Design Default - Quartz Silica EP
Format: Digital
Release: December 2nd, 2022
Artwork by Benfika

Marking the 100th record of the imprint’s prolific history, Infinite Machine are proud to present the release of Quartz Silica EP by new-comer Design Default. A self-described ‘tone scientist’, the Parisian delivers a 5-track of uniquely textural compositions which map out a sonic world influenced by dystopian anime titles like Trigun & Neon Genesis Evangelion. Like many on the IM discography, Quartz Silica acts almost like a simulation or audio-film representation of an abstract space you’re invited to traverse.

The EP opens with ‘Between Wasteland and Sky’; percussive assault on your senses which clearly exemplifies Design Default’s meticulous approach to sound design. Every detail, every sample and every automation is carefully considered to add to the heightened affective theatrics heard here.

‘A.S.K’ follows things up on this release, a highly inventive composition with a loose structure that evolves from phrase-to-phrase, refusing to sit still. Design Default’s interest in jazz and free-form arrangements is married up with an angular sonic palette of industrial groans and splutters; generating the impression of hearing a glitch (or hiccup, even) in the machine. There’s something refreshingly playful about the maximalistic breakdown of ‘A.S.K’ akin to the wry smile found in some of AYA and her YCO label’s output.

After two highly frenetic tracks, Design Default turns the tempo down slightly with the groove-laden ‘S.E.E.D.S’. Layers of rich, fuzzy synapses phase in and out of prominence over a bed of complex drum programming. The producer deploys negative space here to great effect, with the absence of a drum hit or sample where you might expect one adding to the hypnotic rhythmic swing of ‘S.E.E.D.S’.

Rounding out the originals of Quartz Silica EP, ‘SILEX’ is a club-ready construction with a paint-shaking bassline which seems to slip downwards in pitch as if it can’t get steady footing. Again, Design Default’s tone science/alchemy shines through clearly here, with stutters of melodies, bursts of white noise and stacked drum patterns managing to sit cohesively in this dynamic expanse.

Fellow Parisian De Grandi jumps on remix duties for ‘S.E.E.D.S’ to finish off the EP. The Paradoxe Club signee adds further syncopation and strips the original’s elements down to its fundamental core. The results are a spectral creeper of a tune - built almost intentionally with dark, low ceiling environments in mind.

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06/08, Paris, TBA
06//11, Paris, TBA
06/18, Inès Cherifi release party, Le point Ephémère, Paris
06/21, Paris, TBA
07/10, club yaoi x jeudi ok, Paris, TBA

Past gigs 
2025

05/17, Precious liquid media x Paris ass book fair, Paris
04/30, soirée de soutien Collectif des jeunes du parc de Belleville 
04/28, Rinse France, Paris
03/21, Bise noire, Valence
03/16, Fawa Wafa (sous tes reins afterparty), Paris
03/09, Oeshixa, La Fonderie, Ivry
02/22, Cyberrance (la RHESS b2b le Kaiju), Romainville
02/20, Fawa Wafa, Paris 
02/15, La rotonde stalingrad, Paris
02/08, La station gare des mines (MOFO w/ Salomé), Paris
02/06, Dykesout, Paris
01/27, release of 'Paradiz Kiss 01'

2024

12/12, Very Important History, Fawa Wafa
11/22, Fiercefaces, Paris
11/17, Confort mental, Paris
10/31, Flashcocotte, Wanderlust, Paris
10/31, Dykesout, Paris
10/04, Pyxlssss x Radion, Amsterdam, Netherlands 
09/27, Festival de Sévelin, Lausanne, Switzerland 
09/20, Francekiss afterparty, silencio des prés, Paris
09/07, dykesout, Les Souffleuses, Paris 
08/30, Mazury club Fetsival, Poland 
08/22, Acme x Jeudi OK, Wanderlust, Paris
07/26, Dykesout, Les Souffleuses, Paris 
06/28, Trash Kiki, Recyclart, Brussels 
06/22, Rohan Mirza after show party, U122ae club, Paris
06/15, Daddy issues, La Station, Paris
06/15, FLIRT, La Flèche d'Or, Paris
06/14, F00lhard, Kindergarden, Bologna
06/06, Freakish x Fiercefaces, La Station, Paris 
05/03, dykesout, lucid interval, Paris
04/12, neoclubtard, café central, Brussels
04/11, kiosk radio, Brussels
03/12, Lyl radio, Paris 
03/01, Tribute brand party, Paris
01/26, brutal slap academy, Bordeaux

2023

12/17, Colombe d'Humières boutique closing party, Paris
12/01, ANDREASFRANCEKISS after party, Silencio, Paris
11/23, Marie fundraising party, le petit balcon, Paris
10/31, Café pompier's halloween party, Bordeaux 
10/28, Brutal slap academy, Paris
10/7, Queer club, l'oeil, Paris 
10/6, Harmony's birthday, Lucid interval, Paris
09/16, House of deathless flowers, Noisy le Sec
09/15, Dykesout, L'oeil club, Paris 
08/12, The platform NL, Amsterdam
08/05, Canfrgu Birthday Party, Le petit prince, Paris
07/01, Dykesout, l'oeil club, Paris
06/02, Los angles, Poing club, Rotterdam
06/01, Multifemalemegamix, kanaal 40, Amsterdam
05/19, Club medieval takeover hotel radio, Paris
04/28, Enantios and Rosario top surgery party, Paris
04/20, Faeris records x Jennifer Cardini, badaboum, Paris
04/14, Club bussy, Poush, Paris
03/13, Hotel radio, Paris 
03/08, Diva mgmt, dock B, Paris
02/18, Summit ice, Les Amarres, Paris 
02/10, Kiosk radio, Brussels 
01/20 Dykesout, L’œil club, Paris 

2022

12/01, Opyum Festival, 3537, Paris
11/14, live session Ola Radio, Marseille
11/10, voiture 14, Paris 
09/30, Filles de blédards, FGO Barbara, Paris
07/23, Slut behavior, Gambetta club, Paris
06/30, Jeudi ok, wanderlust 
06/25, Love sorry, le Klub, Paris 
06/21, Taraiette, Paris
06/17, soirée du FLIRT, La mutinerie, Paris
06/04, Dykesout for paris ass book fair, Paris
04/29, frivole de nuit, le klub, Paris 
04/09, Calor ultra gliss, le Chinois, Montreuil
03/18, dykesout,  le pavillon des canaux, Paris
02/26, rends la maille, la flèche d'or, Paris 
02/19, club visage, Le sample, Paris
01/22, Chine machine event, Paris

2021

12/19, soirée Tabellion, Bruxelles
12/11, à bientôt j'espère, La volonté, Saint Ouen 
11/06, Biennale de l'éditions, ENSBA Toulouse 
10/31, Halloween café pompier, Bordeaux 
10/17, Oestropolis, La folie, Paris
09/18, Hybrid love, serpent à plume, Paris
07/11, after show mugler, Paris
07/01, pop up store propaganda vintage, Paris
06/18, Corps à corps, Duperré, Paris 
06/12, 31 boccata, Paris