precise, clear, resonating

Process Fatigue

Group Chats With High Signal-To-Noise Ratio Become Coops

the 3rd volume in my remissions series as car culture. lovesick decompression for your incoming seasonal affective disorder.

tracklist:
EOD - Mule
—my biggest regret—
Mirah - La Familia
Walton - Aerophonic
—where have i been—
lucy gooch - It Brings Me Back To You
Scott Sesking - I Remember
Kirk Barley - Bleached
—i wanna kiss you so bad—
Going Home - [Love]
ulla - creepy girl
—nothing is stopping me—
Davis Galvin - Loved
—endless cycles—
Reinhard Lakomy & Rainer Oleak - Ruhezeit
Viktor Lazlo - Stories
Cocteu Twins - Why Do You Love Me
M83 - You Appearing
—the sky just wants us to be together—
Harriet Brown - Oops! There Goes My 20’s
Daisy Cats - Tender Love (Car Culture Smear)
—love & happiness—
Car Culture - Taste Of Honey
Marcia Griffiths - Everywhere (screwed)
—do you know what self love is—
Magick Mountain - for daniel [Car Culture Dub]
Donald Thomas - Black Night Is Calling Me Home

car culture remissions vol. 3

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 - Patterning (PAN 132)

upsammy - Green Lung (PAN 132)

upsammy - Constructing (PAN 132)

Framework presents the first edition of TOWER Imports, a limited mix series designed to incorporate international artists into New York's TOWER project. 

The inaugural mix comes from experimental Italian musician, DJ, & producer @ikavapii. Exploring abstract and detailed club-adjacent music with releases on @earlyreflex and @pampsychia, the London-based artist driven by a playful approach to sound design and unconventional structures. With this mix, they initiate explorations of waterlogged sonics in preparation for the next edition of TOWER, February 29 at Bossa Nova Civic Club in Brooklyn.

"A selection of oblique, slowfast music, mostly made hitting tanks, blowing through pipes, and placing microphones near dripping leaks, or splashes of water. No to boring club tools, yes to sounds of actual tools and machinery. A mix from worker to workers, from builder to builders, created while dreaming of very real shared spaces <3" - Ikävä Pii

Mastered by @specialguest-dj

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TOWER is a building function that aims to channel the sonic palettes of production and construction skyward, celebrating and embracing an industrial optimism that resists both nihilistic and utopian escape. TOWER is a subsidiary of Framework, an NY bass & drum label in development.

https://www.instagram.com/tower__________
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TOWER Imports 001

TOWER Imports 001: Ikävä Pii

Our next mixtape comes courtesy of Puglia born London based Niche founder, 	𝐈𝐤ä𝐯ä 𝐏𝐢𝐢.

A high energy hour of weird swampy sounds, eery melodies & intricate detail, put together with so much love and care it feels like one full track. 

Sometimes you listen to a mix & it feels like a true expression of someones personality, and that’s how we feel with this one. Thank you so much Giacomo <3

@ikavapii

𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 / 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐬 / 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐨 𝐮 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞
Giacomo, Ikävä Pii / he, they / Hackney Wick

𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐢𝐱
Weirdness and detail. This is all I want as a listener and a dancer, and what I want to convey as Ikävä Pii. In this mix I’ve explored slowfast ambiguity, music for ponds and futuristic punk, pairing Italian Sunitty with warped UK techno, with a couple of WTF turns.

For the most part, it is extremely detailed music. It’s abstract and rich. I don’t like the definition of “sound design” anymore: it sounds “functional”, as if the goal was creating a product. These producers are (like me), instead, trying to spawn detailed worlds.

𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐞𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜?
I’ve started making music with a punk band in Puglia. I picked up a guitar because my father and all his brothers played. Family gatherings were beautifully loud. Puglia was still a poor and tough place when I was a kid, so my love for international music was a form of escapism. I was (like many others) online a lot and in touch with musicians from all over the world. I started dreaming of London listening to The Clash at maybe 12yo? London has truly shaped me, I was radicalised here. Politically and artistically. And here’s where I embraced my queerness.

I think, in many instances, it was here that I was exposed to some really fringe stuff, and that’s how I realised I loved everything that was genuinely weird or boundaries-pushing. Furthermore, I believe that Hackney Wick makes my life as an artist easier. Cheap rent, community and proximity: it’s a 5 mins walk from the warehouse to the studio and the venue, and sometimes special things only happen thanks to the support of other locals. You know who you are! <3

𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐮𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐞, 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 & 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 & 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧?
Niche started in April 2023 as a monthly sonic hangout; noisy jams, open decks, and improvised sets. Now it’s a full-scale event, with performances by some of the best artists we know. It started out of necessity: an accessible space to experiment with fellow noisemakers. 
My relationship with the venue was crucial; I’ve been a resident at The Bath House for 2 years now, and Niche can only happen because my studio is there.

It is a lovely ecosystem of musicians, DJs, listeners and dwellers. We are trying to bridge the gap between the bedroom and the venue, offering a space for people to try new things out and take risks, playing for the most understanding audience. In terms of curation, I am looking for the most daring acts out there - no genre limitations, but definitely priority to live shows, and musicians in particular. 
Alongside artists I know and/or follow, we met incredibly talented people through the open calls, or other nice folks who just jumped on the groupchat and asked to play! Keeping it as open and diverse as possible is at the core of our practice. We only have one resident at the moment - the amazing Queenie.

𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐢𝐱 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬
slowfast, weird, detailed

interview continued via substack - https://allmovingobjects.substack.com

𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟕𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐭 𝐎𝐫𝐦𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 [𝐈𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐓𝐚𝐩𝐞], 𝐉𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐨, 𝐃𝐣 𝐰𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐥𝐞𝐬 & 𝐑𝐲𝐨 𝐊𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐚 https://ra.co/events/1883623

kinetic mix 027: Ikävä Pii "weird details"

Pre-order: https://maloca.bandcamp.com/album/siiix-vol-1

Brussels-based label @malocarecords presents 'SIIIX, Vol.1', a compilation-turned-collaborative EP showcasing a dialogue between HIIIT (fka percussion ensemble Slagwerk Den Haag) and six producers - shimmering between footwork, IDM, UK bass and ambient.

The final result is six wildly different sonic outcomes, from the high-energy workouts of @upsammy’s ‘Embrytone’ to Julian Satorius’s warped rhythms in ‘Klutsel-Klötzli’.

More exclusive music

Premiere: upsammy 'Embrytone'

ZULI, experimental club producer and VENT co-founder hailing from Cairo hits the NTS airwaves to showcase his club wares: aggressively left-field.  
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/ZULI/episodes/zuli-17th-june-2024

ZULI w/ Movie Real & Ikävä Pii 170624

I’ve made a track and AGENDA⋮ has made a song out of it.

“Paradigms” out in 3 versions.

Ikävä Pii - Paradigms -++
Ikävä Pii - Paradigms --
AGENDA⋮ - Paradigms +-

A fancy press release text here. A big concept. The usual tags, buzzwords, adjectives. Post-facto meaning, retroactive motives. Tropes for easy consumption, categories for easy detection. Some big DJ played it out! It's forward-thinking - yet the usual.
Or, left turns, fuckups, new experiments, old loves.
Lyrics, words, good ideas, desires, tea, fears, memes, questions, wrong answers, bad ideas.
No interesting sound was ever made by playing it safe.
Have fun you coward :)

҉p҉҉a҉҉r҉҉a҉҉d҉҉i҉҉g҉҉m҉҉s҉ ҉l҉҉o҉҉r҉҉e҉҉c҉҉o҉҉r҉҉e҉ ҉d҉҉e҉҉e҉҉p҉҉f҉҉a҉҉k҉҉e҉҉s҉ ҉s҉҉t҉҉e҉҉r҉҉e҉҉o҉҉t҉҉y҉҉p҉҉e҉҉s҉ ҉c҉҉l҉҉i҉҉c҉҉h҉҉e҉҉s҉ ҉c҉҉o҉҉s҉҉p҉҉l҉҉a҉҉y҉҉s҉ ҉d҉҉r҉҉a҉҉w҉ ҉t҉҉h҉҉e҉ ҉l҉҉i҉҉n҉҉e҉ ҉f҉҉u҉҉c҉҉k҉ ҉u҉҉p҉ ҉b҉҉u҉҉t҉ ҉w҉҉i҉҉t҉҉h҉ ҉g҉҉r҉҉a҉҉c҉҉e҉

Ikävä Pii - Paradigms --

Carrier & Emily Jeanne invite London based DJ & Niche founder Ikävä Pii.

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Club Silentio - B.BBY & Ikävä Pii - 05 Dec 2024

Following the launch of the Eyes series, Early Reflex welcomes back Ikävä Pii for “Eyes II”, the second entry in this exploratory two-tracker format. 

Possibly the darkest tracks Ikävä Pii has produced to date, ‘False Binaries Fight for Primacy’ and ‘Permaweird’ are two detailed and twisted club tunes, encapsulating the perennial state of frustrated urgency of our times. 
Uneasy feelings are conveyed in both tracks, and refracted through the artist’s signature playful approach.
False Binaries Fight for Primacy is driven by the eerie ambiguity of its major/minor harmony, and a relentless rhythmic section that nods to post-punk as much as the track’s distorted, shouty vocals. The unsettling main theme of Permaweird is hinged on an alteration of the Locrian mode (often deemed the “weirdest” mode), and its timbre, albeit recalling familiar patches from the Process Fatigue era, here paints a much darker picture. 
Topical and heartfelt, these tracks update Ikävä Pii’s sound with an uncanny mutation, material for a standout moment in a club set. Already secret weapons in Ikävä Pii’s live show for nearly a year, they’ve left heads spinning on dancefloors in UK, Europe and beyond, and now find their proper home on Early Reflex.

Ikävä Pii said:
“What’s the purpose of club music in a climate where alienation is the norm and outdated narratives are collapsing?
We live in the permaweird: reality gets increasingly absurd, and yet we adapt to it every day.
Nothing to fight for: digital vs physical, liberal left vs authoritarian right, old vs young - just false binaries. There must be another way. 
In the meantime, activate punk mode, shout in the mic, use stranger scales. 
The only real binary is rich vs non-rich (and that’s what clubs should be about).
Thanks Venkatesh Rao and David Rudnick for the inspiration.”

‘Eyes II’ is available on all platforms starting from Friday 2nd May 2025.

© & ℗ 2025 Early Reflex. All rights reserved.

All tracks produced and mixed by Ikävä Pii at Niche Studio, London § Mastering at CB5 Studios § Artwork by Alessandro Scanu.

False Binaries Fight for Primacy

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Ikävä Pii - False Binaries Fight for Primacy

After a weird and wonderful 2nd bday party last weekend, NICHE main fungus @ikavapii invites one of the night’s heroes, Paris-based sound alchemist @lefrit , for 2 hours of abstract, wonky, slowfast music.


NICHE w/ Ikävä Pii & Le Frit - 21th April 2025

ROOO & Ikävä Pii the 2 main forces behind NICHE, will share the monthly dose of weird club-adjacent music, playing new and forthcoming releases ahead of their next event on May 30th.


NICHE w/ Ikävä Pii and ROOO - 19th May 2025

Niche is back with Ikävä Pii and singer, producer and comrade LVRA 
2 hours of twisted tunes from the left-field side of the sonic spectrum.



NICHE w/ Ikävä Pii & LVRA - 21st July 2025

explorer of whatnot
𝘉𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘱 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘸
Monthly on Netil Radio 
Niche 🍄 curator

next gigs:
09/11: Hiatus Festival, Poznan 🇵🇱
31/12: bULT, Almaty 🇰🇿 (TBA)
25/01: Venue MOT, London 🇬🇧 (TBA)

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