Sketches 2 (CUT)

Realist co-founder @tskali__ takes the reins for the first of 8 mixes in 8 weeks spanning continents & styles. A dexterous hour-plus collage shifting thru noise, footwork, jungle, neurohop, industrial & hard-tek, Baile-tinged gabber, wavering between bare-all abrasion & skittish provocation. The mix is a continuation of a 2025 peppered with radio spots between Bristol & London and their through-running atmosphere of scattered elation & lurking dolour.

artwork by @frasier77777 // additional art & type by @manicpixiedreamgirl555

tracklist:

Tenebral Cortex - When Day Breaks
Kode9 - Katak [heatseeker: intercept desert fox]
Clipping - Taking Off (Cnámha edit)
Ludwig Wandinger - Col
Dome - Atlas
L. Salicis - Infant
Nexalen - forest
Suze - Rheya
Antoine De Schuyter - Shinjuku Ghost
Babylon Timewarp - Durban Poison (Original Mix)
trillosta - Distressed Conduct
Holovue - Transient
LOG1N, prox.bleep - Hypnagogia
Ice_Eyes - Tekker 4
Chewlie - Saga
exael - chrome cellar (acid hiccup giddy-up mix)
nm elstran - xxi
golden furniture - it gets good after the snares comein trust me
dj shizoid, bbbernArD - shizodisco
TGA - Rotator
faceless - BAILE DO GABBER
Smogo - Swamp Druids Gathering
blinkercam⊹ - really though. like, really though.
Death Grips - Guillotine (nensha remix)
Bastard - SP-401k
DJ Rashad, DJ Spinn - On Site
230 - oracolo
Metaprose - Obliterate You I
mitigate - dissipation, deviation
EatSleep - Through Frightened Eyes

Realist Alive Radio 001: tskali

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Bios Contrast & Nilotpal Das - SSAC42
Label: Infinite Machine
CAT#: IM120
Format: Digital
Release Date: June 27th, 2025

Tracklist: 

1. everyth1ng 1n l1fe (feat. K_anti)
2. EXT10 (feat. K_anti)
3. dysph0r1a (feat. K_anti)
4. XSCX
5. N0R
6. ap0calypse 42
7. espress0
8. Blue Box Recovery

Listening to Bios Contrast–aka Nilotpal Das’--SSAC42 for the first time might be likened to the experience of watching sunlight shimmering on the surface of a body of water. There is an effortless spontaneity, a mesmerizing ebb and flow. There is a movement which continually reminds us of itself. We are drawn in without needing to understand why. Curiosity takes hold—not a ‘question-driven’ curiosity–but a quiet immersion in the unfolding moment. It feels familiar, but distant; intimate, yet undeniably alien–the more we surrender to it, the more it transforms. We do not give our attention so much as we permit ourselves to drift along. With each passing moment, we are captivated anew, drawn into the throes of unexpected emotion.

The sonic world of SSAC42 seems to pull influence from various forms of electronic music on the fringes. We hear rapid, intricate drum patterns. We feel the warmth of synth textures, the soft glow of ambient pads collapsing gracefully into themselves. The airy vocals of K_anti play a significant role–gliding in over arrangements at unforeseen moments, bringing us closer to something vast and luminous. We never quite arrive, but feel as though we’re always approaching. The tracks are melodic without being grounded in melody. They coalesce, fracture, and reform. A pattern begins, and vanishes, swiftly replaced by something else entirely. Time loses shape; moments of breathtaking stillness recline over fierce drum sequences.

This warping of time is notable in the first track “everyth1ng 1n l1fe”, where soft atmospheric elements churn slowly above chaotic jittering drums. The juxtaposition stirs, generating an ongoing tension that is never resolved. Ethereal, washed out vocals pull us further into weightless expanse. Lush moments build up and transfigure, revealing new forms with each phrase. The second track “EXT10” takes us further into moments of unanticipated wonder. Through the turbulence, shifting elements are not mourned as they pass, but welcomed; we do not question their departure—we move forward with them.

The third composition, “dysph0r1a” opens with a clear vocal presence.  K_anti’s tender delivery occasionally rises above the evolving terrain of synths—fleeting, decipherable, then submerged once again. Later on, the sixth track “ap0calypse 42” carries us through a striking arc: from softness to percussive fury, and back into calm. The transformation is tumultuous, but also cyclical—destructive and restorative in turn.

The shapeshifting quality of the album can feel disorienting. Just as we find comfort and predictability, it dissolves. Familiarity is teased, and withdrawn. Perhaps it is in this instability that the core of SSAC42’s potential lies. As the unending search for meaning in our human lives is consistently upended and reimagined, SSAC42 seems to quietly posit that moments of solace will reveal themselves amid the chaos; wonder and enchantment persist if we are willing to stay open.

Words by M. Elijah Sueuga



Bios Contrast & Nilotpal Das - ap0calypse 42

Bios Contrast & Nilotpal Das - XSCX

Bios Contrast & Nilotpal Das - N0R

Bios Contrast & Nilotpal Das - EXT10 (feat. K_anti)

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