Great release you two, love the drum construction and raw energy

Powerful Track. Good Work by all involved.

Where the lights are low and the beats take control it’s magical

Inspired by Tupac Shakur’s melody in "Troublesome '96”, 2ND BLE$$ING brings it into 2023--infusing modern style, killer bars, and melodies of his own.

TROUBLESOME '23

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Swarm Intelligence - The Shattered Self

Swarm Intelligence - (SUB05)

Fierce and forlorn, Swarm Intelligence’s “The Shattered Self” delves into the complexities of human existence in an era dominated by technological advancements. In this thought-provoking exploration, the artist challenges listeners to confront the consequences of a near future where physical and mental augmentation are commonplace. In a world where limbs can be upgraded, where consciousness can be uploaded, where memories can be digitally archived and shared on social media, where our AI clones can liberate us from menial tasks... What remains of ourselves? Who is our self?

Swarm Intelligence draws influences from black metal, industrial-tinged dub, and post-rock, splicing these with his distinctive take on techno to devastating effect. "Dejected," the inaugural track, unleashes grinding walls of feedback against a relentless broken beat, its foreboding atmosphere heightened by a menacing low growl of distorted bass that permeates the unease. It's a disquieting overture that sets the stage for the tumultuous journey ahead.

The second track, “Eros” envelops the listener in a visceral soundscape, where haunting atmospheres intertwine with grinding feedback and pounding percussion. Initially tense, the track evolves into an unexpected and almost euphoric climax, adding an unforeseen emotional depth to the sonic narrative. Yet, beneath the surface, an undercurrent of tension remains—an ever-present reminder of the fragility of our self.

On the flip side, "Inciter" channels inner fury through a guttural chant punctuating a Birmingham-styled broken beat, marching forth with unyielding force.

Finally, "Portal" offers a moment of quiet introspection, as haunting pads echo a mournful refrain while micro recordings of whirring machinery are assembled into the percussion section. It serves as a poignant curtain-closer.

Through "The Shattered Self," Swarm Intelligence challenges listeners to reconsider their perceptions of identity, consciousness, and agency in an age where the machine and the human converge. It's a haunting and profound journey—one that invites introspection and contemplation long after the final reverb tails fade into silence.

Release Date: March 22, 2024
Format: Digital + Vinyl

Pre-Order: https://subverted1.bandcamp.com/album/the-shattered-self

SWARM INTELLIGENCE
IG: https://www.instagram.com/swarmintell/
SC: https://soundcloud.com/swarmintelligence SUBVERTED:
SC: https://soundcloud.com/subvertedscene
IG: https://www.instagram.com/subverted.scene/

Produced by Swarm Intelligence 
Mastering by Linn Elisabet
Cover Artwork by Alexander Gehring 
Vinyl Layout by Sander Salkunic 
Vinyl Pressing by AFG
Published by SUBVERTED

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https://soundcloud.com/ocdtechno and https://soundcloud.com/angel-karel team up to bring us an EP with 5 tracks, 2 originals from Angel Karel, 2 originals from OCD and a collab track.

"The Morning After" is a dark techno-industrial anthem fueled by the energy of our upcoming b2b set at the RSO for Gegen's Saturday morning event.

This EP serves as a rallying cry for change and liberation. It's a reminder to embrace the present moment and strive for a brighter future, fueled by the euphoria of life's fleeting moments of joy and wonder.

NOGENDER Records: techno Industrial, noise, experimental queer label founded by Angel Karel.

NOGENDER Club: an activist event preaching sexual liberation, gathering freedom souls looking for an alternative experience in a safe area invaded by dark techno music, where every sense is sharpened by all possibilities of the night.

Concept of TFIF EVENTS - The Future Is Female created in 2017, a techno queer punk activist collective by Angel Karel, breaking the rules of gender, revealing the LGBTQIA+ minorities to imagine a festive experience in all freedom.


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Artist: Angel Karel & OCD  
Title: The Morning After EP  
 Catalogue: NGAKOCD1 
Format: Digital  
Genre: Techno
 Style: Industrial

The Morning After

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Invocation to Rafael
A soft connection with the angelic healing force.

Music and production by Jarno Oivakumpu
Sydän Laulaa Music 2024

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GEGEN ><

Against yourself. Around queer narratives.

Gegen is a complex word in German because it has two opposite meanings.

Historically speaking it means “against”, signifying all the counter cultural movements since the very beginning of youth cultures but if you apply the word to time, it means “around”. One meaning is closed, defined in terms of space. The other is open and undefined in terms of time. In the contemporary moment the idea of “enemy” – in which a thought and an action can be identifiable as “against” – is not there and is not clear anymore as power relationships changed through the development of post-modernism. And this gave space to markets to regenerate themselves through the queer-counter cultural movements by producing an oligopoly of empty events repeating themselves until their fast extinction and in the same time by crystallising the institutionalisation of big “queer meccas” which exercise more and more power on the scene. This process is verifiable in Berlin as the incubator of new world trends in the arts of entertainment.

This basic tension gives the spaces and the times for a new proposal to blossom from the ashes of the historical and infamous queer techno party called “SABOT°AGE BERLIN” which characterised fades of mutation in some of the wildest Friedricshain nights. The aim is playing with the solitude of the political meaning of GEGEN as a suicidal mechanism of the “self” or the sublime crisis of enemy subtraction as the aggression of dialectics. A linguistic game of pop art where the semantic putsch of “Gegen” becomes the broken mirror of its own impossibilities. The electric fear to find oneself multiple by being against oneself and unrecognisable. The dangers of being desireful in a psycho dramatic performance. The political practice of hallucinatory love to defy hate as antagonistic, identitarian mechanism.

Perceiving the idea of community as a demagogic form for bigger powers like religions, societies and markets to exercise their violence with the fake flag of politically correct partecipation, we do not wish to design a party just to give you a safe space and protection. We are not selling you the possibility to be “queer” for one night. We want to expose you to your own fears and pleasures by pushing you to understand how your own power mechanisms are produced. This is why we invite you to be GEGEN by performing your psychosis, by being the enemy of yourself, by thinking and being out of b/order and by destroying every rational thought.

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