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

Fausto Mercier - Overcorp (IM091)

IM097 - @forces-music - Inertia
Label: Infinite Machine
Release Date: July 1st, 2022
Format: Digital
Mastered by Fausto Mercier

Infinite Machine is happy to welcome interdisciplinary artist, Forces, to the IM family with the release of Inertia, Joonas Siren’s fifth album since he began putting out music in 2018. With previous cosigns from Aphex Twin, Zuli & Daniel Ruane, Forces is known for creating sharp digital textures and ever-surprising rhythmic structures using live coding software such as SuperCollider and TidalCycles. 

With a background in fine art, Forces is never one to shy away from conceptual thinking about his output and this album is no different. Engaging with the work of theorist Franco Berardi (particularly recent book ‘Futurability’), Inertia tries to soundtrack the political malaise of the last few decades and the growing sense of powerlessness and inability to avoid the many crises generated by the structures of capital. 

Forces opens up proceedings with ‘Algorithmic Governance’, where doom-laden bass drones pulse and groan over erratic drum hits which play in alien time signatures, outside of the realm of full, human comprehension. The algorithmic control of the track’s title could refer to Franco Berardi’s interest in social media, a force which simplifies and monetises social communication, or it could refer to his approach to co-creation with his software of choice. With many compositions, Forces sets up rules or parameters in his code but allows elements of randomisation and evolution, inviting SuperCollider’s algorithm to become a co-author alongside him.

‘Morphogenesis’ begins life as a straight-forward, hard techno composition but things are not as simple as they may first seem. Over its 5 minute duration, the stable 4/4 beat seems to collapse in on itself, potentially nodding to the mood of our current socio-economic moment. This is followed up by the formidable ‘Swarm’, a masterclass in algorythmic synthesis that’ll slice your brain in half on first listen. A stuttering of buzz saw-styled synth tones sweep, stretch and pitch bend themselves in ways that would be almost impossible to achieve within a classic DAW. 

Named after the Berardi book that inspired Forces, ‘Futurability’ takes things in a slightly softer direction. Reminiscent of early Tim Hecker releases (with an added cybernetic edge), ‘Futurability’ has a sedative yet uneasy tone to it, as if the song is reflecting the dual sense of concern that things should change in society but our helplessness to actually change them, especially in the ecological or economic arena.

A tale of two halves, ‘Soul at Work’ starts out as a blissfully serene piece of what you could describe as code-based shoegaze which is then chewed up and spat out by algorithmic distortion and disorientating glitches from the midway point onwards. 

Forces ends Inertia on a more hopeful note with the David Graeber-sampling ‘Horizon of Possibility’. Unlike ‘Soul at Work’, the lush drone work is left intact on this arrangement - maybe signaling the potential existence of different structures that are more positive and robust for all.

With Inertia, Forces pushes his singular musical style even further, to more hyperbolic and emotive heights. Embracing the eccentric randomness of the SuperCollider software and working in concepts from contemporary theorists, this album is a mediation on the current moment created alongside technology that also feels hyper-relevant to today.

Inertia

PRE-ORDER

Forces - Spiritual Automata (IM097)

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++ PRESENTATION ++

Club Late Music & Over My Body team up for a joint release! Welcome Apex Union, a split EP featuring Bungalovv & Lujiachi with remixes by B E N N, Dj Animebby, DJ Würm & jondu.

The release initiates the new CLM collaborative series called SPLIT - a simple format where one member from the Global URL Nation shares an EP with an artist from another label or collective, and also marks the first official collaboration of young Taiwan-based Over My Body with another label! This joint collab is pretty straightforward : two artists, two tracks each and remixes by members of both collectives. 

Over the past few years, Bungalovv and Lujiachi have affirmed and cultivated unique sonic palettes that seduced local and international scenes alike. Their encounter on Apex Union initiates a dialog, a weaving of their extended footprints where throbbing basses intertwine with piercing noises, sharp percussions and spiraling voices - resulting in four tracks that will shred, tear and enchant the firmest minds and the stiffest bodies.

The original tracks are reinterpreted by B E N N & jondu from the Over My Body roster, as well as Dj Würm and Dj Animebby from the GUN community, extracting the core essence of the originals to infuse them with raw flavors, that will perfectly soundtrack the haziest cave raves and bleakest winter nightwalks.


++ TRACKLIST ++

01. Bungalovv - In Between Car Parts
02. Lujiachi - Segmented Dream
03. Bungalovv - Xylem
04. Lujiachi - Nerve
05. Bungalovv - In Between Car Parts (Dj Würm Remix)
06. Lujiachi - Segmented Dream (Dj Animebby Remix)
07. Bungalovv - Xylem (B E N N Remix)
08. Lujiachi - Segmented Dream (jondu Remix)


++ CREDITS ++ 

Tracks produced by Bungalovv, B E N N, Dj Animebby, DJ Würm, jondu, & Lujiachi

https://soundcloud.com/bungalovv
https://soundcloud.com/bedoublensound
https://soundcloud.com/djanimebby
https://soundcloud.com/djwurm
https://soundcloud.com/jondu-17841612
https://soundcloud.com/lujiachi

Cover & visual works by GaryChig0o & XTRUX
https://www.instagram.com/garychig0o
https://www.instagram.com/xtrux_official

Mastering by Bademjan

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Bungalovv - Xylem

Trve - @kaspar-kuoppamaeki

'Trve' is a piece for Harp & Live-Electronics, composed by Kaspar Kuoppamäki for Fanny Herbst. This work explores the convergence of acoustic and electronic elements, with each movement focusing on distinct playing techniques and preparations.

The acoustic sound design forms the foundation of the composition: bowing on the harp strings creates resonant drones, attaching hair-clips to the strings generates a delicate, bell-like timbre and the pedal-buzz creates an organic, distortion-like effect. These sounds and gestures are further expanded through live-electronics crafted in the visual programming environment Max/MSP, adding layers of complexity and texture.

Composition, Electronics & Mixing: Kaspar Kuoppamäki
Harp: Fanny Herbst

more/download:
formforum.bandcamp.com/

Kaspar Kuoppamäki, Fanny Herbst - Trve I

__ sample pack >> clublatemusic.bandcamp.com/album/blown-by-the-wind-vocal-pack

++ PRESENTATION ++

Blown by the Wind ,¸¸,.•.¸  ¸   .-  initiated by artist and GUN member Pénélope ! 

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Blown by the Wind is a project that highlights the voices of the Global URL Nation community, and the textures that can be created from them. The voices mingle and intertwine until a soundscape shimmering compilation is woven.

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It was a project in two phases. The first one consisted in the creation of a common pack of vocal samples - anyone from the GUN community could contribute with what they already had, or could create something specifically for the project. 
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´¯`·- It welcomed 116111 , Amselysen, Bademjan, Epiphagi, Eurrope, Griigg, Jeune Faune, jjjacob, MYEN, Pénélope, RougeHotel, & SNKLS for around 50 voice samples.


-'  `-'  `-'  `
In the second phase, artists from GUN could propose a track using this sample pack. The idea was to consider voices as key instruments, with the possibility of shaping, distorting and transforming them at will to create new textures. 
´¯`·- Amselysen, Bademjan, Clair X, Epiphagi, Eurrope, MYEN, jjjacob, Orqualyzer, RougeHotel, & Ziyiz contributed to this phase with 10 tracks. 

-'  `-'  `-'  `
10 whispers that rise from the depth of the soul, blown away across the lands into the most welcoming ears - for a burst of comfort, contemplation or excitement.


++ TRACKLIST ++

01. Bademjan - The Age Of Stars
02. jjjacob - Paragon Of Virtue
03. Epiphagi - Heliosphere
04. Amselysen - Mold Lamia
05. RougeHotel - ElvenChorvs
06. MYEN - STERNUM
07. Ziyiz - Tract Topographies
08. Eurrope - Come Back With My Heart Bby
09. Orqualyzer - Universal Mind 
10. Clair X - Scar

++ CREDITS ++ 

Organized by Club Late Music and Pénélope
https://clublatemusic.com/
https://www.instagram.com/penelopepoirot/

Tracks produced by Amselysen, Bademjan, Clair X, Epiphagi, MYEN, jjjacob, Orqualyzer, RougeHotel, & Ziyiz.

https://soundcloud.com/amselysen
https://soundcloud.com/bademjan
https://soundcloud.com/xclairx
https://soundcloud.com/aventures_sportives
https://soundcloud.com/myentericplexus
https://soundcloud.com/jjjacob
https://soundcloud.com/orqualyzer
https://soundcloud.com/rougeh0tel
https://soundcloud.com/ziyiz

Cover & visual works by Elyza Gleize 
https://www.instagram.com/elisaglze/

Mastering by Bademjan
https://www.instagram.com/_bademjan/

Clair X - Scar

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MENONME - Go Crazy!
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