Name: Embrace by Furtive in Furtive - Sympathies VI
Duration: 6 min 51 s
Description: Embrace is a glossy, deceptively intense ambient experience for holding on tightly as the weightless, slow-motion G-force of shifting sound waves and overwhelming, high-voltage psychedelia has you hurtling into the glimmers of the night.

Sympathies is a series of self-published releases by Furtive, showcasing an extensive multi-genre catalog of colorful and exploratory original production. The sixth album in the sequence wades steadily into foggy, crepuscular melodrama, delivering 11 tracks of steamy sound design for dilated pupils, sweaty lurching, and locked-in dancefloor worship. This release is primarily rooted in dripping, murky techno, but Furtive slips in a few billowing ambient moments for wide-eyed infinite split-seconds. 

The unearthly and impellent flagship track of Sympathies VI is The Night Wanderer, an electrifying, nearly sinister psychedelic techno weapon. There’s an uncanny, spine-shivering energy to this track: it grips the listener and propels them along as if possessed. Eerie, haunting, and maniacally energizing, this is a track for the electric insomniac with eyes torn wide open by the relentless bumps in the night. 

The next tracks are at once steady and uneasy, hypnotizing and unnerving, propulsive and paralyzing. Both Curse Processor and Breathless are full-blown foggy freakouts for the ravers lost in the swelling, humid clouds of unrelenting club throbbing. The former takes a more frenetic and pointilistic approach along with razor-sharp, clattering percussive sound design to keep you on your toes, while the latter hangs more subtly, glowering like a damp, red bulb above a dancefloor as bodies pulse in suspended animation. Humid Creeper follows in a similar gloomy vein, with a more wound-up and sweaty grinding machine-funk sound as billowing atmospherics roll like fog from plodding, sweltering 909s. 

A sludgy, slippery wound-up acid bomb, Carbonated Jungle might oddly be the funkiest track of this release. A slow, lumbering squelcher, this track lurches and builds with just the right cadence to bring a synchronized, irresistible bounce into shoulder-to-shoulder crowds. It peaks with a woozy interruption, the split second for ravers to glance around before feet and floor flex in unison once more - a moist, spun-out ecosystem.

Memory Canopy/Nighttime Ceilings is a wide-eyed, cinematic ambient experience. This is for sleepless reflections, silent teardrops, pensive awe, profound sighs, scanning lights between trees, for the dawn moments on unexpected sheets when words trail off, for [pagan river crossings]. 

A dusky stepper, Silicone & Scattered Wings re-animates with the bass-weight of an irregular rhythm, soaring and glowing synthesizer warmth, and percussive flutters that are like a comforting, sonic blanket stretched between speaker stacks.

Embrace is a glossy, deceptively intense ambient experience for holding on tightly as the weightless, slow-motion G-force of shifting sound waves and overwhelming, high-voltage psychedelia hurtle you into the glimmers of the night.

Caffeine Eyelashes brings a twinkling levity to the arrangement, with plinking and flowery deep techno-adjacent sound design, gentle atmospheres, and with no particular hurry to its sauntering pace - it’s the sunny meadow stroll in an otherwise thorny twilight bramble-bounce of a release.

Seeking Brighter immediately ticks up the urgency, but without undue alarm. Pointillistic arpeggios play counter to hazy, woozy see-sawing sequences in a curious, exploratory, and perpetually enticing way, pulling the listener along as mental soundscapes and physical soundwaves rise and fall. Epiphanies in Dreams’ similar irregular teetering arpeggiation is coupled with blurred, winding, ephemeral slipperiness - it’s the sonic texture of the specifics slipping through the fingers of comprehension and memory upon waking from particularly tumbling, tossing, and turning dream-states. 

Sympathies is named after a debauched steamy summertime studio session - long-since surpassed with all-the-more riotous adventures, brighter lights, and unexpected plot twists.

Production, Mixing, and Mastering by Furtive
Words and artwork by Furtive

Available on Bandcamp

Furtive - Sympathies VI

Humid Creeper follows sits in a hypnotic, dusky, somewhat gloomy vein, with a more wound-up and sweaty grinding machine-funk sound as billowing atmospherics roll like fog from plodding, sweltering 909s.

Humid Creeper (Steamy Shadows)

Embrace is a glossy, deceptively intense ambient experience for holding on tightly as the weightless, slow-motion G-force of shifting sound waves and overwhelming, high-voltage psychedelia has you hurtling into the glimmers of the night.

Embrace

Breathless is a full-blown foggy freakout for the ravers lost in the swelling, humid clouds of unrelenting club throbbing, hanging subtly and glowering like a damp, red bulb above a dancefloor as bodies pulse in suspended animation

Breathless

A sludgy, slippery tightly wound acid bomb, Carbonated Jungle might oddly be the funkiest track of this release. A slow, lumbering squelcher, this track lurches and builds with just the right cadence to bring a synchronized, irresistible bounce into shoulder-to-shoulder crowds. It peaks with a woozy interruption, the split second for ravers to glance around before feet and floor flex in unison once more - a moist, spun-out ecosystem.

Carbonated Jungle

Curse Processor

The unearthly and impellent flagship track of Sympathies VI is The Night Wanderer, an electrifying, nearly sinister psychedelic techno weapon. There’s an uncanny, spine-shivering energy to this track: it grips the listener and propels them along as if possessed. Eerie, haunting, and maniacally energizing, this is a track for the electric insomniac with eyes torn wide open by the relentless bumps in the night.

The Night Wanderer

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Ilian Tape Show with Katatonic Silentio & Atrice - 05 January 2024

40.6993943, -73.8881552

@razrbark sews together a stunner soundscape akin to the primordial soup. Mirroring a volatile atom swaying in the sky, listen as the ecstatic integrity of the cosmos is restored.

d o w n 2 e a r t h 48 - Razrbark

Jameszoo emerged from the small town of Den Bosch in the southern Netherlands in the late 2000s. He has released three albums on Brainfeeder between 2016 & 2022. In 2023 he joined forces with Niels Broos and they released their debut album "Music" as ROLROLROL on Ilian Tape. Enjoy!

ITPS101 JAMESZOO

Interview: https://truantsblog.com/2024/truancy-volume-322-ema

Soundcloud: @emma-jane-g

Access the download and full tracklist (Confirmed, added) on our Patreon. Your support helps cover all our costs and allows Truants to continue running as a non-profit and ad-free platform. patreon.com/truants

http://truantsblog.com

Truancy Volume 322: EMA

"this mix is my love letter to dubstep. i normally try to play as many different styles and genres as possible in my sets, but this time i leaned deep into the 140. over the years it's become objectively my favourite genre to dance to, and whenever i hear it on a big soundsystem i'm always surprised and delighted by the new ways i learn to move my body. there are some darker bits, dreamy moments, silly curveballs, but most importantly lots of grimy abrasive wobbles that you've probably come to associate the genre with."

@kuschelntime
IG: @kuscheln___

Distant Signals 041: Kuscheln

https://soundcloud.com/sardashhh
A self-described "rave-generalist", Sard is a DJ, producer, and Live PA artist living in Detroit. Combining his passion for perfect dancefloors and the deeper technical aspects of dance music, his performances and productions have maintained a steady placement in the Midwest and beyond. Sard channels a life dedicated to music study into his sound, blending influences of North American techno and rhythms from abroad. His releases on Fixed Rhythms, PPRZ, Amphiboly, and Codec Recordings have been played globally by friends and heroes alike.

RND 099 - Sard

Recording of dBridge B2B Ehua at Forest Rave, Draaimolen Festival 2023, Day 1.

dBridge B2B Ehua at Draaimolen Festival 2023

Recording of DJ Python's set at Dekmantel Selectors 2023.

TASCAM DR-40X

DJ Python at Dekmantel Selectors 2023

𝔀𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓲𝓯 𝔀𝓮 𝓽𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓮𝓭 𝓶𝓾𝓼𝓲𝓬 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓿𝓪𝓵𝓾𝓮 𝓲𝓽 𝓭𝓮𝓼𝓮𝓻𝓿𝓮𝓼?

@morelian

wav.world emerged out of a long-running chat exchange of mixes, tracks, and some playful speculation: If you were going to make a platform for DJ mixes in 2024, what would it look like?

Mixes are a unique type of musical expression. They capture a specific moment in time, determined by the knowledge and style of the artist. A mix is as important a creative statement as an album, remix or EP. One mix can change an artist’s career, one mix can open a listener’s mind to something completely new.

𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓯𝓪𝓿𝓸𝓻𝓲𝓽𝓮 𝓶𝓲𝔁𝓮𝓼 𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝓽𝓲𝓶𝓮𝓵𝓮𝓼𝓼.

We miss the importance that mixes used to have. So, we made a platform for mixes.

Each wav.world mix gives one artist the time and resources to create whatever kind of mix they want, to share something sonic about who they are and what they love.

Every wav.world mix will feature a longform interview with the artist which gets to the heart of what moves them—in music and in life—through text, video and image. Each edition of wav.world will feature the commissioned work of music journalists, visual artists and graphic artists.

𝔀𝓮𝓵𝓬𝓸𝓶𝓮 𝓽𝓸 𝔀𝓪𝓿.𝔀𝓸𝓻𝓵𝓭

∿∿∿ WAV•WORLD • MOR ELIAN.wav

https://www.instagram.com/ronlikehell
https://www.instagram.com/ccl_url

The Space Between Spaces with Ron Like Hell and CCL @ The Lot Radio 03-19-2024

Producer/DJ/Promoter/Organizer/bonehead/etc - [Bounce House] -  they/them - PHL
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For booking, production, remix work, promos, or any other inquiries, please write to: furtivetrax@gmail.com
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Upcoming Dates:
4/19 Bounce House, Philly
7/28 - The Great Beyond, MN
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Furtive is a full-gonzo rave conjurer and relentless creative tinkerer, intractably committed to the rave as a Philadelphia-based producer, DJ, underground event organizer, and dancer. Furtive brings a scintillating and sentimental touch to their many polished and focused genre-spanning productions, informed by over a decade of experience in the studio and yielding a rich selection of self-released tracks, contributions to VA comps, and recent vinyl pressings. A veritable product of the contemporary American underground, Furtive cut their teeth as a DJ and DIY event organizer in Washington, DC’s warehouses, where they played a turnkey role in putting on some of the District’s zaniest techno parties. Furtive now co-runs an intimate, blossoming off-the-books venue in Philly. As a DJ, Furtive has supported internationally celebrated, no-nonsense acts and held court in dingy local watering holes with eclectic selections and a steadfast focus on pacing and dynamics, regularly jumping genres to build moving and impactful sets. Beyond the fog and speaker stacks, Furtive creates art in a variety of mediums. They're as unapologetic in their sincerity and flair as they are in being a die-hard True Believer in the rave.
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Learn more here: https://www.attackmagazine.com/features/introducing/furtive-the-astronaut-in-a-pool-of-mermaids/
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As a closing note: the journey can be summarized in their own words (or, a cheeky amalgamated existential portmanteau): “I aim for the stars, but sometimes I land in a pool of mermaids.”

https://furtivetrax.bandcamp.com/
https://soundcloud.com/furtivetrax
https://www.instagram.com/furtive.sasha/
https://ra.co/dj/furtive

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