Recorded live at Soapbox Music - Humboldt Park, Chicago
April 16-17, 2021

Art by DJ PW
Mastered by Shy

Purelink - Head On A Swivel

cor2pel - hyper careful sweet

Timesaver is Xen Model’s third full length album and second release on the Causal Chain imprint. The 9-track LP stays true to the duo’s eccentric sound while delving into the introspective side of their productions. Club-focused head nodders “Pin Cycle”, “Face Forward”, and “Controller” accompany key tracks like “Arm’s Edge Reach” and “Grip Dial”, which channel the duo’s affinity for ambient music. “A Bright Star” spotlights a catchy guitar hook and features close collaborator 11ai. Xen Model’s signature play on halftime structure is engaged in bass-heavy cuts “Ripstream” and “Local Group”. The album comes to a close with a radio edit of their previously released track “Lurch”, which clusters the duo’s myriad styles and influences in an encapsulating statement of the Xen Model sound.

All tracks produced by Xen Model (@xenmodel).
Mixing and mastering by Xen Model.
Released by Causal Chain.
Album art by John Bonetti.

Timesaver

Grip Dial

Xen Model - Grip Dial

Ripstream

Xen Model - Ripstream

Timesaver is Xen Model’s third full length album and second release on the Causal Chain imprint. The 9-track LP stays true to the duo’s eccentric sound while delving into the introspective side of their productions. Club-focused head nodders “Pin Cycle”, “Face Forward”, and “Controller” accompany key tracks like “Arm’s Edge Reach” and “Grip Dial”, which channel the duo’s affinity for ambient music. “A Bright Star” spotlights a catchy guitar hook and features close collaborator 11ai. Xen Model’s signature play on halftime structure is engaged in bass-heavy cuts “Ripstream” and “Local Group”. The album comes to a close with a radio edit of their previously released track “Lurch”, which clusters the duo’s myriad styles and influences in an encapsulating statement of the Xen Model sound.

Track produced by Xen Model (@xenmodel) & 11ai (@il-ai).
Mixing and mastering by Xen Model.
Released by Causal Chain.
Album art by John Bonetti.

A Bright Star (ft. 11ai)

Xen Model - A Bright Star (ft. 11ai)

Face Forward

Xen Model - Face Forward

Pin Cycle

Xen Model - Pin Cycle

Ex Wiish is a fleeting dream. The new musical project of Ben Shirken, a sound artist and composer based in New York City.

Shirken is the founder of record label & performance series 29 Speedway which features improvisational electronic music, 4-point guerrilla sound installations, live multimedia performances and has hosted Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe, Poncili Creación, Debit, Pent, James K and various other New York-based artists. Shirken also produces for and plays modular synths in acclaimed free jazz group ‘Nu Jazz’ with Dan Orlowski of electronic hardcore staple Deli Girls.

Their debut record, “Shards of Axel'', is out on Incienso June 23, 2023. Born from a story-based video game composition; the listener finds themselves as the disoriented main player respawned into a harrowing, metallic landscape, wandering through cable ridden labyrinths, caught in progress traps as digital noises grind past submerged cityscapes.

'Today, My Friend' is taken from Ex Wiish's 'Shards of Axel' LP
PRE-ORDER: Vinyl 2x12"/Digital:
inciensorecs.bandcamp.com/album/shards-of-axel
Music Video by Laser Days: 
https://youtu.be/U9TMVKshRLU

All songs written and produced by Ben Shirken 
Mastered by Rashad Becker @ Clunk 
Artwork by Grace Requejo 
Additional layout/design by Josh Abramovici 
Distributed by WordandSound

Out June 23rd, 2023
INC-025

Ex Wiish
@beshkenmusic
www.instagram.com/beshkenxo

Incienso
www.inciensorecs.bandcamp.com
www.instagram.com/inciensorecs
www.incienso.nyc

Ex Wiish - Today, My Friend (feat. Gabrielle Ledet & Dorothy Carlos) [INC-025]

Erwan Sene - Tilt
Label: PAN
Cat.No.: PAN 131S
Release Date: 17 March 2023
Purchase: pan.lnk.to/Tilt

Erwan Sene shares 'Tilt', the first single from the upcoming full-length album 'JUnQ' out via PAN on April 14th.

JUnQ, or the Journal of Unsolved Questions, is modeled on a parallel exercise: to sketch music and to score sculptures. Part exhibition, part book and part album release, JUnQ seeks to propose a collaborative language that binds the algorithmic needs of an artificial pop star to the performance of the artist himself. Boundaries between reality and artifice are blurred in a continuous chain of confrontation and sublimation, wherein a romance between analog evolution and digital experimentation is born.

Mixed by James Ginzburg
Mastered by Rashad Becker

Erwan Sene - Tilt (PAN 131S)

Cloak-and-dagger outfit @hedohydr8 opt for caustic texture and widescreen sound design.

The follow-up to 2022’s ‘IDENTITY SAMPLER’ EP, a second instalment in the series finds the Danish duo attempting to reconcile their various sonic interests. Expect furious squashed breaks and hyper-emotional experimentalism, complete with a remix from Miss Jay.

Evoking dystopia, our premiere emerges a poignant exercise in avant-garde hauntology.

'IDENTITY SAMPLER' II is out April 21st.

Pre-order: hedohydr8.bandcamp.com/album/identity-sampler-ii

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Premiere: HEDO HYDR8 - Adult Sorrow

Observation

⌗ Xen Model - Timesaver [CC-007]
https://causalchain.bandcamp.com/album/timesaver

⌗ laced - oko [CC-006]
https://causalchain.bandcamp.com/album/oko

⌗ Xen Model - Quark [CC-005] 
https://causalchain.bandcamp.com/album/quark

⌗ dybbuk - Unruhe [CC-004]
https://causalchain.bandcamp.com/album/unruhe

⌗ VA002 [CC-003]
causalchain.bandcamp.com/album/va-cc003

⌗ Xozgk - skllpt [CC-002]
causalchain.bandcamp.com/album/skllpt-cc002

⌗ VA001 [CC-001]
causalchain.bandcamp.com/album/cc001-va

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☍ @lacedetail

designs by
☍ @bruno-lauzon-tanzi

music by 
☍ @disk-wraith
☍ @xozgk
☍ @xenmodel

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