro funk, coming off like classic ERP on heat.

Limited edition purple vinyl.

Tracklist :
1. Err Hello
2. Get A Grip
3. Kaos Sympatic
4. Slapback

releases August 1, 2025

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Kaos Sympatic EP

Slapback

TL PREMIERE : ARA-U & Ben Pest - Slapback [No Static / Automatic]

Ben Pest and ARA-U unite for the next release on No Static / Automatic. Kaos Sympatic EP started life with the pair recording jams of various vintage studio kit, including an EMS VCS3, Roland VP330 and an Orgon Systems prototype known only as the “Silver Box”, which developed into full tracks over subsequent sessions. Ben Pest has been busy releasing high grade club tracks including collabs with Radioactive Man and Kursa for Asking For Trouble and Love Love Records last year, and with solo EPs dropping on Cultivated Electronics and Posh End music. Here he links with NS/A boss ARA-U, turning out some of their headiest material to date.

The EP kicks off with ‘Err Hello’, it’s wholly discordant, lairy, and unapologetically weird. ‘‘Get A Grip’ drifts in with hallucinatory wafts of sound over a warped riff, building into a granular, distorted headfuck of a hoover-bass moment. This one will make the subs rattle on the right side of distortion. On the B Side title track ‘Kaos Sympatic’ gets stuck in with a big broken beat and guttural sub that transforms into a techno drop to drive this track home. Finishing up, ‘Slapback’ serves up a cut of high energy electro funk, coming off like classic ERP on heat.

Limited edition purple vinyl

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Ara-u 
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Ben Pest
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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/benpest/

PREMIERE: ARA-U & Ben Pest - Get A Grip (No Static / Automatic)

Preorder now on Juno: https://www.juno.co.uk/products/ara-u-ben-pest-kaos-sympatis-ep-vinyl/1099026-01/?utm_source=soundcloud&utm_medium=premiere&utm_campaign=soundcloud

East London's Ara-U joins forces with UK hardware hash key Ben Pest for 'Kaos Sympatik' EP, a four-track trowelling of various niche gear possibilities, be these the EMS VCS3, Roland VP330 or a one-off Orgon prototype dubbed the Silver Box. The result is a set of cogjammed, dark analogue acid and machine-fried club gear sounding out like mad scientists' cackles, wiling away and abreast gnarled electro. Pest's recent output moves from solo cuts on Cultivated Electronics and Posh End to pairings with Kursa and Radioactive Man, and has of late leaned into high-volt funk and rougher-edged drums, but here the connection with Ara-U (whose own catalogue now numbers sixteen NS/A releases) moves to twitchier, more sensitive sequencing.

More from the label: https://www.juno.co.uk/labels/No+Static%252FAutomatic/?utm_source=soundcloud&utm_medium=premiere&utm_campaign=soundcloud