Our 9th Mixtape instalment brings Sorcery -the acclaimed electronic experimental drummer- with a very specially crafted mix: Manufactured Stimulus" - the unfolding of a surreal hyper narrative though music.

Merlin Ettore (the man behind Sorcery) is a multifaceted creative: a highly skilled drummer, producer and also visual artist. With a long-established artistic career, he developed a very personal bold esthétique noir. Whilst the intense, polyrhythmic power of his live performances his compositions reveal a mastery of	both the acoustic instruments and analogue equipment that define his particular sound. Speak“There are no strict rules to how I compose beats, calculate clever subdivisions or bend time signatures, the rhythmic alchemy is dictated by feeling the impact that resonates in me. Ettore has lent his unique drumming imprint to the techno scene throughout various contributions and collaborations including Kangding Ray and Powell

Last September, under his alias Sorcery, Ettore has published his debut EP (which includes a Samuel Kerridge Remix) where he expands on his cinematic math-laden techno with a combination of bestial, off-pulse rhythms, clever metric modulation, inspired textures and punchy transients. Reinforcing the fact that Sorcery cuts a unique presence in electronic music’s experimental underground, with an unrelenting and visceral impulse to his work, defined by a life-long and far-reaching passion for the rhythmic qualities of music.


For this mix, he wanted to create a vibe of "short stories" that intertwine and morph into each other unfolding a surreal hyper narrative: In there, there is a collection of music and sounds from friends, family, influences and music that I like a lot. Mostly older stuff, some newer discoveries as well, but mostly dug into the “weird” folder. I guess it relates to my practice as I've treated the individual tracks like raw material and just jammed with them. The mixtape was so much fun to do! Hope you enjoy the listening trip!

Tracklist:
Yim Hok-Man - Poem Of A Chinese Drum
Empty set - Origin
John Zorn - Grand Guignol
Sorcery - Modular improv 16.09.2019
Krzysztof Penderecki - Polymorphia
Empty set - Order
Pierre Henry - Prologue
Gilles Gobeil - Point De Passage
Empty set - Instant
Empty set - Departure
Steve Reich - Drumming part 1
Sorcery - Modular improv 03.11.2018
Francois Bayle - Fabulae
Maria w Horn - ÅngermanländskaBilder
Merlin Ettore - Broken Doll
SØS Gunver Ryberg - Quantum Skull
Arvo Pärt - Litany
SØS Gunver Ryberg - Silver Thread
Reggi Ettore - Pipo
Justice Olsson - Up
Ivan Shopov - Kanatitsa (Merlin Ettore Remix)
Kuedo - Take Off (Remix)
Bernard Parmegiani - De Natura Sonorum
Nebulo - Alpine Meiban
Merlin Ettore - Improv 02.19.2010
Rian Treanor - Ataxia_D1
Noumeno - it was just one of many possibilities
Renick Bell - Create A Channel
Autechre - Fold4, Wrap5
Zôl - Oim
Merlin Ettore - Void Calling ([trap] version)
Maria w Horn - Fides Minus
Skype glitch 10.07.2017
Sorcery - Hyperception 01

Sorcery - Manufactured Stimulus: the unfolding of a surreal hyper narrative though music.

CLOT Magazine is an online publishing and curational platform dedicated to art and science explorations. We aim to collect, display, broadcast and promote the crossover of Art, Science and Technology.

Jose Macabra, is an artist, sound designer, producer, video director, radio DJ/podcast maker and curator. 

Jose teaches Sound Arts and Music Production at the London College of Communications, UAL and other educational establishments. His work nourishes many influences, from the industrial and noise panoramas, together with a legion of related genres such as ritual and the darker flavours of techno, blended with sound art, soundscape, art brut and experimental music.
 
Jose has worked with and for Kimatica Studio, Persona Collective, Ernesto Tomasini, Ron Athey, HR. Giger, Sally Mann, J. Milo Taylor, Nicola Serra, Christian Duka, Martin Delaney, Eraldo Bernocchi, FFIN DANCE Company, Rum Luck Theatre Company, Persona Collective, UCL, UAL, SAE Institute, HMPPS Belmarsh and Unite the Union, to name a few.
 
Jose Macabra has performed in art establishment venues, including Barbican, Tate Modern, National Gallery X, Oxford University, Tate Liverpool, BFI, The Photographer's Gallery, Waterman's Centre, The Museum of Consciousness, Camberwell College of Arts, London College of Communication and Kent University. Works involving Jose's music and sound design have toured significant festivals in London, Madrid, Barcelona, Berlin, Hamburg, Athens, Brussels, Milan, Barcelona, Lisbon, Manchester, Liverpool and other cultural centres.
 
Jose's research interests include Electronic Music, Field Recording, Noise Music, Industrial Music, Improvisation, Sound Art, Performance Art, Queer Studies, Ritual Art Practice, Collaborative Practice, Altered States of Consciousness through Sound, Horror, Darkness, Film, Surrealism, Automatic Writing and  Spatial Audio.