Artist: @fausto_mercier / @trngs
Catalogue Number: IM091
Album: I'm Too Sentient
Release Date: June 25th, 2021
Format: Digital

Stepping in as a musical match-maker, Infinite Machine has paired up Fausto Mercier & trngs, two boundary-pushing sound designers, for a fresh EP of kinetic and visceral electronics. The pair are well suited to be partners in crime on I'm Too Sentient: both share a meticulously detailed approach to sculpting sounds as well as a keen interest in producing a sonic ‘uncanny valley’ in their output - manipulating organic sounds until their source is barely recognisable.

Fausto Mercier opens up I'm Too Sentient with Overcorp, a dramatic opener which only seems to get more frantic over time. Unfolding like an algorithmic Fibonacci spiral, Fausto’s musical ideas seem to shrink and appear within each other like fractal patterns. Towards the end of the track, the low-end drops out and is replaced by moody pad synths, an uneasy palette cleanser that glides over fidgety samples that refuse to sit still.

Next up, Bite Nails II Assert Dominance is another cerebral hit of complex, polyrhythmic laptop music. The beginning of this track seems far more ‘on-grid’ than Overcorp, but we are lulled into a false sense of security by Fausto who starts nudging samples into unexpected phrasings or squeezing new sounds into inexplicably small gaps within his drum programming. A real head-spinner of a tune!

Fausto’s final offering from the split, O O Doomscrll is potentially the most frantic moment of I'm Too Sentient. Humanoid-esque synths seem to wail through the arrangement, backed up by a punishing delivery of drum hits and manipulated organic sounds. As the title seems to suggest, O O Doomscrll could almost be considered as a soundtrack for our age of digital disorientation and social anxiety.

trngs opens up his half of the split EP with Organic Fabrication Core, a sonic headfuck if ever there was one. Jammed full of ideas and operating at break-neck speeds, trngs background in improvisational free jazz definitely comes to prominence in tracks like these.

Next up, trngs keeps the tempos fast with I'm Too Sentient For My Own Wellbeing - a track which sounds a bit like if Mark Fell had a breakcore side project. Musical stutters and iterative loops are abruptly swapped out for aggy kick drums which cut through the mix like a knife. The name of this song, again, nods to our accelerated virtual culture and the pressures that our contemporary information-overload can exert on us.

Rounding off the split, trngs’ () %%% () is a curious experiment across multiple temporalities and textures. Starting off serene and calm, the production degrades and glitches-out like an alien fungi permeating an ambient music culture.

An enthralling exploration of modern laptop musicianship, I'm Too Sentient is probably unlike anything you will hear this year. We suggest you press play and hold on tight.

Artwork by trngs

Fausto Mercier - Overcorp (IM091)

@awbluu
It is time to let go of your fear and doubts. You must learn to embrace the darkness of your soul, for it is a light beacon of hope for humanity. Your soul wants to show itself in its truest form, strength, perseverance, courage and determination of spirit. In this lifetime your soul needs to cleanse and open its feelings for katharsis.

With the double compilation “Infinite Summer: Ekstase & Fantasi”, katharsis celebrates the return of raves and concerts to society after a long period of pandemic shutdown. A magical summer has past filled with a great pallet of emotional material, ready to be expressed. Therefore, we encouraged a collection of artists we adore to channel their imagination of the greatest way to conclude an endless summer night with into a piece of music.

This resulted in a grand assemblage of harmonious manifestations, naturally splitting into two divisions with opposing focuses. In contrast to the first part of the duology “Ekstase”, which focused on euphoric and dancefloor-oriented outputs, this second part “Fantasi” has a more serene and introverted focal point. The majority of the tracks seem to be meant to stop time in deep reflection with a placid sunrise as the backdrop, exemplified by the purgative opener “salomé” by Aestum, but the listener will find occasional rhythmic outpourings like the unhurried clubby vibes on awbluu’s “Rosalyne (Voxen)” or the beautiful melodic “we will get where?” by Beham.

Infinite Summer: Fantasi

Rosalyne (Voxen)

premiere: awbluu - Rosalyne (Voxen) [Infinite Summer: Fantasi]

++ PRESENTATION ++

Club Late Music & Over My Body team up for a joint release! Welcome Apex Union, a split EP featuring Bungalovv & Lujiachi with remixes by B E N N, Dj Animebby, DJ Würm & jondu.

The release initiates the new CLM collaborative series called SPLIT - a simple format where one member from the Global URL Nation shares an EP with an artist from another label or collective, and also marks the first official collaboration of young Taiwan-based Over My Body with another label! This joint collab is pretty straightforward : two artists, two tracks each and remixes by members of both collectives. 

Over the past few years, Bungalovv and Lujiachi have affirmed and cultivated unique sonic palettes that seduced local and international scenes alike. Their encounter on Apex Union initiates a dialog, a weaving of their extended footprints where throbbing basses intertwine with piercing noises, sharp percussions and spiraling voices - resulting in four tracks that will shred, tear and enchant the firmest minds and the stiffest bodies.

The original tracks are reinterpreted by B E N N & jondu from the Over My Body roster, as well as Dj Würm and Dj Animebby from the GUN community, extracting the core essence of the originals to infuse them with raw flavors, that will perfectly soundtrack the haziest cave raves and bleakest winter nightwalks.


++ TRACKLIST ++

01. Bungalovv - In Between Car Parts
02. Lujiachi - Segmented Dream
03. Bungalovv - Xylem
04. Lujiachi - Nerve
05. Bungalovv - In Between Car Parts (Dj Würm Remix)
06. Lujiachi - Segmented Dream (Dj Animebby Remix)
07. Bungalovv - Xylem (B E N N Remix)
08. Lujiachi - Segmented Dream (jondu Remix)


++ CREDITS ++ 

Tracks produced by Bungalovv, B E N N, Dj Animebby, DJ Würm, jondu, & Lujiachi

https://soundcloud.com/bungalovv
https://soundcloud.com/bedoublensound
https://soundcloud.com/djanimebby
https://soundcloud.com/djwurm
https://soundcloud.com/jondu-17841612
https://soundcloud.com/lujiachi

Cover & visual works by GaryChig0o & XTRUX
https://www.instagram.com/garychig0o
https://www.instagram.com/xtrux_official

Mastering by Bademjan

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Bungalovv - Xylem

Severed Tail

Welcome back to another Transmission broadcasting from the HER 他 Transmission Mix Series, our mix series showcasing amazing artists from around the world. For the 176th edition, we bring you a mix from Kiirm

Fueled by Berlin's underground scene, chaos in harmony is kiirm's dominant theme. Her mixes wander a risky route from chill moods to hard crashes, from delicate vibery to extreme pleasures. If in front or behind the booth, the dancefloor is where her inspiration blossoms. All clubs are beautiful. Worlwide.

Tracklist 
Sega Bodega - Adulter8
DJ NA - Mind of My Mind
Ying Yang Twins - Get Lowered (Total Freedom Remix)
Entrañas - Esmeralda Occidental
Tzusing - Esther (Gabber Modus Operandi Remix)
jinnin - Bonbon
LicrA - c acabo
faacia - slow forward
salt_server - LINKIN PARK/1127/WOESUM - CASTLE OF GLASS [DOUBLEPAINED 117]
Ene Ese & Entrañas - Ceviche Jipijapa
Tre Oh Fie - Go Go
Alparr - GLACIERR
DJ MADEON DO ROCIL - MONTAGEM:: IMPERIUM DA PULTARIA (2018 RARA)
Chrisman - Fuccus
Oldyungmayn & Van Boom - FiFi
Tre Oh Fie - Big Steppa (Instrumental)
Osheyack & Nahash - Temperance
Bad Zu - ROYAL ENFIELD
styn x Ziggy Twiss - Schumacher BUbbling
Bastiengoat - I need bass
Teya Logos - THIS IS MY BODY!
Royo & El Blanco Niño - Eyez
JCow - ID
CYNTHESZR x Ghozt x nninety - KLIM
oldyungmayn - Bassboor
Tzusing - Shame (Slickback Remix)
Chrisman & Tshongo le Magnifique - Champion
Kilbourne - Milkshake
DJ GÄP - Antonia XM t0ni Keepsake Jungle Bootleg
ergen101 - zbeul101

https://soundcloud.com/kiirm 
https://www.instagram.com/kiirm666/
Release on Burenhinder
https://burenhinder.bandcamp.com/album/girl-giggle-ep

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HER Transmission 176: Kiirm

✷ SWINE PREMIERE ✷ >> Spirea Crt. (aka @joeleel)

In the dynamic realm of Joel Eel, a new artistic persona emerges: Spirea Crt. (pronounced spīˈrēə/kôrt), a project dedicated to venturing beyond familiar territories, driven by themes of solitude and introspection.

〈 Through Spirea Crt, crafts sonic landscapes that serve as conduits for emotional exploration. Field recordings are woven into the fabric of the track, creating a narrative that transports a visceral experience. 〉

〈 "Loving Memory" is a journey, offering an opportunity to delve into the depths of one’s own emotions and memories. For Spirea Crt. is more than just a musical endeavor; it's a personal sanctuary, a place where existential reflections find solace. 〉

♔ Written, recorded, and produced by: Spirea Crt.
♔ Mixed by: Joel Eel
♔ Mastered by: Enyang Ha at Urbiks Music
♔ Photography by: Brett Despotovich

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[Swine Premiere] Spirea Crt. - Loving Memory (Perpetual Care)

DJ COMEDOWN_vakuum RADIO

n 1997, Membrana became the first sonically appropriate record by the electronic act AUTiSM after a couple of totally obscure and amateur releases. The album was acclaimed by Tangerine Dream’s Christopher Franke via the electronic music competition sponsored by the Soros Foundation in the economically struggling ex-USSR republic of Belarus.
The record left no doubt that AUTiSM represents the biggest electronic act in a country where electronic music was the domain of a relatively small number of young visitors to cheap underground nightclubs.  

On the occasion of 25th anniversary of the album, "Membrana" returned in a form of a full re-master, available for discovery, re-discovery, and nostalgia, depending on how close you are to the history of the band.

This release not only marks an important point in the band's history but remains an enjoyable electronic masterpiece, full of analog and digital synthesis and tons of samples from a variety of sound sources. It showcases not only the masterful sample work of Vadim Militsin but also represents the vibe of the time when new digital technologies finally fell into the hands of mere mortals at computer-based home studios. 

Membrana (2022 Remaster)

Red Angels are Everywhere

Listen everywhere

from @c-a-n-v-a-s - Cipher(Compilation LP)
Format: Digital, Vinyl 
Cat.No: CANVAS004
Release Date: 22 February 2019

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C.A.N.V.A.S. announces ‘Cipher’ compilation featuring Michael Speers, Xao, object blue, Ashley Paul, Ben Vince, Ausschuss, Olan Monk, Flora Yin-Wong and Lugh.

Out 22nd February 2019

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Label and artist platform C.A.N.V.A.S. are pleased to announce compilation album ‘Cipher’, out on the 22nd February 2019.

The fourth release since their cross over from subterranean performance series to label, this LP features Michael Speers, Xao, object blue, Ashley Paul, Ben Vince, Ausschuss, Olan Monk, Flora Yin-Wong and Lugh.

Each artist has responded to specific thematic instructions to create a contextually coherent, although artistically varied collective work.

In the context of increasing digitisation and codification as a means to recreate, record, communicate and propagate events from the real world, Cipher plays with different processes by which musical material is abstracted and codified.

This project reconsiders the graphic score and other means by which music has been codified. Cipher considers the hegemony of authorship in the context of codification of music, and speculates on possible means for musical propagation, whether they uphold human authorship or neglect it.

Responding to one of three sub-themes relating to the context, the 9 artists contribute works which will be released on vinyl and digitally in 22nd February 2019.

In line with their core idea of bringing together dispersed artists, C.A.N.V.A.S. are also holding two events, in London and Berlin to showcase the release.

credits
directed by Lugh O’Neill
graphic design by Louise Borinski 
mastering by Ali Najafi

CANVAS logo design by AALTAR

press contact, Isis O’Regan > isis@worldwidefriendlysociety.com

@lu_gh @floraytw @michaelspeers @ausschuss @xao-3 @ashleypaul @objectblue @vince21music @olanmonk

www.c-a-n-v-a-s.com

Flora Yin-Wong - Murmures

Available: http://tiny.cc/NeuralUberization
with versions by @gyurbhi @dylanscheer
out May 15, 2019
Mastering @avbvrn 
Artwork/Design @shbadr sarahbadr.com