Debut super EP from Archipelago Soundsystem on finestylewest releasing/released 22 December 22.

https://finestylewest.bandcamp.com/album/archipelago-soundsystem-speed-goth-dubz-10

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTfFezmcIys

speed goth dub'z 1.0 [finestylewest 2022]

snes/ps/ps2 survival horror soundtrack vibes over pulverising rhythms
, or thereabouts

survival horror bass

shoegaze jungle

There was never supposed to be another Archipelago release (what with the name/style change to Archipelago Soundsystem, which in turn became arcx.soux), and yet here we are.

These four tracks were recorded after the two-year long writing cycle of 2023 following the Soundsystem Speed goth dub'z 1.0 super EP but prior to or alongside its annex (J).

The idea was that, having spent so much mental currency on two records which I finally actually liked (but no-one else did?), I wanted to go back to roots to regain a bit of perspective on what to do next. This meant slowing the BPMs down to the 110/120 range, getting back into the psychology/geography mindset which was there every step of the way with Archipelago and focussing on basic little hardware tracks which quietly bounced along, like they did on MMXVI. 

Archipelago (MX) - Psychogeography EP

2024 release on Selva Sounds, out of Amagasaki. Focus on sampling obscure 90s US alternative/shoegaze/post-hardcore/noise band guitar atmospherics on top of UK rhythms from the same time period.

inside my head arcx.soux, shoegaze jungle and survival horror bass all start here, before honing in and trying to develop each respectively as separate entities. Artwork by Takeda Nishiki / ICHIRR.

Annex J to Speed goth dub'z vol. 1 [«KOIWAZURAI» designation] [SELVA SOUNDS]

Done a garage mix, features tracks from myself, Al Wootton, Interplanetary Criminal, Anz, Ceephax, Big Ang and DBX and the sort. Starts out a bit 2steppy then goes full on speedy soon enough.

Forgot about アンドレ garage mix

True electronics single

True electronics

I,
have no right to act as though I've
found what my whole life I have searched for,
have no idea how you came to be so important to me in the past I must have done something good.

(Nothing comes from nothing, if it could)

It's too late for a change of heart,
much less a change of mind or otherwise,
standing by your side I've lied, played for time just so I could stand there a second or two more.

(A minute or two more)

Before beauty I could be so cold
When I'd like to remain here with you
I would do as I'm told
Till there's nothing left of love but the burnt sugar on our lips

Before beauty lying by your side
Neither the million stars in the sky
Or all the islands in the sea
Were ever as forsaken as we'd been left feeling

All
the pressure's much too much to uphold,
the roles culture's thrust upon me,
complexities all contrary to what I believe, I just want to be an instrument of your peace.

(Help me understand, not be understood)

So let's stop and rewrite this story
Forgo another meek «I'm sorry»
Set things right before these knives get sharpened, take lives when our target was I never wanted to fight
I don't ever want us to fight
Always looking foward to a shining tomorrow
I don't ever want us to fight

Before beauty I could be so cold
When I'd like to remain here with you
I would do as I'm told
Till there's nothing left of love but the burnt sugar on our lips

Before beauty lying by your side
Neither the million stars in the sky
Or all the islands in the sea
Were ever as forsaken as we'd been left feeling

Rettousyugi

Before beauty

Stones Taro: "We're doing a free comp for this year's Hina matsuri, have you got any B'more or electro tracks lying around?"
Me: "Why would I have any B'more or electro tracks lying around when I mainly do garage?"
***Listens to a B'more mix, gets hooked, then 48 hours later***
Me: "Yeah I've done a track will this do?"
Stones Taro: "This will do"

Hina Fes. Breaks Gems

On a free here

Étude In Fuck major

Nyabo'z organ'z (Trey Frey extended remix)

Nyabo'z organ'z (Trey Frey original edit)

Nyabo'z organ'z (Gary Esson remix)

Wikkid man riddim (4x4 version)

Minotaur riddim

Charnel house riddim

Nyabo'z organ'z

finestylewest label showcase was 11 Feb 2023 in Osaka and there was a 30-minute gap for a warm-up DJ at the start... 0g, the venue we used, also has a massive, ear-splittingly loud soundsystem as their regular clientèle are drone/ambient/noise acts.

So wanted to play a bunch of rare and underappreciated band stuff from the 90s at the start when no-one would be around just to hear it on a huge soundsystem and to get all of the performance anxiety out before we hit the garage later on.

Archipelago Skate Park 2, live from finestylewesteca 11/02/2023 Osaka

Appearance on the SYDNEY CHIPTUNE MINISTRIES - chipbreak alliance compilation. Outtake from Annex J to Speed goth dub'z 1.0.

On a free on BC

the gold sky [For SYDNEY CHIPTUNE MINISTRIES charity comp]

Special request only

dj kyoya feat. urien and homuranagi - sightjacker riddim [165]

Art is «Tête dans l'air» by Boris Nzebo

shoegazer riddim [170]

Reworked version of this: https://archipelagomx.bandcamp.com/album/rettousyugi

Notes: Swap out snare for something punchier?

you're not alone '24*** [161.14]

Para apuntar:
- Quitar el sample de Umeda acid y hacer que la mezcla se enfoque más en los glitches del Boss
- Vaya faltazo de bajas frecuencias

speed goth gateway drug for 90s west coast hardcore kids*** [174.5]

hard normal abstract daddy - silent hell [143.98]

Revision notes:
- v1 arrangement is fine
- Drop volume on intro low end
- Should slam harder after first break
- Get more heat out of master

sironuri*** [160]

no skateboarding etc sign photo taken in sannomiya in kobe

moonlight hits [180]

caharls - reticulation/release [140.96]***

started off as a two-tone-does-early-80s-goth sort of thing (https://soundcloud.com/archipelagosoundsystem/camera-obscura-robert-smith-demo) but after tracking and during the mix it took off in a trancier, footworky/tribal (i guess?) direction

Free on Bandcamp

camera obscura - robert smith (final) [151.02]

shibito dj - haze of endlessly repeating nightmarish obsession [133]

hey anyone remember nc4k, wonder what they're doing these days
https://nocollar4kicks.bandcamp.com/album/nc4ky002-universal-basic-income-dubz

dj jumpscare - no fear riddim [129.07]

Free on BC

Antón Martín

Sukebesukebo

Nazca lines

Stoned ocean

Bandcamp

Archipelago Soundsystem - Moon child I (Tus ojos son lunas gemelas...)

Archipelago Soundsystem - Tropical depression (type II W.I.L.D.E.R. designation)

Archipelago Soundsystem - Selva steady rollin

Archipelago Soundsystem - Adolescent regression hypnosis

Archipelago Soundsystem - Mercy dreams

Archipelago Soundsystem - Nanba / Mesías

Archipelago Soundsystem - II dark park

Archipelago Soundsystem - Human rhythm translation

y2k shittraxxx
shitty distorted ROCK guitars? yes
'electronica'*? yes
beeg borks? yes
'female vocals'**? yes

*whatever that means/meant
**wasn't aware the physical vocalisation process possessed a sex but the more you know, apparently

original was more of an electroclash ting: https://soundcloud.com/archipelagosoundsystem/princess-heart-feel-joy-150

princess heart - feel joy (alessa remix by dj jumpscare) [153]

little sample from silent hillcore fake compilation album i'm working on. about half of it is similar to this, 144 non-4x4 technoid rolling rhythm broken beat sort of post-dubstep stuff. this one's a nervous, jittery technoid 2step sort of thing (can never make proper 2step or dubstep, it always warps into something different).

and just a reminder but all released tracks are pay what you want on https://arcxsoux.bandcamp.com/ and contributions are always greatly appreciated.

mc lying figure - shaking all over [144]

There's going to be a jungle track on the next Archipelago album and I wanted to try out some production techniques.

Sterling Void/Pet Shop Boys - It's alright (Archipelago dolphin breakcore)

Soichi Terada 寺田創一/ Shimada Nami 島田奈美 - Sun shower サン・シャウワー (Archipelago 2017 update)

People talk behind my back, I don't care what they think
Spread all sort of rumours, like I've six toes on my feet
Well it ent me who's mouth is runnin, no wild look in my eye
Detachment is a fashion and it's never out of style

People call me «rebel» but they're missin the big picture
Life isn't all tribalism, weekend sportball fixtures
I am not someone who's state of being is contingent
Upon another person, it's the morning sun bears witness

But if I move my hands like this, like this
If I move em back and forth like this, like this
If I move em up and down like this, like this
If I move em side to side like this, like this
But if I move my hands like this, like this
I'll relieve a bit of tension, won't need to make decisions now

Everyone hates the system but it's called democracy
If you don't vote then don't complain, responsibility please
Cos if you don't things get hijacked
Things get held for ransom
The pendulum swings the other way
But how far, I wouldn't chance it

But if I move my hands like this, like this
If I move em back and forth like this, like this
If I move em up and down like this, like this
If I move em side to side like this, like this
But if I move my hands like this, like this
I'll relieve a bit of tension, won't need to make decisions now

I don't like to argue cos even if I win
It won't change your way of life, it's more fuel for the engine
I will do my best, so you do your best too
Due diligence in everything, somehow we'll make it through

Somehow we'll make it through

Resist mara (mixed)

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https://archipelagomx.bandcamp.com/album/mmxvi

Archipelago - Deeper into the love

Speed garageとかBasslineの作曲訓練。
オリジナルはこっちへ：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXGF37ZOAEE

Practising making speed garage/b-line tracks.
Original here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXGF37ZOAEE

Lineup/ライナップ：
EMU MP7 + Yamaha DX200 + Yamaha SU200

Pasocom Ongaku Club パソコン音楽クラブ - Reiji no machi (Archipelago Soundsystem remix)

Taken from TREKKIE TRAX:branch Vol. 2. https://bandcamp.trekkie-trax.com/album/trekkie-trax-branch-vol-2

TREKKIE TRAX:branch Vol. 2

Free DL via Bandcamp

Jungle justice [TREKKIE TRAX:branch Vol. 2]

anticlub///made up(?) genres like speed goth, survival horror bass, shoegaze jungle; aka 女王道家 (jo'odokê)

no socials, contact is dm on here or andore.rettousyugi on gmail

arcx.soux

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