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Budapest's @Exiles-Electronics label are a port of call for anyone who enjoys scuttling around in the back corners of Bandcamp, digging out undocumented artists and providing them with a home for their releases. Their latest EP, 'brain fog' from non-binary Hungarian producer @asvanyviz2, does exactly that.

brain fog

asvanyviz2 - terminally online [Exiles]

@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.

Design Default - Between Wasteland And Sky

@sueuga 
recorded  at uklon studio 2.25.23

[uklon studio] sueuga

@qeeiqeei - Luminous
CAT#: IM102
Format: Digital
Release: April 14th, 2023
Artwork by Bungalovv
Mixed by Ro Stambuk & Tatiana Heuman
Mastered by Fausto Mercier

Luminous is the new EP by Tatiana Heuman. This record is a resignification of her nomadic condition and the exploration of what it means to belong to a place called home. It represents the long search for an ideal, luminous space that she can call her own.

Having taken the title of her previous release as her own artist name, she seems to be telling us she has now fully embodied her music, living comfortably in it until she and it are indistinguishable. The new resulting work confirms this. 
Where QEEI the record felt experimental and even tentative, Luminous by QEEI the artist feels self-assured and definite. Structures were restless and meandering, at certain moments they edged toward pop; now they’ve been (mostly) streamlined in favor of club propulsion, with a newfound patience to explore the full potential of every section.

Where voice was previously at the forefront it has now (mostly) been mangled into submission and made to blend into a more forceful sounding whole. The percussion, which was timid and darting before, has (mostly) also been put to the service of Groove, often locking into dense, forward-moving patterns that are sure to be effective on dancefloor bodies.

“Mostly”, because Luminous is not without its tender moments, namely the stunning sister pieces ‘Alarma 1’ and ‘Alarma 2’. Here, the muscular percussion drops out and the voice returns as the main character for two beautiful, haunting interludes. 
While still on a search for a base, a physical terrain with which to identify, her progression as an artist tells us that she is firmly on her way to making a luminous shelter out of her music.

Qeei - Alarma 1

Guest mix by https://soundcloud.com/sueuga on https://soundcloud.com/movement-radio-athens

Full Tracklist

Uboa - The Sky May Be (extus)
Whiterose - ridXdrown feat. Mazes Purr
Obelisk - Echoburst
2xn & Gyur - No Trigger
The Haxan Cloak - Growing / Disorder
Kat Nzingha - Pleasant Anxiety 
Tollund Men - Belong To Me
Miedo Total - Bastard
Brave Little Abacus - The Blah Blah Blahs
Hforspirit - UnTyMe
DJ YTP - ADHD Stomp
Golden Ashes - Gold Are The Ashes Of The Restorer
Dviance - Gasp
Pharmakon - Spit It Out
Sutekh Hexen - Iaek
I Hate Sex - San Francisco

Ice_Eyes w/ Sueuga Movement Radio 190423

INFLUENCE

Clowns & Steampunk

shadowrunner (poem)

So I let it all fall, 
things that make the 
darkness numb, make the night ache, 
cross the road 
to where they smoke a grace, 
glowing faces from another place, 
‘Chase away these goblins  
with their pink punk haircuts,’ 
She mumbles as she 
let's them fall – glass marbles 
to entice,   
roll the dice...

do not let the silence 
label me
a ruthless, masked intruder, 
shadows radiate from my black 
bones, but I’m not a thief, 
just a hunter
for a fragile mind,
Leave the bait, and I will take it,
I can break it, make the past  
hollow 
So I follow 
The punk girl home 

as she skip-
skips 
to the sound 
of her own heartbeat, 
feet brush-
crush the surface 
of the cold, hard street, 
She smiles as I pretend 
I’m just a silly little dream...

Written by Wildsilences

Music by Progeny -1

Shadowrunner - Wildsilences *Progeny -1 remix*

Lyo XS - Crybaby

SITOI - Kuori I

'Kuori' is a story about a shift in identity following the collapse of reality. The double EP examines gender and sexual identity, mental health, and existence within forced, rigid societal norms.  It's a portrayal of confusion, the relentless hold of anger and loneliness, constant change, and finding softness and tolerance. SITOI transforms the mundane into abstract imagery. Her spoken word poetry is reunited with the familiar unforgivingly abrasive yet somber noise, expanding upon the sonic foundation laid by 'Kyyhky' with more pummelling and techno-infused percussive production.

'Kuori I' explores the cross pressure of sensitivity and callousness, feelings of exclusion and depression. It's a claustrophobic attempt to escape the glass enclosures upheld by societal norms, thrashing through panic attacks and nightmares from warehouses to bathrooms. 'Kuori I' finds solace in the deafening tumult, security in the midst of turmoil.

To be released 29th January via Changeless.

Written by SITOI.
Produced by Exploited Body.
Mixed & mastered by Noah Kin.

Artwork by Reetta Nummi.

@sitoi
@exploitedbody

Kuori I

SITOI - Sakset

Track Premiere: CLL by @1shayu [@exiles-electronics]
Read More: https://paynomindtous.it/premiere-shayu-exiles
Pre-order: https://exiles-electronics.bandcamp.com/album/sirens
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Based in Budapest, Hungary, EXILES is among the finest record labels in the field of experimental electronics which has been releasing music of outstanding quality as far back as 2017. After a crazy amount of stunning outings (we counted 18 in 2020 only!), the Hungarian hub is already at its second one for 2021 keeping on with their prolific and essential productions. We're talking about Sirens, the latest various artists compilation focusing on intense compositions of thick, inventive, and vocal-rich sound experiments, or, as to put it in the label's own words, on the "sonic exploration of maritime fantasies".

The album, out later this week, is composed of twenty enticing, vaporous yet explosive tracks gathered in the output of limited-edition tapes featuring artwork by Melinda Doktor (object), Adrienn Császár (typing), and Iza Nagy (photography), with the cassette/digital mastering respectively curated by István Tanka (Direct) and Roland Nagy (Fausto Mercier). The Sirens comp includes the contributions of some of the finest contemporary producers and sound designers in the scene, such as Yuryung Sound Corp co-founder Arexibo, modular synths master Evil Medvěd, extraordinary composer and insanely skilled visual artist DIGITONICA, and Chinabot-affiliated Sabiwa, among others.

Today, we're glad to be premiering the piece called CLL by Shayu (she/her), appearing on the first side of the tape. Coming on the scenes in 2018 with her debut EP 'Liang' on Files Rec, followed the next year by the five-tracker EP 'All The Way Through' on the London-based Coyote Records, Shayu is an experimental musician and multimedia artist currently based in Zurich who is reportedly interested in investigating ways of juxtaposing, merging, and morphing abstract sound paintings with concrete soundscapes and a percussive drive.

Shayu's highly dynamic piece combines a wide range of sounds such as reverberated vocals, piercing percussions, and shattered kickdrums, arrayed in rich textures that craft a complex sound artifact standing somewhere between analog synth ambiance, baroque music, and bass-infused, club-oriented outbursts. In particular, her main inspiration comes from grime's production techniques which over the years have brought up and developed the unprejudiced taste for layered compositions of various audio sources.

Sirens, out this Sunday (January 24th) is already available for pre-order on Exiles' Bandcamp. Please consider contributing by donating to get this amazing comp; in case you'd need an extra reason to do that, you should know that all digital purchases will be donated to The Women For Women Together Against Violence Association (NANE), a non-profit, non-governmental org established in 1994 with the aim to combat individual, social, and community violence against women and children. Enjoy!

Check out Shayu also on Soundcloud and Bandcamp. Also, you can find EXILES on SoundCloud and Instagram, together with their entire catalog.

Shayu - CLL [PAYNOMINDTOUS Premiere / EXILES]

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