Aquarian - The Snake That Eats Itself

Canadian born, Berlin based producer @Aquarian makes his full length album debut The Snake That Eats Itself on Bedouin Records. This record follows his collaborative EPs with Deapmash as 'AQXDM" and is his first solo release since his 2016 experimental mixtape for Quiet Time.

Nearly five years in the making,The Snake That Eats Itself is Aquarian's most complex, diverse and emotive work to date, plunging his trademark UK sound-system / techno hybrids into a self-contained, cinematic universe streaked with heavy influences from industrial, IDM, drone and dark pop music. Written in Brooklyn, New York, in a deeply transitional, yet seemingly endless period preceding his relocation to Berlin,the title of the album refers to the Ouroboros, a mythological serpent symbolizing the cycle of birth and death and infinity itself.

The Snake That Eats Itself pits Aquarian's most abrasive and brutal moments next to his most wistful and introspective. Viscerally thick layers of tape saturation envelop the album as sludgy synths ooze against brittle atmospheres; breakbeats fragment, explode and disintegrate into swarms of delay and noise; scorched, metallic percussion - sampled from a year-long demolition and construction project next to his apartment - forge the rhythmic backbone of the album. These elements, however, seamlessly make way to startlingly crystalline and shimmering ambient passages, offering a sense of reprieve and balance.

Tracklist:
01. End Credits
02. Blood Sugar
03. Sketch 2 (Song for D.O.U.G.)
04. Ouroboros
05. Tarp2
06. New York, An Eternity
07. Hate Is A Strong Word (Part 1)
08. Hate is A Strong Word (Bruxist Part 2) 09. Letting Go At Arm's Length
10. 365 Days And Counting

The Snake That Eats Itself​ is accompanied by art direction and a collaborative live A/V show by acclaimed artist and researcher Sougwen Chung.
Early support from Aphex Twin
Artwork by Sougwen Chung
All tracks written, produced and engineered by Aquarian unless otherwise noted. Tracks 4, 7, 8 & 10 mixed by Dean Grenier
Additional engineering by Dean Grenier on tracks 7 & 8.
Mastered by Goth Trad

'Hate Is a Strong Word, Pt. 1' taken from Aquarian's debut album titled 'The Snake That Eats Itself' that will be released on Bedouin Records on February 14th 2020.

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Aquarian | Hate Is a Strong Word, Pt. 1

Live solo project : No Concerto
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■■ future gigs ■■
{2025}
14/03/25 - Djjjj @F18 - Paris
27/03/25 - (Live No Concerto) @Nouveaux Sauvages - Montreuil

≡≡ past gigs ≡≡
{2024}
12/09/24 - (Live - No Concerto) Louzaouenn - Chateau de Kerminy, Rosporden, bzh
11-14/07/24 - (Live - No Concerto) @Gofildren3 - Château L'évêque 
07/06/24 - Fête de soutien Gofildren 3 - Paris, the infamous corcorans des lilas
15/06/24 - Fraktal Kombo II - NDDL (annulé)
13/01/24 : (Live - No Concerto) Café Pompier, all that fits in a Kangoo - Bordeaux
24/02/24 : Cadence b2b with @lsuper - Paris
11/04/24 : Duplex b2b with @complexesportif - Genève

{2023}
30/09/23 : Sainte Claude's after-party du concours kangourou - Paris
12/08/23 : Fadaria b2b with estelle - Lot et Garonne

{2022}
29/09/22 : 9b - Paris with the one and only @djrusticwidow
10/09/22 : Gîte-en-Friche - Loiret
06/08/22 : Fadaria - Lot et Garonne
14/06/22 : Gofildrën 2 - Périgord

{2021}
31/12/21 : Stop annulez tout - Vitry
5/09/21 : Gofildrën first edition, B2B w/ @lsuper - Bourgogne
9/08/21 : Atom Festival sur les ondes d'ondorphine B2B w/ @dj-rustic-widow - Aude
17/07/21 : Autremont Festival - Vosges
24/07/21 : Sainte Claude's secret rave annuelle - Vitry
27/07/21 : Sainte Claude Apetizers B2B w/ @dj-rustic-widow - Gambetta Club, Paris 

{2020}
12/09/20 : Gros tas de Grottes II, B8B w/ @sainteclaude full équipe - ???
20/08/20 : Sainte Claude rave champêtre B2B w/ @dj-rustic-widow - Arcachon
25/07/20 : Space Gruppo Electronica II - Ivry sur seine
27/06/20 : Gros tas de Grottes I - ???
14/03/20 : Toasted #3 - Bâle, Suisse
17/01/20 : Autoradiodrome B2B w/ @dj-rustic-widow - Quais de Bourbon, Paris

{2019}
23/11/19 : Proxyclub vol 4 - Le 9b, Paris 
18/10/19 : Johnkool Soundsystem #8 - L'international, Paris 
20/07/19 : Space gruppo electronica - Paris

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Aquarian | Hate Is a Strong Word, Pt. 1

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