https://blushresponse.bandcamp.com/album/ego-death

Blush Response announces "Ego Death," a new album delving into the raw, industrial-tinged techno he's known for. Expect his signature blend of intricate sound design, distorted synths, soaring guitars, and powerful beats, pushing boundaries between human and machine. It's an intense sonic journey exploring internal transformation through his unique electronic style.

releases October 10, 2025

Written + Produced by BLUSH_RESPONSE
Additional Guitar on Ego Death: Jonas Karsten
Chorus Guitars on Break: Headless Horseman
Mixed + Mastered by Aoud
Photography + Styling by Shuto
Clothing provided by Orimono Berlin
Layout + Design by The Anix
Merch by The Anix

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EGO DEATH

Shakti is an Indian Chicago-born & Grand Rapids, MI raised DJ specializing in dark music, with an emphasis on dark industrial techno. She is the founder of the cyberpunk label— Error!!! 404.

Shakti has been a trailblazer in creating a following in the West Michigan goth scene, as well as the Detroit Techno scene, and Grand Rapids electronic music community. She is an advocate for freedom of expression, the LGBTQIA+ community, & for standing up for safety and ethics in the the dance music community. 

Her fierce love for music knows no bounds and is liberated to harmonize with all styles of music. 

Shakti’s sets are influenced by her love for darkness & goth culture. Fans have described her sets as: pure hellfire, brutal, wicked, evil, murderous, haunting, eerie, moody, inspiring, powerful, surgical, & as elegant destruction. 

Shakti hopes to inspire others to be relentless in their authenticity & expression by sharing a beautiful perspective of darkness that is so often misunderstood and feared. 

Shakti is currently a resident of Error!!! 404, Question!? Sleep, and a member of Remedy Collective. She is associated for playing for series and collaborators: Rare111, CHVRCH, Techno Snob, Detroit Deep Sessions, Science of Sound Productions, NSFW, Chaos Goth Industrial, Ancient Technology/Vinyl Fetish, Thema Records, Femtronica, General Wubz, Oddities, Wicked Techno, Control.

BLUSH RESPONSE is electronic musician JOEY BLUSH.

MEGASTRUCTURE_ label

Also a member of KONKURS, HAKAI, DRAX RESPONSE, AVM, and IMPULSE CONTROLS.

From Miami, based in Berlin.

BOOKINGS: francesco@cruelmachinebooking.com
ALL OTHER REQUESTS: blushr3sp0nse@gmail.com

Techno / Experimental / Industrial / Noise

A Birth Defect is a Techno/Experimental project. 
Their inspiration comes from the belief in freedom of sound and expression. 

“Music is an experience, it never ends”

Releases

ALIASES & COLLABORATIONS  

Infernal Archives - Infernal Archives - Eternal Affliction
Diffuse Reality Records (Spain/Germany):
https://diffusereality.bandcamp.com/album/infernal-archives-with-remixes-from-delusions-raw-ambassador-alpha-necromante

Morbid Descendant - Reckoning Genocide
Medieval Heresies (IT) V/A Nothing to Declare: 
https://medievalheresies.bandcamp.com/track/morbid-descendant-reckoning-genocide



ORIGINALS

A Birth Defect - Burning Skies
Helrad Limited
https://helradlimited.bandcamp.com/album/a-birth-defect-burning-skies

A Birth Defect - Monuments of Sins
Struktur Limited (Germany) : 
https://strukturlimited.bandcamp.com/album/monuments-of-sins-ep

A Birth Defect - State Of Panic
TRIALZ RECORDS (UK / GERMANY) 
https://trialzrecords.bandcamp.com/album/trialz02-a-birth-defect-state-of-panic

A Birth Defect - Passengers of illusion
THEABOVE Records (Netherlands / Holland): 
https://theaboverecordsnl.bandcamp.com/album/passengers-of-illusion-2

A Birth Defect - Motions of the Decade
Elements (Birmingham) UK):  
https://elements18.bandcamp.com/album/a-birth-defect-motions-of-the-decade-ep

A Birth Defect - Shallow Figures (Uk)
Taro Records: (Uk) 
https://tarorecords.bandcamp.com/track/shallow-figures

A Birth Defect - Oath Of Mana 
Raven Sigh (Canada): 
https://ravensigh.bandcamp.com/album/an-oath-of-mana

A Birth Defect - New World Alliance 
ARCHIVIO 01 (Italy): 
https://archivio01.bandcamp.com/album/a-birth-defect-new-world-alliance-ep

A Birth Defect - PDR007
Pitch Dark Records (UK/Scotland): PDR007 - 
https://pitch-dark-records.bandcamp.com/album/pdr007

A Birth Defect - lviii
Ōtomo Trax (Netherlands / Holland): [ŌD0.58] 
https://otomotrax.bandcamp.com/album/lviii



REMIXES

Fnoob Techno (UK) - The Unjust - Black Clouds Leave Death

Taro Records (UK) - Xoplysm - Ropeburn
https://tarorecords.bandcamp.com/album/tarblk004

Pitch Dark Records (Uk/Scotland) - PDR20 - Sonic X - Dance of Doom
https://pitch-dark-records.bandcamp.com/track/dance-of-doom-a-birth-defect-remix

Raven Sigh (Canada) - Metapattern - Meaningless Purpose
https://ravensigh.bandcamp.com/track/meaningless-a-birth-defect-process

Taro Records (UK) - Dietriangle - Irrational 
https://tarorecords.bandcamp.com/track/irrational-a-birth-defect-remix



COMPILATIONS

A Birth Defect & Unholy Existence - Beasts Of Burden
Heart’s Whispers - HWVA002: 
https://heartswhispers.bandcamp.com/track/a-birth-defect-ft-unholy-existence-beasts-of-burden

A Birth Defect - Put UR FUCKIN HANDS IN THE AIR.
Plexus (Aus) : Scorched Earth: 
https://plexusmelbourne.bandcamp.com/track/a-birth-defect-put-ur-fuckin-hands-in-the-air

A Birth Defect - Shout Of Secrets
STRUK-TUR (GERMANY) V/A New Era: 
https://struk-tur.bandcamp.com/track/a-birth-defect-shout-of-secrets-original-mix

A Birth Defect & Cascading Effect - Imperator Of The Dead
TRIALZ RECORDS 01 (UK / GERMANY) - V/A - Anomaly Of A Broken Structure
https://trialzrecords.bandcamp.com/track/a-birth-defect-cascading-effect-imperator-of-the-dead
https://trialzrecords.bandcamp.com/album/trialz01-anomaly-of-a-broken-structure

A Birth Defect & Unholy Existence - Running Scared
STRUK-TUR (GERMANY) V/A Black Circle V2
https://struk-tur.bandcamp.com/track/a-birth-defect-unholy-existence-running-scared-original-mix
https://struk-tur.bandcamp.com/album/black-circle-v2-v-a

The longer the better.

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