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A label undefinable by genre and rather by attitude, Moscow’s Hyperboloid Records have paved their way with an unwavering focus in curation. With a catalogue stretching back as far as 2008, Hyperboloid have continually sewn together futuristic productions and aesthetics, all the while building a family of artists who rep this same forward-facing mentality. 

A regular appearance within this sizable discography is Berlin sound artist, cadeu. Together with Hyperboloid, they now prep the forthcoming album ‘hy’; named after the label. This new body of work arrives without any conceptual forms inside, instead playing with space, composition and syncopation of moving parts. 

In ‘omg’, cadeu intricately weaves jagged glitch with a smooth and moody dancehall-esque refrain. An intensive skit-style track, hitting in a way that is as much body-jilting as it is brain-blowing.

First Listen: cadeu - 'omg' (Hyperboloid Records)

https://band.link/burntheempire

Public Service Announcement:

Do. Not. Hyper-politicize. Every. Womxn*. Artist’s. Work.

After making her debut into the world of dark, deconstructed club music on Infinite Machine in late 2017, Ani Klang is releasing her latest hard-hitting, genre-blending EP on Russian label, Hyperboloid Records to round out a busy year of releases in 2020.

‘BURN THE EMPIRE’ is a powerful statement piece seeking to disprove the pervasive belief that womxn and queer people are primarily working and creating music to “empower others.”

After growing frustrated with commentators deeming every bold piece of womxn-made art as an “outspoken feminist act” and forcing political causes on female/non-binary compositions when none are intended, Klang has challenged this trend and created a piece of work that is emphatically not an “empowering anthem for womxn everywhere.”

Armed with frustration, pain, and a little irony, Klang has built her own empire on the outskirts of genre, and all who are open are invited. She is releasing this record with hopes to begin dismantling the notion that womxn’s music is only meant to serve as a political weapon to fight misogyny. There must be something more meaningful womxn have to say to each other besides ‘you can do it too.’

She began grappling with this idea several years ago, when she felt pressured by the underground club community to be “outspoken” to have her music heard. In a 2018 Instagram post, she explained her frustrations as follows:

“I feel like being ‘outspoken’ is almost a prerequisite for being a successful woman at anything these days.It’s not enough to just be an artist who happens to be female – you have to empower women somehow and put your political opinions at the forefront of your art to be considered ‘relevant’. To be completely honest, I find it frustrating as hell. […] I want women to feel empowered but there are so many other creative ways to do this than just talking about feminism. We should be allowed to just BE artists who make records about death, masturbation, chocolate cake, or whatever the hell we want!”

‘BURN THE EMPIRE’ journeys from 145-160 BPM and showcases punchy, fluttery, footwork-inspired kick patterns, layers of heavily manipulated industrial textures and ironically political self-recorded samples (i.e. feminist podcasts, orgasms, and ex-girlfriends crying and singing) bound together by a rave-friendly mentality. Featuring scorching remixes by formidable artists like A.Fruit, Daniel Ruane, and Pixelord, ‘BURN THE EMPIRE’ is an intense sonic excursion through the mind and body of a female artist, eager to set the underground club scene on fire.

With match in hand, Ani Klang urges listeners to fully understand the following before organizing a livid mob armed with extinguishers on her front lawn:

“I am not intending to belittle or invalidate any collective or artist whose primary premise and passion is to empower others. Rather, I am encouraging commentators and listeners to understand and appreciate our unique concepts and technological capabilities before lazily assuming our artistic motivations.

It’s time we Burn the Empire of exhausted empowerment and construct our own domain, fortified by authenticity, legitimacy and resiliency. We’re are not examples, we are exasperated, and we’re gonna burn shit.”

* ‘womxn’ inclusively refers to any female-bodied or non-binary individual, queer or an otherwise unique human who deviates from standard cisgender identities.

Burn the Empire

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ANI KLANG - THE PROBLEM =

@thugwidow & @bruisedskies combine on 'Void Release' for a peak time 6-minute cataclysm of heavily sliced jungle breaks and jittering basslines. Forthcoming on @astralblack.

More: https://ins-rt.net/audio/thugwidow-bruised-skies-void-release

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Premiere: THUGWIDOW & Bruised Skies - Void Release

Hyperboloid Records presents “Argo” by Fisky, a drum club music producer from Moscow, Russia. He has previously released on Hyperboloid both on vinyl and digitally (Traektoria, Virtual Tracks Vol.2), released on 22nd December digitally and on limited cassette
“Argo” EP is across-cultural journey, the route is outlined by references in the names of the tracks.
In a personal sense, this EP is a departure from the drum tracks of recent releases by Fisky to a more melodic release structure, an attempt to bring together his moods from different years.

Links:
Fisky
https://soundcloud.com/fiskyoioioi
https://www.facebook.com/FiskyMusic
https://fiskyoi.bandcamp.com
https://www.instagram.com/fiskymusic



Hyperboloid Records
https://soundcloud.com/hyperboloid
https:/hyperboloid.bandcamp.com
https://www.facebook.com/hyperboloidrecords
https://vk.com/hyperboloid

Artist: Fisky
Title: Argo
CAT: HYPR087
Release Date: 22/12/2020
Release type: Digital (all formats) / Cassette
Mastering by A.Fruit
Artwork by gsm_garden

Argo

FISKY - STANDALONE

FISKY - THREE SEVEN ACE

Premiering "Prometheus" by Fisky taken from "Argo" EP out on December 22nd via Hyperboloid Records digitally and on limited cassette

Hyperboloid Records presents “Argo” by Fisky, a drum club music producer from Moscow, Russia. He has previously released on Hyperboloid both on vinyl and digitally (Traektoria, Virtual Tracks Vol.2)
“Argo” EP is across-cultural journey, the route is outlined by references in the names of the tracks.
In a personal sense, this EP is a departure from the drum tracks of recent releases by Fisky to a more melodic release structure, an attempt to bring together his moods from different years.

Links:
Fisky
@fiskyoioioi
www.facebook.com/FiskyMusic
fiskyoi.bandcamp.com
www.instagram.com/fiskymusic

Hyperboloid Records
@hyperboloid
https:/hyperboloid.bandcamp.com
www.facebook.com/hyperboloidrecords
vk.com/hyperboloid

PRE-ORDER CASSETTE

[PREMIERE] FISKY - PROMETHEUS (ARGO EP OUT ON DECEMBER 22ND VIA HYPERBOLOID RECORDS)

Premiering "164 Bmp Sbvcfgstretch" by Ole Brolin, "swedish small town Berlin city slicker musician and sound person. Ole likes to build stuff. Like synthesizers"
"GOING UP THE COUNTRY" out on January 8th via SOWASVON

[ENTITY: OLE BROLIN|
[OBJECT: GOING UP THE COUNTRY]
[SWSVN025]

READ:OUT
44.1 KILOCYCLES:SECOND
DECODING:SUCCESSFUL

It was a [REDACTED] that guided the deluding self into its |then| true [TIME: FUTURE].
[ENTITY: IT] shaped a state of [TIME: NOW] that was |never| meant to stay |always| forever /-/-/-/. . 
It |now| ended up leaving to the [TIME: PAST] - through [NOW] - f o r e v e r 

ERROR:out

Links:
Bandcamp link of the label: https://sowasvon.bandcamp.com/
Soundcloud url name of the artist: https://soundcloud.com/olebrolin
Soundcloud url name of the label: https://soundcloud.com/swsvn
Bandcamp link of the release: https://sowasvon.bandcamp.com/album/going-up-the-country
Facebook url name of the label: https://www.facebook.com/sowasvonmusik
Instagram account name of the label: https://www.instagram.com/sowasvoncrew/
Instagram account name of the artist/artists: https://www.instagram.com/penneraudio/

GOING UP THE COUNTRY

PRE-ORDER

[PREMIERE] OLE BROLIN - 164 BMP SBVCFGSTRETCH (GOING UP THE COUNTRY OUT ON JANUARY 8TH VIA SOWASVON)

"ui" is an exploration and re-interpretation of user interface soundscapes that permeate through everyday life with their own languages.

About Let's Collapse

Let’s Collapse is a collaboration EP between Pixelord and Max Dahlhaus in Moscow and Berlin, respectively. The illusion of the global village, which it seems like yesterday’s, collapsed due to the outbreak of covid-19, but none of this can prevent people from contacting each other. This EP shows how the artists feel in it.

Both artists are good at creating cold music, and the collision of ideas has produced many wonderful changes in the results. The whole EP is like a roaring turbo engine, and the huge sound continuously presses our hearts. There is always some strange but beautiful sound between the heavy drums and the rough background noise, when they appear, it will make the listener's scalp tremble like two sharp pieces of metal rubbed in a flash. All these sounds constitute a sci-fi world, and the rich details bring people into endless spaces of imagination. The world is constantly destroyed and rebuilt in the journey of the seven tracks, and the epic ending leaves all this to the unknown.

《Let’s Collapse》由分别位于莫斯科和柏林的Pixelord 和Max Dahlhaus 共同合作完成。恍如昨日的地球村幻景由于疫情的爆发一瞬间崩塌了，但这一切都无法阻止人们相互联系。这张EP展现的就是音乐人在其中的感受。

两位音乐人都善于制作黑暗冷酷的音乐，这次创意之间的碰撞使结果产生了许多奇妙的变化。整张EP就像一台轰鸣的涡轮引擎，声浪持续地压迫着我们的心脏。在厚重的的鼓点与粗糙的背景噪音之间总有一些奇特但又美妙的声音，他们出现时就像两片锐利的金属片擦过一般使听者的头皮一刺。所有这些声音共同构成了一个未来的科幻世界，丰富的细节使人们进入无尽的想象空间。在这七首歌的旅程中，这个世界被不断地毁灭，又被不断地重建，充满史诗感的结尾把这一切留给了未知。 

Mix:Max Dahlhaus & Pixelord
Master: Max Dahlhaus
Artwork:Gabriel Massan

Let's Collapse

Otel Beat

Premiering "Spiral Mind (Gaunt Remix)" by Monotronique taken from "Incoming Signal" out now digitally and on 12`` vinyl via Branch Points
Buy: https://branchpoints.bandcamp.com/album/incoming-signal-pugilist-gaunt-remixes

Monotoronique (Banoffee Pies, Opal Tapes) supplies a statement of intent for the next mutation of Branch Points.

Hailing from the Ukraine, Montronique dispatches two sparse, clinical and brutal cuts that embody the spirit of the record.

'Incoming Signal' is flipped by the prolific Pugilist (3024, Whities, Modern Hypnosis) who brings his signature rolling percussion and sound signifers from the Hardcore Continuum.

Gaunt (Not So Much, Mistry) delivers an other worldly remix of 'Spiral Mind' in only the way Gaunt can to close out BP002.

Branch Points
@branchpoints
www.instagram.com/branch_points/
www.facebook.com/BranchPointsRecords/

Monotronique
@monotronique
www.facebook.com/monotroniquebeats/
twitter.com/monotronique

Gaunt
https://soundcloud.com/yeoldegaunt

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