System Failure explores the work of the sound/art/activist collective Ultra-red that creates different model of engagement between participatory art, organizing and public pedagogy. Through sound and critical listening, Ultra-red’s work is found on the intersections of art, critique, politics and grassroots organizing/community making  and has been valuable and influential to bridging art and political organizing, de-centring curation practices, as well as the creation and theorization of ambient and listening as a political vehicle tied to local communities, spaces, places, histories and political demands. Their broader activist-artistic praxis includes electronic music, field recordings, interviews, video pieces, participatory sound installations etc Founded in 1994 by two AIDS activists, Ultra-red have over the years expanded to include artists, researchers and organizers from different social movements including the struggles of migration, anti-racism, participatory community development, and the politics of HIV/AIDS.

Tracklist:

1. Blok 70 am (Object Relations). By Oticon (TRANSISTORS-BLOK70:Translations)
2. An Archive Of Feelings, 1987 to 1992 (The AIDS Uncanny-An Archive of Silence)
3. deadrooms:from the death of ambient music to listening material (Excerpt from text by Ultra-red)
4. Against a Natural History of Wind(The Debt)
5. Value Form of Participation (The Debt)
6. “Some thesis of militant sound investigation” (Excerpt from text by Ultra-red)
7. G8.genova (TRANSISTORS-border sounds)
8. Detention Center, Ljubljana, Slovenia (TRANSISTORS-border sounds)
9. Ledine. By Ultra-red (TRANSISTORS-BLOK70:Translations)
10. Kixly (Tijuana-San Diego) (P.O.P-Fifteen Sounds of the War on the Poor, vol.2)
11. X-Chris (South London) (P.O.P-Fifteen Sounds of the War on the Poor, vol.2)
12. Union de Vecinos (Los Angeles) (P.O.P-Fifteen Sounds of the War on the Poor, vol.4)
13. Pablo Alvarez (Basingstoke) (P.O.P-Fifteen Sounds of the War on the Poor, vol.4)
14. Augusto Palma (Merida) (P.O.P-Fifteen Sounds of the War on the Poor, vol.4)
15. Arte-Union de Vecinos (TRANSISTORS-Plaza Mariachi) 
16. Mariachis-Union de Vecinos (TRANSISTORS-Plaza Mariachi) 
17. Espacio-Union de Vecinos (TRANSISTORS-Plaza Mariachi) 
18. An Epidemic Of Silence (4’33") (The AIDS Uncanny-An Archive of Silence)
19. Frankfurt Bahnhof by Ultra-red (TRANSISTORS-Play Kanak Attak) 
20. Deison (Udine) (P.O.P-Fifteen Sounds of the War on the Poor, vol.3)
21. Adern X (Pistoia) (P.O.P-Fifteen Sounds of the War on the Poor, vol.3)
22. Checkpoint 303 (Ramallah-Paris)
23. Ultra-red (Los Angeles)
24. …networks... (TRANSISTORS-BLOK70:Translations)
25. …banned… (TRANSISTORS-BLOK70:Translations)
26. Fetishism as a means of authoring the invisible Laurence- Rassel & Terre Thaemlitz(Articles of Incorporation-The Laurence Rassel Show)
27. Message from Yoyogi- Park-Rassel & Terre Thaemlitz(Articles of Incorporation-The Laurence Rassel Show)
28. Movement for Beograd Airport. Remixed by PoS (TRANSISTORS-Movement for Airports Transistors Remixes)
29. Una Geórgica de Urbana (TRANSISTORS-Play Los Jornaleros del Norte)
30. Trabajo y Días (TRANSISTORS-Play Los Jornaleros del Norte)

System Failure EP4 A tribute to Ultra-red and militant sound investigation

ÈBONY - Shades of Meridian [Turbo 251]
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In the wake of their widely-acclaimed album Union, JUNO-nominated duo Èbony rematerialize on the dancefloor with the otherworldly Shades of Meridian EP, projecting a waking futurist dream haunted by echoes of Detroit techno, Chicago house, South African melodies, and the rich mythology of Ancient Toronto. 

Opener “Break My Skin explores a hidden pocket of after-hours techno space-time with an ethereal vocal by James Baley, leading into the tense, disembodied jack of “Forever.” Next, “Dull Side First” rides a spectral break through a sepulchral warehouse trip, “RIFT” invokes peak-time witchcraft, and closer “My Daylight” entrances even the most self-possessed sound-and-lighting guys to spam the smoke machine until reality itself is occluded. 

And to those who say that working with JUNO-nominated artists proves that Turbo is just a cog in the CanCon cabal, we would like to familiarize you with the facts: Canadian Tire refused to carry our 2023 Bryan Adams remix LP and we have rejected five separate demos from Justin Trudeau’s tech-house alias “Arabian Nights.” It’s called integrity — try looking it up sometime.

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Dull Side First

Live at The Church of Holy Trinity, Toronto - Sept 12 2025

Vault Sessions #266 - Measure Divide

D R E A M S

FIRST MIX ON TRAKTOR S4 BEATMATCHING WAVEFORMS WITH NO HEADPHONES . RECENTLY I JUST WANTED TO LIE ON THE FLOOR AND DIE. IF THE WORLD WAS TO EXPLODE RIGHT NOW THAT WOULD BE OK WITH ME. BUT KIYANI NEVER DIES. MY PAIN IS MY TEACHER AND I BROUGHT IT ALL UPON MYSELF. A PART OF ME DIED AND ANOTHER PART FED ON THE ROTTING CORPSE. HELL'S TORTURE... HIS TORTURE... CONTINUES

''The dark night of the soul is a stage of final and complete purification, and is marked by confusion, helplessness, stagnation of the will, and a sense of the withdrawal of God's presence.[note 1] It is the period of final "unselfing" and the surrender to the hidden purposes of the divine will. The final stage is union with the object of love, the one Reality, God. Here the self has been permanently established on a transcendental level and liberated for a new purpose.[8]''

DARK NIGHT OF THE SOUL. KIYANI LIVE @ THE GRIFFIN 1hr techno mix

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