taken from Jana Rush - "Painful Enlightenment" (ZIQ428 out August 13th 2021 on Planet Mu)

https://planetmu.bleepstores.com/release/224365-jana-rush-painful-enlightenment

Chicago's Jana Rush returns with "Painful Enlightenment", an intense emotional rollercoaster of disfigured samples, quivering electronics and vagrant percussion. As implied by the title, the album is a document of her own personal growth through struggles with depression and suicidal thoughts, a glimpse into a dark period of her life amid learning the art of letting go. Her debut for Planet Mu is the follow-up to her twisted "Pariah" LP on Objects Limited. It's euphonic and uplifting, even blissful, yet equally chilling, and at times a difficult listening experience. Jana says "This album is not a footwork album. It's more like dark experimental listening music, an opportunity to be myself without judgement!"

The album opens up with the pessimistic "Moanin’", its gorgeous, blazing sax solo pulled back and forth like it was being played through a possessed tape recorder. Baneful bass pulsates over dozens of maniacal vocal samples on "Suicidal Ideation", an absolutely mesmerizing collage of beauty and terror with a runtime of nine minutes. Moody guitar plucks cry over an intricate bed of micropercussion and erratic low-end blasts on the title track, one of the more sombre moments of the album. At the halfway mark, the record takes a dark, twisted turn, as "Disorientation" well, disorients, with its thick layers of untraceable alien sounds unfolding and contracting back into themselves. Thick layers of time-stretched textures and bewildering rhythms meet masterfully placed snares on "Intergalactic Battle", featuring Teklife’s DJ Paypal. On "Drivin’ Me Insane", Jana and collaborator Nancy Fortune stretch three words back and forth and inside-out over the course of three minutes, using every last gasp and sibilance possible. The album closes with Paypal making his second appearance. "Just a Taste" is an encore featuring many of the fundamental sonics that make up the LP, haunting horns and paranoid voices struggle to speak over fluctuating low-end harmonics. 

An established veteran from the world of ghetto house and juke who cut her teeth on Dance Mania records in the late nineties, Jana has the stripes, so to call her an outsider would be fictitious, yet she is a true unicorn within the history of that realm and becomes more and more alienated from formulas and trends on each new record she creates. "Painful Enlightenment" is full of dense, intricate abstractions, paired with rapidly moving structures and is unlikely to sound the same twice, as every listen exposes new layers of its vibrant, transcendental details.

Painful Enlightenment (mp3s)

Jana Rush - Mynd Fuc

Love Addiction

Willow (Feat. Dax)

Album Title: Resident Evil: Biohazard Sound Chronicles (Fanmade OST)
Subtitle: A Fanmade Resident Evil Inspired Soundtracks
Artist: nezuki_chan
Release: 2025

The darkness has a sound. "Biohazard Sound Chronicles" is a fanmade original soundtrack by nezuki_chan, reimagining the essence of Resident Evil through haunting, cinematic soundscapes. Each track plays like a lost chapter of the series — unsettling, atmospheric, and deeply immersive. Orchestral fragments, industrial textures, cold synth layers, and organic sound design combine to create a sonic journey into survival horror.

[Track Concept]:

Each piece is inspired by iconic Resident Evil–like locations and scenarios, turning them into tense and immersive soundscapes:

Save Rooms – melancholic piano themes and soft drones, fragile moments of safety in a hostile world.

Underground Corridor – metallic echoes, dripping water, the sound of footsteps swallowed by endless tunnels.

Hidden Forest – distorted natural ambience, ominous strings, fog and dread between the trees.

Abandoned Train Tunnel – screeching rails, reverberating iron, claustrophobic horror in the dark.

R.P.D Police Department – Corridor – ominous pulses, flickering lamps, the iconic emptiness of a haunted police station.

Abandoned Hospital – sterile emptiness, rhythmic dripping, mechanical hums, and cold, echoing piano notes.

Raccoon City: Quarantine (Boss Theme I) – aggressive percussion, distorted strings, pounding bass for a desperate battle.

Underground Tunnels (Boss Theme II) – heavy industrial rhythms, chaotic synths, relentless tension.

The Graveyard – fog, choirs, distant bells, a requiem of unease and forgotten souls.

Underground Laboratory – pure sci-fi horror: synthetic pulses, machine distortions, resonant drones.

Underwater Research Facilities – muffled, pressurized tones, distorted ambience evoking the crushing depths.

Air Plane – Last Boss Theme – fast-paced orchestration, thunderous percussion, the sound of final despair.

Credits (Alone) - an emotional female vocal, telling the story of some places in the game and what all been seen.

[Artistic Vision]:

This album is not a copy, but a reinterpretation of the Resident Evil atmosphere. Each track feels like a missing piece of survival horror history — from the flickering comfort of the Save Rooms to the apocalyptic intensity of the last boss fight. With "Biohazard Sound Chronicles", nezuki_chan combines the series’ iconic sound identity with a unique personal style, crafting something authentic yet original.

⚠️ Note: This album is a fanmade project. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Capcom or the Resident Evil series.

Resident Evil - Abandoned Hospital | Instrumental Fan Music

ASCENSION

01 INSIDE THE FLUX OF THE MIND
02 YAH CUNT
03 AUTO SHADE
04 REMOVALS
05 REVOLTER

ASCENSION EP released August 7, 2015 in .MP3 format on Halcyon Veil / NON Records.

ARTWORK BY SUGAR MIST

MASTERED BY ARCA

ANGEL-HO - Auto Shade

New species of dance music grooves is born in the forest of concrete and data. Following the single “Sheng” on Do Hits Vol.1, putting together various sound elements, fusing traditional and dance music in the oriental context, Jason Hou returns with his album Sheng, as a milestone for his musical adventure from 2013 to 2015.

“Qi” is the repeated breath of the universe; “Shrine” records the oldest temple of Beijing; “Mantra” chants the mysterious sacred words. Reconstructing “Peking” of Beijing Melodic Metal band Shuang Dong Qian Ye, “Peking 2045” depicts a cyber-punk futuristic city of Beijing. A longer version of “Sheng” captures a thunder-rumbling, stormy evening in the forest. “Martial” represents Chinese philosophy in the future electrified war. “Havoc” takes in Chinese opera, putting on a show of the Monkey King rioting in the Heaven. “Stardust” tells the story of the last human beings entering the unknown space after the apocalypse.

Collaborators: 
Jin Zhang (Chinese Canadian composer & conductor)
Frosty Eve (Beijing melodic death metal band)

Cover Artwork by Jason Hou

生 (Sheng)

气 Qi

New Single Out Now on D9
Artwork by Teom Chen

Tomorrow Cannot Be Waited 明日不可待

Ancestor Boy II

WATERWORK X CRYSTALLMESS REWORK

港・飲茶情人 ｍｍｍｍ.. ... .. . . .  .

SBVRSV Mix Series EP. 018 feat. Berlin-based DJ/producer @collo-6 aired 21/12/20 on @internetpublicradio. 

Tracklist:

Cktrl - Robyn
Loft Garten - Exhale
Ulla - I Think My Tears Have Become Good
Coby Sey - Nile
GIL - Halo1
Flora Yin-Wong - Bitterness
Yantan Ministry - Keenu
Lafawndah ft Bonnie Banane - Vous et nous
Delfiné - Dawn Chorus
Alice Z Jones - Prelude 2
Nazar - Mother
COLLO - Angel, Darling
Actress - Reverend
DuCre - Pop The Glocken (Here’s Hoping)
Toro y Moi - New House
Actress - Leaves Against The Sky
Eartheater - Bringing Me Back
Dean Blunt - Molly Aquafina
Dean Blunt - Somalia Park

Tomorrow Cannot Be Waited 明日不可待

Howie Lee

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