upsammy - Germs in a Population of Buildings
Label: PAN
Cat.No.: PAN 132
Release Date: 05 May 2023
Purchase: pan.lnk.to/GerminaPopulationofBuildings

On her sophomore album "Germ in a Population of Buildings”, upsammy moves through her surroundings with the curiosity of a place-bending landscape architect. The album is rooted in her interest for ambiguous environments in constant shift, and the feeling of discovering strange patterns in different ecosystems. Often, the Amsterdam-based artist finds herself zooming in and out beyond a place's most recognizable surface features to inhabit the microscopic and gigantic. Gathering field recordings and evocative environmental sounds, she shapes this source material into vibrating electro-acoustic rhythms and unstable, psychedelic textures.

upsammy's debut album, 2020's critically-acclaimed "Zoom", was praised for its careful reimagining of IDM, evolving vignettes that nodded towards the dancefloor without being shackled to its rigid set of rules. On "Germ in a Population of Buildings" her process has evolved considerably; the skeletal trace of IDM is still present but it's been trapped in amber, allowing her unique sonic landscape to develop organically. 'Being is a Stone' is a proof of concept in many ways, layering upsammy's contorted voice in rickety patterns beneath a lattice of fragile rhythms and faintly melancholy synths. It's never immediately obvious where the sounds are coming from - a hiccuping beat might be glass cracking underfoot, and larger pulses could be wet concrete, rusted iron or bent plastic. As the sounds develop they morph into each other, demolishing what came before and building on top of the ornamental wreckage.

On the dynamic 'Constructing', upsammy's sound design fluxes through hyperactive bass music structures, abstracting expectations at every turn. Often her sounds are whisper quiet, rattling and vibrating until heavier masonry drops and disrupts the structure. And when discernible rhythms subside into the background, like on the album's eerie title track, they become almost illusory, morphing between the real world and the electronic. upsammy's processed voice works like a bridge between these realms, snaking between stark, whimsical melodies on 'Patterning', arching from AutoTuned detachment into cooing, dreamy intimacy. By considering the harmonies between each location she's visited, upsammy has been able to build a unique topology that's an uncanny digital amalgam of her lived experience. It's a thoughtful alternative in an era more concerned with flatting the landscape than crumpling it and examining its peaks and troughs.

Mastered by Rashad Becker
Mixed by James Ginzburg
Artwork by Jonathan Castro Alejos and Tharim Cornelisse

Germ in a Population of Buildings

upsammy - Being is a Stone (PAN 132)

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https://secd.bandcamp.com/album/se-cd03-match-fixer-done

Match Fixer - My Lot

NO CACES w/ Faïza (30/01/24)

★ TAICHU_ TOLKIN YIT
★ Unknown artist_ LA BRUJA
★ Merca Bae & OCTUBRXLIBRV_ Daeva
★ BABYNYMPH_ freaky (fuck your dad)
★ Genus Aix_ As one so torn
★ Stacktrace_ Make a chooce
★ Kahn_ Namkha
★ Mains Courantes_ Busted riddim
★ Dites Safran_ Tropt
★ RSD_ KINGSFISHER REMIX
★ EchoBoy_ I’N’I Dub
★ atrice_ s3-GZ
★ Laksa_ Belly Brocka
★ A-Zone_ Calling the people
★ Rafa Maya_ Unholy moment
★ 1rm40_ Locomotiva
★ Plan B_ Guatauba
★ Deejay Florentino_ DE CALLE
★ Dj Chekesito, Landy Boy_ Pedian Reggaeton
★ Clapton Clan_ Se pone bellaca
★ Bad Gyal, Tokischa, Young Miko_ Chulo Pt.2

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Following the release of their joint EP, 'Accela', on Hyperdub, the Uruguay-born, Ireland-based producer Lila Tirando a Violeta teams up once again with Berlin’s Sin Maldita for a special back-to-back mix.

Here, they showcase their versatility as artists, diving into their SoundCloud likes for a joyride through different moods. The first half is built for the dancefloor; the beginning drenched in the drama and soft urgency of a dopamine-soaring trance cut. The second half features the sublime sonics of Lee Gamble and sparkling, romantic ambience layered with dialogue from James Mangold’s 'Walk the Line'. A perfect, post-Valentine's mood.

Check out the tracklist here: https://trippin.world/feature/the-trippin-mixes-vol-30-lila-tirando-a-violeta-and-sin-maldita

The Trippin Mixes, Vol. 30: Lila Tirando a Violeta & Sin Maldita

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Nocturne of the Abyss

'The Room' is part of the Unsound 'Intermission' compilation, available on Bandcamp:

www.unsoundfestival.bandcamp.com

The sample used in 'The Room' comes from a field recording Shanghai-based artist 33EMYBW made in Jing De Zhen, a city in JiangXi province famous for ceramics. As 33EMYBW says: 'During the summer nights, the fields are pitch black; crickets are chirping, frogs are croaking, it is sonorous yet subtle. I am fascinated with such natural sequences. However, it's still just a pre-programmed part of the synchronised world...'

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