Release date:
8 July 2022

Huey Mnemonic (Detroit) and D. Strange (Chicago) are not only interested in the future, but they offer a stark reminder of an ever desolate present.

Their split EP State of Emergency (via Mnemonic’s Subsonic Ebonics label) sonically structures a bleak narrative across 4 electro-laden tracks from the midwest-based producers.

The escapade begins with “Black Manta Corps”, Huey’s classically styled 808 programming accompanying modulated analog synth play up front, while a stirring crescendo of soundtrack-esque chords provides cover from the rear. “Red Alert” offers the juxtaposition of funk-tinged bounce to a searing siren lead. Midway we’re offered a brief moment of repose with Huey demonstrating a masterful computer-funk bridge before the sirens’ sobering tone returns.  

D. Strange continues the journey lacing haunting synth interplay that steadily stacks the tension alongside stimulating melodies, chest-pounding bass, and scattered triplets on “Exoframe”. While “Drapetomania” closes things out with zipping percussion, a mutated bass line, and atmospheric droning pads panning like a shadow creeping closer and closer…


Words by Ryan Thomas & O’Shay Mullins

State of Emergency

Strange & Huey - State of Emergency (EBON003) [SNIPPETS]

Aqautek Assortments 2

Huey Mnemonic - Aquatek Assortments 2 [SNIPPETS]

https://hueymnemonic.bandcamp.com/album/cut

Cut!

Mnemonic Deejay - Cut

EBONMIX001 - Mutagenix (Huey Mnemonic + D. Strange) @ Podlasie Club 06.01.24

Taken from the inaugural Subsonic Ebonics party in Detroit.

EBONMIX002 – Shawescape @ Marble Bar 07.19.24

For centuries, the drum and its practitioners have been stewards to the physical and ancestral planes.

Detroit afroteknologist Huey Mnemonic advances his sound into a tomorrow unheard with his latest Subsonic Ebonics record, Brainscraatch, a 4-tracker of his researched and highly developed Afriko Tekno.

A portal tears open with the speaker splitting ‘Ankhobi’, blurring the lines between ritual and rave. An opening ceremony of a drum circle in the year 3000, knocking on the door of a domain beyond our own.

Entering the gateway with ‘Brainscraatch’ , a peak time percussive calling where a high pitched whine of sacred electronics becomes the foundation for a slippery hypnotic rhythm. Warranting a double take for the heads in the back fully immersed into the moment.

The portal collapses onto the unknown with the dramatic closer ‘Slipping Into Madness’. Rushing you beyond the dance into a flow state where time and space behave a little differently.
Offering his own perspective, Sard shares a jacking ‘Rescratch’ of the title track, leaning into an acidic groove faithful to the timeless freak funk of the midwest.

With this release, Mnemonic forges ahead to the borderlands of techno, leaving us with an ancient-to-the-future message, “What awaits on the other side can only be found through sound.”

Words by Ryan C. Clarke



Vinyl available Oct 11 via Submerge Distribution - digital shortly after.

Brainscraatch

Huey Mnemonic - Brainscraatch (EBON004) - SNIPPETS

Tracks from the vault written between 2022 & 2024.

Midnight Star (Snippet)

Jack It Up (Snippet)

Bliss FM (Snippet)

Deepstate Paranoia (Snippet)

Originally aired Oct 9 2024 on The Boulevard w/ Waajeed on WDET 101.9 FM 

Huey Mnemonic Interview - The Boulevard w/ Waajeed - WDET 101.9 - 10/9/24

RMM's live set taken from Subsonic Ebonic's 2024 quarterly at Podlasie Club.

EBONMIX003 – RMM – Live modular set @ Podlasie Club 10.18.24

EBONMIX004 - Mutagenix @ Nowadays 02.01.25

Buy now!

Huey Mnemonic - MM001 (Snippets)  – Available now on Bandcamp

https://hueymnemonic.bandcamp.com/album/control-mission

B1 Mnemonic Deejay - Control Mission (Substance Mix)

A2 Mnemonic Deejay - Control Mission (Marauder Mix)

A1 Mnemonic Deejay - Control Mission (Massive Mix)

Huey Mnemonic - Stomp Trak

Rhythmic ebb & flow dedicated to celebration. A joyous occasion.

https://hueymnemonic.bandcamp.com/album/joyous-occasion

Huey Mnemonic - Joyous Occasion (Vibe Mix)

Huey Mnemonic - Joyous Occasion (Nuclei Mix)

Virtuosity EP

Viruosity EP

Huey Mnemonic - Hermitsio (MoMA Ready Remix)

Huey Mnemonic - Hermitsio

Huey Mnemonic - Virtuosity

Taken from the Haus of Altr (HOA11) compilation the future of Black electronic music, and the music as it exists in its current state. 

Featuring tracks from:
AceMo
Amal
AshTreJinkins
Bale Defoe
D Strange
Devoye
DJ Autopay
DJ Nativesun
DJ SWISHA
Escaflowne
Huey Mnemonic
Jadalareign
James Bangura
Kush Jones
Loraine James
Martyn Bootyspoon
Max Watts
Speaker Music
Stefan Ringer
Sweater on Polo
TAH

Huey Mnemonic - Respect My House (i - 94 Mix) [HOA11]

Subsonic Ebonics’ label head Huey Mnemonic returns with Technician. A three-track project of minimal tools for DJs – the technicians of the dance floor. Marking the second release on the label, Technician is the soundscape of his various roles in electronic manufacturing and as an SMT Operator.

Pre-Order available now / Out 10.30.2020

Technician

Buy Technician

Huey Mnemonic - Technician 1 [EBON002]

Huey Mnemonic - Technician 3

Techno Trackmaster, DJ, Experimentalist, & Afrofuturist.
Subsonic Ebonics head honcho. 
bookings / inquiries: contact@subsonicebonics.com

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