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 - () %%% ()

Guest mix by Ytem* - 'euphoric club mix to celebrate Spring + unreleased goodies courtesy of Evian Christ, Pholo, DJ Ghepard & descent'.
*Ytem is a composer, producer & DJ, currently based in Paris, France. He has crafted his own voice within the experimental club music scene with his productions & DJ sets combining cinematic melodies and rough hardstyle-inspired drums.

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Vergil - EXISTENCIA x Tropical Interface - Initial Source (Ytem Remix) [Jess' 180 High Speed Mix]

‎Kodein (Remix)

https://soundcloud.com/metabora fka bleach & https://soundcloud.com/sskylerr

This "Alternative Facts" compilation is an attempt to portray a tiny yet distinguished element of an inclusive, non-territorial and stylistically open minded scene. These are our alternative facts to what the majority of people think club music is or should be. Disseminate the truth.

Artwork by https://www.instagram.com/cavecanems/
Mastering by @dj-dialup

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Bulma - Crime Scene (SMBL051)
Release date: May 26, 2017

01. Ronin
02. Legion
03. Unity

Having already featured the works of demonically-minded artists WWWINGS, DJ Heroin and hnrk (as SCHISM), Symbols welcomes Brussels-based Bulma into the fold for a dynamic, high tension label debut. Comprised of three club-forward efforts, Crime Scene sees the French producer take his already intense sound to its logical extreme, contorting existing club tropes into fascinating, often grotesque new shapes. Having previously released on web-focused outlets like WDIS and Cult City, Crime Scene further solidifies his kaleidoscopic approach, which takes in a range of contemporary hardcore musics and flips them completely on their head.

Take for example the EP closer “Unity”, a disorienting medley of trap drums, metallic breathing and a sample that proposes Future as gutteral-yelping metal vocalist. It’s rhythm forward and dense, invoking cataclysmic change without forgoing the necessary dancefloor motions. “Ronin” takes a similar approach, full of razor-edged synths, disembodied vocals and ratcheting arrangements that all but drop out for entire passages. “Legion” eschews the peaks and valleys of the other two tracks, a battle-ready number that would have been primed for the war dub frenzy of late 2013. Of course, Symbols fans will be prepared for the onslaught, a continuation of the label’s exploratory dive into the depths of sci-fi club forms.

Artwork by Christian Velasquez

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Crime Scene (SMBL051)

Premiere: Bulma - Ronin

look away, i love u

Learn more about Tristan and his upcoming Chyo debut EP on Rest Now! out on the 29th October: https://soulfeederweb.com/premiere-tristan-hear-ft-whiterose/

@triste-temps
@whiterose39
@restnow

Chyo

[Premiere] Tristan - Hear You ft. whiterose

Thanks to https://soundcloud.com/aquabubz 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLYV9W868F8

V47Flatline

V47FLATLINE

"Shuffling on the temple steps. The earth and stone pounded by the faithful. A crowd gathers in the courtyard. ZAP on deck, the drum breaks resonating against the bamboo. New horizons, new sounds, & new experiences. Letting go of desires. Letting go of ego, and getting lost in the syncopated rhythms. A constant sonic current rushing through the crowd. Formless, shapeless, like water. "

BAM-006 is the sixth EP of the BAM series: a collection of various artist compilations showcasing Bambinos from across the globe.

Minimix: Audiobambino – Bam-006-minimix-mixed-by-zap

BAM-006 is:

@pirkka
@raeazy
@delianleague
@chioini
echomist
@idontfuckingknow666
@noairbags
@ax3lcloud
@quasistate
@arj0na

All profits of the BAM series will be donated to Hoodstock's workshop “PROJECT S.T. ARTS.”, a music oriented project that provides at risk youth with a chance to create music in a professional studio environment.
www.hoodstock.ca
www.hoodstock.ca/action_projet_art

Mastered by SIM.
Album cover by Bruno Lauzon Tanzi.
Character illustration by Sora Park.

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