"The CD is scratched.” A saying from the early millennium, it describes the phenomenon of skipping music on a damaged CD, the locked, repetitive groove. For nearly a decade, Fossilized Wilderness has been experimenting with a peculiar modification to CDJ equipment, birthed by long hours sorting through promotional CDs sent to a radio station. In embracing choppiness, a body of abrasive but bright ambient work has been constructed from the refuse of musical commodification.

The CD skip is both rhythm and tone on this LP, but if you expect the monotonous motions of a concept album, don’t: The moods here are just as granular. The six tracks shift from digital euphoria to shoegazing sentimentalism, a balanced mix of terror, plaintiveness, and joy, an impressive feat considering that the scratch of a CD produces potent nostalgia as well as Pavlovian irritation for many—a drive to eject the thing and fix the problem.

For those not growing up with it, the scratched CD is a relic phenomenon, something that happened with an artifact format. But just because it’s an artifact doesn’t mean it’s obsolete. On this LP, Fossilized Wilderness uses a sonic palette of subtly-shifting broken loops to create something new: delirious spectres rising from an ocean of plastic.

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Fossilized Wilderness is Ryan Martin, a pillar of the North Carolina underground music and arts scene. His most active artistic alias is Secret Boyfriend, with numerous cassette, vinyl, and CD releases on labels such as Blackest Ever Black and his own long-running DIY-informed imprint, Hot Releases. 

releases April 5, 2021

mastered :: Nathan Taylor

Fossilized Wilderness - 4 (ENMB07)

sample : symmetry - tercian archive 

ib : https://soundcloud.com/user-12092007

dying

Demo of my favorite song. It was written 2 years ago at Banger Zone contest and little modified, so I will upload it maybe this autumn. "Mir eto ad" means "world is hell" in russian. I think u r too smart to understand why

mir eto ad (demo)

zonedout - WEBCORE TRACK 642 (prod. phntmzn bR)

xagae [preview]

Final track on 'Mechanosphere', Cam Deas' debut album for The Death of Rave

Available on CD and download from Boomkat.com 31/10/19
https://soundcloud.com/camdeas

Mechanosphere

Solitude

Cam Deas - Solitude [RAVE029]

Neljä koetusta pysyä | Four Try-outs in Staying
W & Milka Luhtaniemi | A work combining poetry and sound art.
NOKTURNO Magazine 2019
Whole piece released on the August episode in Nokturno.fi https://nokturno.fi/poem/nelja-koetusta-pysya-four-try-outs-in-staying

Read and listen simultaneously. There are four audio players and four segments in the poem. All parts of the poem include sound, but all parts of the sound don´t include text. Stay or move on as you like.

The fifth issue of this year contains various encounters between poetry and sound art, probing of everyday technological vocabulary and videopoetry in the landscapes of remembrance.
This issue opens with Neljä koetusta pysyä | Four Try-outs in Staying, a work combining Milka Luhtaniemi´s poetry and sound art by W. There are four audio players embedded in the poem, you can read and listen the work as you like.

Neljä koetusta pysyä | Four Try-Outs In Staying

Athens based artists Anastasios Tatsis and Spiros Alfa started their relationship as @ice_eyes members some years ago. Together they produce leftfield electronic music forms. Both artists are constantly experimenting with modern club territories, techniques, and atmospheres. Their favorite palette of materials consists of advanced dynamic sound motifs, sub-zero pitched bass drops, and rhythmic alchemies. Having released music on @seagrave-3, @genotcentre, and @2anba2, their material is sculpted and emerging from a vast community of innovative artists.Their music has been remixed/reformed from worldwide emblematic artists like ZULI, Renick Bell, Galen Tipton, CXLO to mention a few. The prolific duo is currently hosting a bimonthly show on Threads Radio,while they occasionally stop by NTS, Noods and other Radio stations/hubs to spin new music.

Tracklist : 

Echo Canyon-dacia 4
AAOL CRTD - 1910
Ayln - Thieves 
Boëthius - All My Friends Are Addicts
FRAGILE & KLAHRK - TATTOOED PARROT FISH
Epong - Scuderia
since2side - HARMFUL EFFECTS
Brain Rays & Quiet - Emeralds
8Ball - Danger 
Brain Rays & Quiet - Ataru Flip
Phrixus - Litany Of Fail
Nocturnerror - Dead Confessions (Three Times More)
Antoine - Talk To
ZULI - Trigger Finger (TSVI Remix)
0N4B - bar(aa)ca 
Bungalovv - A quema ropa
AΣΤΥΤΕΚΚ - Meta Leak
Osheyack - Mutual Shaping
MarcelDune - Run
Luciano Lamanna - Blood
SDBX - You Fucked My Brain 
Brutalismus 3000 - Die Umwelt macht Bum
Turbo Teeth - Bruised & Polished

HYPERLINK MIX #3 w/ ice_eyes

Osawa Tome is the ‘cosmic Appalachia’ alias of multi-instrumentalist, electronic producer, and North Carolina underground music scene veteran, Zeke Graves (Cold Sides, Datahata, Kinoeye, Northgate Syndicate, Ezekiel Graves, etc.).

Drawing on the vernacular traditions of the region, a love of minimalist and experimental composers, and a deep curiosity towards sound-generating technologies, Graves fashions a unique take on ‘folk music’ that wanders through ambient, drone, and new age territories. In true nomadic style, Graves declines permanent residence in any of these genres, instead opening up a meditative and transitory space where sounds can come and go, structures evolve and decay, and time just as easily run backwards as forwards.

Astute listeners will note the undeniable sway of creative beacons such as Terry Riley, John Fahey, Laurie Spiegel, and Roedelius. However, 'Mountain Minor' is primarily inspired by the Western North Carolina land where Graves was raised. Listen closely for the creek washing over the rocks, the insects chanting on a summer night, and the trees creaking in the winter winds. Take some time on the pathways of 'Mountain Minor' and hear for yourself. 

released January 1, 2021

mastering :: glyn maier

all proceeds to North Carolina Community Bail Fund of Durham :: nccbailfund.org

buy :: https://enmossed.bandcamp.com/album/mountain-minor

Mountain Minor

Osawa Tome - Fern Knee (ENMD02)

axaxaxa #71 by @emotronicphotosynthesis – Diary of a Spider

axaxaxa #71 by Puxie B.o.m.b – Diary of a Spider

Itsï "Pharmacy Bathroom" Excerpt

portal to a dream castle

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run by @fannuze

February 22 2025 - Hyperlink x @slagwerk with @to-xe, @baby_pantera, @one_legacy, @fannuze, @oti_s (La Station - Paris)

April 27, 2024 - LOVE IS A SPECTRUM with @b3lovedtrink3t (live), @bewareilive b2b @aeoi, @organtapes, @fannuze, @vendredear (Petit Bain - Paris)

February 24, 2024 - ROAD REDLINE @easternmargins with @fitnesss (live), @lvraofficial (live), @6akl6xchitga (live), @fannuze, @tovankao, Lumi (Point Ephémère - Paris)

November 25, 2023 - BROKEN PARABLES @metaphorecollectif with : 0000vn (live) @28082 (live), @fannuze, @griigg, @gloomknightvivi (Méta Zone Libre - Marseille)

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June 8, 2022 - GIRLS DON'T CRY with @obsequies @fetva @fannuze (La Chapelle des Carmélites - Toulouse)