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Out now on Genot Centre on tape & digital.

"It’s an unnerving world where familiar club sounds are smudged out of shape, each track a surrealist sculpture as much as a cyber-jungle rhythm." (https://soundcloud.com/thequietus) 

"Wax is precise in its sound design, fluid in structure and confidently able to add a fresh sound to UK Bass and dance music in general." (https://soundcloud.com/ma3azef) 

"Meticulously crafted while sustaining knife-edge atmospheric tension throughout, crystalline sound design succumbs to the overdriven maelstrom time and again." (https://soundcloud.com/if-only-uk) 

On Wax (GEN049), https://soundcloud.com/klahrk & https://soundcloud.com/kavarimusic pair up to present a basket of hammering, blasting club tracks with a focus on radical digital sound manipulations. The duo presents a sound design show-off consisting of raspy stretch algorithm artifacts, vocoded pulses and slimy granular flurries. Rhythmically, high impact overdriven kicks and syncopated motifs give the tracks a high energy urgency and momentum. Simmering, crusty chopped up break beats accompany stroboscopic pads, glistening metallic percussion and sweeping electro-acoustic gestures. Maneuvering naturally between almost snapping, bursting, fragmenting passages, effervescent glistening chords sometimes emerge, ready to get whacked by mangled, contorted drum machine outbursts.

// About GEN049
/ https://soundcloud.com/klahrk about the album
“This project with https://soundcloud.com/kavarimusic has been in the works for many years and I am so happy that it is finally being released. I have known her for almost 5 years now, and we have been making music on and off together throughout this time, resulting in this project. We finally met in person last year, which was really special and I cannot wait to share this music we have made together, especially via Genot Centre.”

// BIO
/ Klahrk
https://soundcloud.com/klahrk is a London based artist, producer, label owner and DJ. The founder of Ware Collective & an affiliate of Activia Benz and SFX, he has released projects spanning across many mediums. 

/ KAVARI
https://soundcloud.com/kavarimusic is an artist, music producer, and DJ based in Glasgow, Scotland. 
Having been nominated at the Scottish Alternative Music Awards for 'Best Electronic' Artist in 2022, her work has been covered by the likes of DJ Mag, Low Arts Club, Resident Advisor, Glamcult, Mixmag, and many more. Growing a reputation for herself as arguably one of the fastest growing names in the Scottish underground music scene. 
Fashioning a sonic landscape of corroding textures that interlace with fragile ambiance, KAVARI lures souls to dance together in purgatory.

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Klahrk & KAVARI - Can You Hear Me?

A promising track of EP2, plays around with a catchy and naive vocal phrase, insisting that ‘Sometimes It’s Hard’. The statement, sung by a soft but mechanical female voice, is underlined by a glitchy and relentless breakbeat layered with visceral subs. The track’s weltschmerz disposition is equally seductive and destructive, which makes ‘Sometimes It’s Hard’ an unusual tune that will satisfy both seasoned ravers and a wider festival crowd.

EP2’s mesmerising cover art, a piece created for affected called ‘Crinoid Scanner’, was made by local 3D artist Caroline Vang. The work is inspired by the alien yet familiar look of crinoid fossils. Finding her inspiration in the most alien and quirky parts of nature, Vang specializes in an experimental and surreal play of texture and shape, to challenge the line between fiction and hyper-reality.

Sometimes It's Hard is mastered by SUGAR aka. Nikolaj Jakobsen in Copenhagen.

Hedo Hydr8 - Sometimes Its Hard

Design Default - Quartz Silica EP
Format: Digital
Release: December 2nd, 2022
Artwork by Benfika

Marking the 100th record of the imprint’s prolific history, Infinite Machine are proud to present the release of Quartz Silica EP by new-comer Design Default. A self-described ‘tone scientist’, the Parisian delivers a 5-track of uniquely textural compositions which map out a sonic world influenced by dystopian anime titles like Trigun & Neon Genesis Evangelion. Like many on the IM discography, Quartz Silica acts almost like a simulation or audio-film representation of an abstract space you’re invited to traverse.

The EP opens with ‘Between Wasteland and Sky’; percussive assault on your senses which clearly exemplifies Design Default’s meticulous approach to sound design. Every detail, every sample and every automation is carefully considered to add to the heightened affective theatrics heard here.

‘A.S.K’ follows things up on this release, a highly inventive composition with a loose structure that evolves from phrase-to-phrase, refusing to sit still. Design Default’s interest in jazz and free-form arrangements is married up with an angular sonic palette of industrial groans and splutters; generating the impression of hearing a glitch (or hiccup, even) in the machine. There’s something refreshingly playful about the maximalistic breakdown of ‘A.S.K’ akin to the wry smile found in some of AYA and her YCO label’s output.

After two highly frenetic tracks, Design Default turns the tempo down slightly with the groove-laden ‘S.E.E.D.S’. Layers of rich, fuzzy synapses phase in and out of prominence over a bed of complex drum programming. The producer deploys negative space here to great effect, with the absence of a drum hit or sample where you might expect one adding to the hypnotic rhythmic swing of ‘S.E.E.D.S’.

Rounding out the originals of Quartz Silica EP, ‘SILEX’ is a club-ready construction with a paint-shaking bassline which seems to slip downwards in pitch as if it can’t get steady footing. Again, Design Default’s tone science/alchemy shines through clearly here, with stutters of melodies, bursts of white noise and stacked drum patterns managing to sit cohesively in this dynamic expanse.

Fellow Parisian De Grandi jumps on remix duties for ‘S.E.E.D.S’ to finish off the EP. The Paradoxe Club signee adds further syncopation and strips the original’s elements down to its fundamental core. The results are a spectral creeper of a tune - built almost intentionally with dark, low ceiling environments in mind.

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Design Default - A.S.K (IM100)

A sweltering entity pierces the veil of our atmosphere, a shimmering light echoes a warning of its arrival.

Exploited Body returns to Changeless with their earth-shattering two track EP. 'Collapsar' is a high-octane, howling, extraterrestrial banger caving in on itself, with its relentless drums and harrowing screeches clawing their way into the physical realm. 'Syrtis' is a deceptive slow-burner that halfway through the track reassembles itself in double-time through hyperactive breaks and disjointed rhythms.

’Collapsar / Syrtis’ will be released 11th November via Changeless.

Written, produced, mixed & mastered by Nori Kin.
Artwork by Jesse Draxler, Nori Kin & Samuli Vienola.

@exploitedbody

Collapsar / Syrtis

Exploited Body - Syrtis

SLIKBACK X BLACKHAINE - SLKBLKH FREESTYLE

Featured on VA Compilation Steel Genesis ver​.​3C3C1D11940 [M​.​A027] out on Magdalena's Apathy https://soundcloud.com/regrets_regrets

Artwork direction and curation by DJ Loser https://soundcloud.com/loser111

Mastering by Astytekk https://soundcloud.com/astytekk

Ice_Eyes - DARK UNIT

在FINAL有你從來沒有聽過的音樂，也有你耳熟能詳的音樂，充滿實驗性但又不失趣味。 

At Final, there is the familiar and the unexpected; the entertaining and the experimental. 

這裡是每一個躁動不安靈魂的歸屬。 

At Final, there is a home for all the restless. 

在音樂上我們嘗試不同的可能性，試著打破類型限制與規則，很多時候我們會搞砸，但每當我們完美抓到平衡的時候，是世上最美的事情之一。 

At Final, we strive to create new possibilities. While we screw up sometimes, when we get it right, it's pure magic. 

它帶給了我們希望與絕望，賦予痛苦與喜樂，但能因此碰到很多志同道合的朋友，人生本不就如此？ 

This pursuit brings us a lot of hope, pain, and joy. But in this struggle, we are able to meet many like-minded friends and build a community. 

張合輯收錄了五位跟我們有著緊密關係的音樂人，代表FINAL的聲音，獻給台北。 

This compilation is dedicated to Taipei. Inside is the work of five artists who are very dear to us, and who represent the sound of Final. 

「這裡是我們的故鄉，活得沒法不自在，祖祖輩輩根就扎在這片土地上，用不著你遠道再來尋找」—高行健。 

"This is our hometown, it's impossible to live uncomfortably here. Our ancestors have been rooted in this land for generations, you don't need to come all the way to find home." - Gao Xingjian.

Mastering: Enyang Urbiks 
Cover: Tea Strazicic 
Rebels of the Neon God mixed by jondu

05 B E N N - Of Faith

Ending scene for Why, Why ohh why / YYOY by Nikki Hock.
Performance and spatial sound installation (4DSOUND).

Concept and performance Nikki Hock
Music and performance Marijn Brussaard
2017

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YYOY - ending scene 2017

‘Inflatable Gravestone’ is the debut album by Mun Sing (aka Harry Wright) released on https://soundcloud.com/planetmurecords on 2nd June 2023

https://munsing.bandcamp.com/album/inflatable-gravestone

The motivating force of the album is the sudden loss of Harry’s father in 2020. Their father struggled with substance addiction and the album explores ideas of 'spirituality' and the ‘higher self’ in relation to addiction and its parallels with the coping mechanisms of grief. It also aims to highlight the importance of humour and distraction when coping with loss.

Serving as a narrative for their own experiences, the album is largely built around club-centred tracks (such as ‘Spider’ and ’Squabble’) broken up by moments of yearning and reflection in tracks like ’The Poison Garden’ and ‘Helhest (Azrael Smirks)’ and moments of dark anguish like 'Inheritor' with its heavy slab-like chords and pensive piano. Flirting with awkward and suggestive rhythms, Wright deliberately suspends moments of resolution and groove in favour of drama and jerky, unexpected cartoonish humour, taking as much influence from the likes of the Art Of Noise as Kyary Pamyu Pamyu. 

Wright rewards the listener with moments of clarity and introspection like flags on the journey, recruiting vocalist MX World to deliver lyrics and melodic ideas created by them and their father. Their father’s journals in rehab helped inform most of the lyrics. Some take whole sentences as a way to physically ‘give life’ to his words for the first time. The lyrics describe feelings, revelations and  apocalyptic hallucinations. MX World's clear, direct tone suggests folk music and the timelessness of the human condition.

The album concludes with the title track ‘Inflatable Gravestone’ which features a chorus of giddy manipulated laughter from Wright’s friends and family to a truly maddening effect. This is then resolved by bright and clear piano chords and the sound of Wright’s father breathing in his sleep. A deeply affecting and personal record with corkscrew twists and turns and a healthy dose of absurdism. 
credits
releases June 2, 2023

All tracks written and produced by Harry Wright. Lyrics by Harry Wright, except track 10 lyrics by Harry Wright and William Wright. Lead vocals by MX World. Additional vocals by Nashne, Akiko Haruna and Mouse.

Mastered by Beau Thomas at Ten Eight Seven Mastering.

Published by Domino Publishing.

Waiting In The Car

'Turn My Built Dances' out Friday, November 17. Pre-order here via Boomkat: https://boomkat.com/products/turn-my-built-dances

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LOFT - Heffalump (Szare Remix)

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Bryce Helm - Close You're Eyes Why Smokeing Weed (GEN053)
Fausto Mercier - Misinput Tycoon (GEN052)
Amselysen - Organe Solaire (GEN051)
Blank Wall Season - Thoughts on Manifolds (GEN050)
Klahrk & KAVARI - Wax (GEN049)
ubu boi & r hunter - A Symbol For Disguise (GEN048)
Giant Claw - Millennium Bug Live 2018​-​2021 (GEN047)
ABADIR - Pause​/​Stutter​/​Uh​/​Repeat (GEN046)
Eilien - Digital Lovers (GEN045)
QOW - Dawafer (GEN044)
Amselysen - Hypnagogic Surge (GEN043)
Euglossine - Blue Marble Agony (GEN042)
adaa - ok im real i think (GEN041)
My Cruelty - The Secret Weapon (GEN040)
Quantum Natives - Silent Night (GEN039/QNR034)
Fausto Mercier - FULLSCREEN (GEN038)
Corporation - Graffito (GEN037)
Mor Air - Life Behind Glass (GEN036)
Ice_Eyes - Individual Drops (GEN035)
r hunter - rrrrrrafael (GEN034)
I am just a Pupil - Classical Classics (GEN033)
Jano Doe - Duranzie (GEN032)
Æthereal Arthropod - Opilio (GEN031)
Laura Luna Castillo - Laminares (GEN030)
Tereshkova - Collapsed Lake (GEN029)
German Army - Terroir Place (GEN028)
21st Century Wolf - City Zen EP (GEN027)
Ten Hyphen Twenty - In-Store Music (GEN026)
woopheadclrms - vs o​.​t​.​O​.​g​.​I (GEN025)
Lišaj - Mezina (GEN024)
Wrong Dials - Hello Brightness My New Sex Friend (GEN023)
Forces - Plastisphere (GEN022)
Bonie Jash - Shirase (GEN021)
AF85 - ハイパーオリンピック (DIAMOND EDITION) (GEN020)
Percival Pembroke - Arpeggiatorworld​+​+ (GEN019)
HDMIRROR - ANTHEMS (GEN018) 
Enchanted Lands - Feed Goals (GEN017)
The House in the Woods - Paralysis (GEN016)
Izanasz - Spectral Cascades (GEN015)
Luna & Tarnovski - Luna & Tarnovski (GEN014)
Ecto Mist - Equal (GEN013)
Aghnie - Club Envy EP (GEN012)
Iku - Fugue (GEN011)
Dane Law - r.bit (GEN010)
Bryce Helm - Persona (GEN009)
Cass. / Dudal / Stijn Hüwels - Silent_Night#4: Dauw (GEN008)
Liminal / Aires - split (GEN007)
HERBARIUM - DIVINE HERBA: EXTENDED (GEN006)
Lišaj - Szara EP (GEN005)
Lee Chapman - Silent_Night#1: bar do thos grol (GEN004)
MB03 - Jackie World (GEN003)
Lee Chapman / Wim Dehaen - Voices & Allusions / Benidorm Hotel (GEN002)
Percival Pembroke - A Course In The Theory Of Drones (GEN001)

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