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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

Trngs - () %%% ()

Let the burnt letters,
Be written on the walls.
You seek in the mist,
The wretched and scattered parts of you,
But have you ever tried to start all over again?

migu - Academy XI: Re-Edition

(UNSLRMX002)

Original music by @miguzo

Remixes by @triste-temps, @similigum, @rogergoon, @pourprev_v, @nbbeats, @arthrn

Artwork by @wormworld

Academy XI: Re-Edition

migu - Resonance (Tristan Remix)

https://soundcloud.com/v1984

https://www.instagram.com/v1984_/
https://v1984.bandcamp.com/
https://glacialindustries.bandcamp.com/album/becoming-n-one

QUE - OG BOBBY JOHNSON (v1984 TERMINATOR STALKS DARK DAYS RMX)

Chaos Butterfly

Fight or Flight

peformed live at spectres 06.08.22

https://spectres.ch/

https://www.instagram.com/p/CgrcZ4zILvx/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

dimension181000 (live)

Written and produced by ShadinDST. 

All of the emotions, all at once; a targeted foray into electronic bliss. 100% of all revenue from this release will be donated to Médecins Sans Frontières.

Artwork by Megan Tusting & Abi Beckram. 
[@megtusting.designs]+[@abibeckramdesigns] 

Mastering by Ax Emblem. 
[@cell.vl]

OPERATION_ACTION

ShadinDST - Divinity


https://aulicveil.bandcamp.com/track/hussar


HUSSAR

written and produced by @28082 and John Object
buy/stream: https://johnobject.bandcamp.com/album/plead

If there was something else that felt like this, it would be bought and sold as we breathe.

My Life, The Remix

This is not me. I am not a soldier in the Ukrainian Armed Forces, wearing my father's wartime uniform, on a laptop in a basement somewhere. I am an experimental producer.
but for some reason Russians want me dead, therefore
This is not me. I did not produce these wonders of soundwave, I did not mix the remix and master the masterpiece. I am a soldier in the Ukrainian Armed Forces, wearing my father's uniform.

But a heart is a heart and there are eleven hearts here and they are S280F and Grischa Lichtenberger and Angelo Harmsworth and Galen Tipton and sv1 and trngs and Sara Persico and Hwoaranng and Ludwig Wandinger and Ross Alexander and John Object. I am a file on their drives and they are the song in my heart.

The idea for a John Object compilation would seem obvious to some, as I really do know some of the greatest Ableton Live users to ever stumble upon this plane. I never had the heart to ask!

Ludwig Wandinger and Ross Alexander are two of my friends from Berlin, and they are, to date, the only people that made it their business to bring me to play in that blessed city. I played at 8MM Bar both times (that place is fucking sweet) at Salon Oblique events. Now, at this war, in what I can only describe as a gesture of love and tender caring, they called upon the geniuses of today to work on my work and provided me with an album where there could not be one. This is a remix compilation that I found out about only when it was already release-ready.

I really only could take one night off, walked to the nearest village, and my dear friend Andrii, a soldier himself, brought me my camera, and I titled the compilation in blood. Then for a month I worked on a .pdf booklet for the digital edition, that, really, tells the whole story.

I think this is probably the wildest, most advanced music ever to be released by a soldier in active service.

I can't adequately express the crushing magnitude of tenderness, love and gratitude that I feel towards every person involved.

Thank you S280F: s280f.bandcamp.com
thank you Grischa: grischa-lichtenberger.com
thank you Angelo: angeloharmsworth.bandcamp.com
thank you Galen: o0o0o0o0.bandcamp.com
thank you sv1: sv-1.bandcamp.com
thank you trngs: trngs.bandcamp.com
thank you Sara: sarapersico.com
thank you Hwoarang: fantasyfictionrecords.bandcamp.com/album/won-for-the-heart
thank you Ludwig: www.ludwigwandinger.com
thank you Ross: rossalexanderpayne.com
thank you Andrii for being the best friend in peace and in war.

This all happened only because Ross brought me to Berlin for Salon Oblique at 8MM Bar www.salonoblique.net, and then Ludwig brought me to Berlin to record with him and play at Salon Oblique again, and then because they cared about me, and because my friend Andrii brought me the camera and helped me find the right way to call this.

So much never happened, and so much never will, because of Russians and their deep-seated hatred of me, of everyone I love, and everyone Ukrainian. I am still at war and I am still under threat of violent death every day. Many people I knew and served with have already been murdered by Russians. I am just lucky.

Coming soon:
Limited edition engraved USB carabiner drive with Plead, .pdf booklet, and a recording of a John Object live set at Salon Oblique on October 18th, 2021, when the war seemed so very, very unlikely, and this existence was not imaginable at all. Ships starting November 1st.

And, lastly, alightineverydarkness.com

Kiss (S280F Remix)

Welcome to renewed Research Facility!

In the first chapter of this compilation we will introduce you to musicians and producers whose sound we characterize as “ozone layer restoration technologies” - uncompromising textural landscapes, brought to crystallization in sterile conditions. Weightless motives, supported by avalanches of broken drums and high clicks of percussion - this is the Air-Cleanse Unit.

Featuring Yoko Xama, Teko Inon, DIGITONICA, Michelle, RareFlora and SIQMENT.HIDDEN.

Streaming links: linktr.ee/researchcore

22.12.2023 #RESEARCHCORE #AIRCLEANSEUNIT

DIGITONICA - mark as read

Written and Produced by Dreamtranced.
©2024 Rock Art Records. All Rights Reserved.

Into The Wilderness

Sixth track off 'Immolated'

Artwork by Kyselina

Mastering by Jeremy Cox

Free DL

Sanctuary

@tomasurquieta
@m-e-s-h
@ziurziurziur
@ausschuss

FADER Video Premiere: http://www.thefader.com/2016/09/30/tomas-urquieta-la-muerte-de-todo-lo-nuevo-music-video?utm_source=f

On the tail of his 2015 oeuvre “Manuscript”, which we deemed “a far less jubilant outlook on the club experience than most of his peers’” and “music for packed dungeons and inhabited ruins”, Tomás deepens his dialectic for his 2016 outing, “La Muerte De Todo Lo Nuevo”.

In stark contrast with language of its title, it’s a far less Latin-inflected body of work than “Manuscript”. And in complete agreement with the concept of its title, it does indeed sound like “The Death Of All That Is New” – seemingly oxidizing the stainless steel of of-the-now club music in real time; seemingly demolishing its marble structures in slow motion.

The title track cheekily interpolates a haunting, bespoke variation on the “Alla Luce Del Giorno”/”Chase The Sun” melody atop plummeting percussive concretism, only to gradually unravel into beautiful plucked ostinato with cello accompaniment.

“Anatomía” exists at the odd, but serendipitous point of convergence between a hard, driving, clattering techno track, a sparse Hysterics-esque tool, and a Noah “40” Shebib beat.

“Distopía” begins as something you might hear in a Slipknot skit or hidden track, incrementally adds sparse, fleeting, fragile grime elements, and unceremoniously erupts into a furious volley of snares just as the background harmony reaches its most vulnerable and wistful. Asymmetry and counter-intuitive structure pervade the track – at first unnerving, this progressively subverts expectation and leaves the listener a blank slate, just in time for the finale’s barrage, leading to a touchingly human and intimate moment.

Lastly, “Incierto” is just that – uncertain; meandering as an artform; confusion executed with utmost precision.

On the remix tip, peers M.E.S.H., Ziúr and Ausschuss provide ersatz “alternate takes” to “Anatomía”, “Distopía” and, respectively, “Anatomía” yet again, conveying the synchronicity that suffuses and defines their loose collective.

Release Date: September 30th

La Muerte De Todo Lo Nuevo

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Tomás Urquieta  - Anatomía (Ausschuss Remix)

'everywhereigoicarryaknife'
from 'KNIFE SPLITS ICE', 2017
by Swan Meat & Yoshitaka Hikawa

Read the interview:  http://www.ofluxo.net/knife-spits-ice-frederick-bristow-interviews-swan-meat-and-yoshitaka-hikawa/

Available as limited edition clear cassette or digital album 
on Apothecary Compositions: https://apothecarycompositions.bandcamp.com/album/knife-splits-ice

Cover Photo: Monia Ben Hamouda http://moniabenhamouda.tumblr.com/

SWAN MEAT & YOSHITAKA HIKAWA - Everywhereigoicarryaknife

V Part2

Artwork by Kyselina

Mastering by Jeremy Cox

Released on Blueberry Records, May 4th 2018

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Taken from SBKT023: Scintii – Aerial / Paperbags
Release date: November 30th 2018

@scintii

Mixed and mastered by Alexis Chan
“Terminals” produced by Soda Plains
“Aerial / Paperbags“ produced by Scintii & Soda Plains

Cover photos by Shuwei Liu
Styled by Dre Romero
Make up & Hair by Regia Lu
Assistant: Jaya
Special thanks: Shushu/Tong

“Aerial / Paperbags” is the second EP from Scintii, aka Taiwanese producer/vocalist Stella Chung. The music is inspired by travels, dreams, stories and films of unsaid emotions. The production merges her influences of club music, memories of her father playing classical music while driving, as well as focusing on exploring her vocal abilities. The release also marks her first time working closely with another producer, Alexis Chan aka Soda Plains.

Tracklist:

1. Prologue
2. Deux
3. Terminals
4. Aerial / Paperbags

Scintii

Taiwanese producer/vocalist Scintii (aka Stella Chung), bears a diverse background in both studio composition and pop music which she studied whilst residing in London for several years.

Since her move to Shanghai in 2017, Scintii has become a core member of the thriving club scene in the city. She has played for i-D, Diskotopia on RBMA Radio Tokyo, NTS & Radar Radio. She recently played a number of London shows, including events at Southbank Centre, and headlining at Corsica Studios.

Mica, her first release, is inspired by the form and body of minerals, pensively underpinning dark, elusive, cut-up pop vocals with crystalline synths and rhythms from UK grime to the dembow for an enrapturing and refreshing sound. Her second EP Aerial / Paperbags is due late November this year, along with a few vocal collaborations with high profile artists.

Aerial / Paperbags

Scintii - Deux

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