dranaismycommander

2025: Of Dreaming Too Intensely

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Concrete Fantasies - An Effigy Of Tears

Unfinished sketch from EP written in psych ward. Mix of noise, electronica and doom.

-no vocals or other instrumentation done, due to ward
-not finished, all samples/synth pre-labeled on computer before going in + field recordings of hospital (thanks to Alex for the recording on mindfulness)
- done slowly, not allowed to keep laptop cables in ward
-EP is one seamless opera, just a selection of it
-motif of music box synth recurs through release

was very hard to get that far to do stuff. brain = go

Just putting it out there for som reassurance, that I am still alive etc and if you think I deserve any for this.

Body Scan *sketch*

[sitting|||at_the(-)end-of th3\\world]]

[Music Video]]: https://youtu.be/a8aSRKpYjGg

Verse:
Jaw is losing strength
Jaw is hurting me

Body
Body
Shutting Down
Body
Body
Breaking
Down
[repeated]]

Vocaloid sings: “So let go”
Demigod: But I can’t, I don’t want to die

Breakdown:
Body
Body
Breaking
Down
[repeated]]

My intestines want to show me the bright stars

Verse2: 
Eyesight losing grace
Hair is turning grey
Legs cannot hold my weight
Bones will shatter in their place
I will walk with my hands
Crawling back to origins
The water where life began
Time to be reborn again

Flesh Deletion

derail

seperation anxiety (old version)

Kamixlo - DEATHWORK
Label: PAN
Cat.No.: PAN 144
Release Date: 26 July 2024
Purchase: pan.lnk.to/DEATHWORK

A peppery smorgasbord of industrial rhythms, razor-sharp stabs and provocative vocals, 'Deathwork' is Brixton-based Kamixlo's strongest statement yet, sandwiching earworm-laced pop between refried layers of euphoric back-room ambience and visceral hard dance distortion. It's been four years since Kamixlo poured his heart out on his acclaimed debut album 'Cicatriz', and he's been experimenting incessantly since then, figuring out how to integrate bold, memorable hooks into his signature alloy of burnished synths and mangled samples. And if its predecessor represented catharsis after a discomfiting period of loss, 'Deathwork' finds Kamixlo's emotional load lightened, freeing him to survey and tighten his formula by traversing club music's most eccentric, genre-agnostic fringes.

The young DJ and producer cut his teeth in the early 2010s, forming the iconic Bala Club party and label before deploying a series of EPs that accurately captured the era's voracious zeitgeist. Muddling references to nu-metal and emo classics with nervy dembow and bass deconstructions and dissociated SoundCloud rap thuds, Kamixlo characterized a new type of inclusive artist, unprejudiced by preconceptions of the underground or mainstream. 'Deathwork' builds on this legacy and widens his outlook substantially, urging listeners to step towards the dancefloor no matter how they might engage with music. And for the first time, Kamixlo seamlessly amalgamates his delirious bass-heavy atmospheres and kinetic beats with vocals, incorporating compelling performances from reggaetón sensation Isabella Lovestory, avant-pop outsider Puzzle, and Drain Gang's infamous Bladee. There's even an appearance from Berlin's Mechatok, who shows out with a production assist on the album's syrupy closing track 'Insect'.

From the ecstatic opening breaths of 'Ketamine Fields', it's clear that Kamixlo's in a fresh headspace. Weightless angelic voices curve gracefully around overdriven rave-ready bass twangs, while muffled, blown-out drums echo somewhere in the distance. It's the perfect pre-game to an endless, messy night, leaving Isabella Lovestory to lurch towards the mass of sweaty bodies on 'Pitch Black', rhyming sensually over Kamixlo's provocative metallic plucks and slow-motion dembow pulse. And by 'Combe', the peak time energy is palpable, with carnivalesque percussion and eardrum-popping high pitched squeals that grind against the pummeling gabber kicks. Puzzle brings the album back down to earth on 'Chaos', casually free associating and providing a light-hearted counter to the fog of machine crunches and deranged laughter.

On 'One More Night At The Line', Kamixlo carves the house blueprint into a neurotic chatter of helium voices and cocky slams, and when Bladee arrives in a wisp of smoke on 'Death Forever', the noise has calmed a little. Here, Kamixlo flexes his most exploratory muscles, nesting Bladee's grungy voice in an erratic tangle of muted, almost pacifying, black metal screams and nursery rhyme chimes. It's a paradox that perfectly encapsulates the scope of 'Deathwork', an album that continually flips expectations, turning in on itself and questioning its own logic without ever losing its momentum.

Written and produced by Kamixlo
Mixed by Felix Lee
Mastered by Enyang Urbiks
Artwork by Daniel Swan

Deathwork

Kamixlo - Combe

Untitled Track 3

You Ain't About Shit

Yves Tumor - Histrionic II

Arcadia
@citymusic33

01. Grief 2016
02. Gabriola
03. Eight Days
04. 0306 093434 2016
05. Small Victories
06. Linebacker
07. Group Screen Biggest Shadow Little Moonlight
08. Godknows
09. Face2
10. Raining
11. Of one kind
12. Luscious Skin
13. If I want to I will
14. Circled
15. Driven by instinct
16. Linkage
17. Pain:Power 2016
18. Panoramic, part 1, 2, 3
19. One of our greatest victories
20. You need sleep, you need to eat

All music written and recorded by City

Artwork courtesy of Jaakko Pallasvuo: www.jaakkopallasvuo.com

hvmix005

City - Arcadia (HVMIX005)

<em>Swarovski Crystal Meth</em>, a collaboration between Ser Serpas, Daniela Czenstochowski and Gia Garrison for the National Sawdust "Selkie Series" performances, curated by Alexandra Marzella.

Composed and produced by: Daniela Czenstochowski @lalita1992 
Poem by: Sera Serpas 
Sound Edit : Mateo Majluf 
Vocals: Sera Serpas, Gia Garrison and Daniela Czenstochowski

Swarovski Crystal Meth - Ser Serpas, Daniela Czenstochowski and Gia Garrison

Kiss Me

As featured on AQNB's 'Between two stars' art & music mini-compendium.

Buy now: bit.ly/2ZrG2V1

Download for free via our Patreon: www.patreon.com/aqnb

Between two stars

Tadleeh, 'Life Is A Draft, Don't Kid Yourself' (2020). Courtesy the artist.

Connections 1 - 13

Obe - Wimp

Piano / Computer, 2014 - 2020. Detroit / Berlin.

Angelo Harmsworth & Theodore Cale Schafer - Tucked Behind Your Ears Like Wings Part 2 (Excerpts)

WAV.M8'S 2021 starts with an incredible mix from @00sys

Yves Tumor - Histrionic II

DOGFOOD MUSIC GROUP !K7

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