Isomov

wave ~ seed

a compilation in support of
those working towards
a just and equitable society

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update (11/02/20):
we raised just about $1000 for these organizations, thank you so much for your support!
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to raise support for organizations focused on ending mass incarceration, building Black unity, and engaging in cultural and systemic transformation, the Ithaca event series Microtones has announced the release of a 39 track compilation of electronic music to raise funds for Alliance of Families for Justice, Southside Community Center, and Multicultural Resource Center.

Alliance of Families for Justice seeks to support, empower and mobilize families and individuals impacted by the criminal justice system so they can marshal their collective power to create a just world.

Southside Community Center works to affirm, empower, and foster the development of self-pride among the African-American citizens of greater Ithaca.

Multicultural Resource Center engages in cultural and systemic transformation by building with communities to eliminate barriers to racial justice, cultural dignity, equity and inclusion, and indigenous rights.

the compilation features over three hours of previously unreleased material from veteran and rising producers, spanning the far reaches of electronic music.

otodojo from Microtones shares words about the compilation:
“I felt the strong urge to support those working for social justice and community building, yet felt limited in the tangible support I could offer. as music has been a pillar for me during these times, I wanted to transform sound into support for those who have been doing crucial work for systemic change. after contacting several producers, I found that they shared similar feelings, and soon many donated their tracks. electronic music plays an important part in our lives and through this project we hope to transform it into support; turning waves into seeds of justice, mending, and growth.”

all proceeds will go directly to Alliance of Families for Justice, Southside Community Center, and Multicultural Resource Center.

we’re working with Bandcamp to maximize the donation amount that gets through to these organizations. if you’re unable to financially commit to this compilation and desire to download the tracks, please send us a message on instagram (@microtones.ith). 
credits
released August 7, 2020

artwork by Maryam Adib (@smarf.art)
arrangement by DJ Midwife (The Magic Womb)
music videos by ACE, playhouse90, otodojo, Kristi Gogos, Soft Squadron, and Natalia Barragán Nieto.
mastered by otodojo (aside from tracks 1, 2 & 28)
brought to you by Microtones (@microtones.ith)

Isomov - Plexus

V/A - DISRUPT[A] | V/A - UPHEAVE[B] || WORLDWIDE COMPILATION || OUT APRIL 19TH.

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Isomov - Pseudo/Meta

xenonyms SN series - (XSN001) Isomov - Blckbdy (ft. Rags)

Website player / video for the track: http://blckbdy.fluora.studio 
Best viewed on desktop / laptop but also available for mobile.

Track written and produced by - Isomov (soundcloud.com/isomov) 
Vocals by - Rags (soundcloud.com/inrags) 
Mastering - Enayet Kabir 
Video - Studio Fluora (www.fluora.studio)

XSN001 - Isomov - Blckbdy (ft. Rags)

Preorder 'In Theory' and get WaVeLeT now: https://isomov.bandcamp.com/album/in-theory

DECISIONS is pleased to finally unleash ‘In Theory’ by NYC-based polymath @isomov, whose bio follows, in their own words:

“Isomov began as a project to explore the perspective of the ‘Automatic Computer’ from Asimov’s ‘The Last Question’ — the omniscient entity. At the time I was studying a lot of quantum information theory and was probably the most depressed I’ve ever been in my life; I dreamt of escaping my finite reality into the unending world of information. After graduating from University with a degree in mathematics, I’ve spent five years working as an art-world freelancer in Brooklyn. I work almost exclusively on the computer: rendering, arduinos, websites; I even tutor through webchat. On the one hand, my informatic intimacy has kept me largely alienated from physical reality, trapped in obtuse theory. On the other hand it has helped me to slowly reify as a non-binary cyborg goddess, a devout humanist obsessed with the practical affect of aesthetics. 
For me, the internet has been a tool for gaining empathy through its ability to host and distribute diverse perspectives. The more my body has dissolved into the virtual, the more I have been able to resimulate the emotional experiences of others. I am now interested in how we move beyond a theory of utopia to the project of a protopia, always working to make tomorrow a little better. I’ve looked towards quantum information theory to help to understand and reconcile the seemingly infinite spectrum of realities we call our universe. This is the new vision of Isomov.”

‘In Theory’ sets divergent impulses in motion, animating superheated exchanges between order and entropy, flesh and code. ‘Origin, Emergence, and The One’ is a false utopia where differing cultures come together in restless harmony despite their aesthetic differences: frictious dancehall percussion and grandiose choral washes parry and twine, constantly threatening to subsume the other. ‘Hoping Mechanisms’ takes place at the critical point of identification, when the named object of perfection becomes a radical dystopia of conflicting binaries. Rarely have we heard kicks so exuberantly scattered or bass so charred — Uncanny Valley rendered as a scorched, inhospitable territory. ‘Ensemble’ shows the reality of a cyborg beyond binaries, the coexistence of a fictional ideology with the chaos of lived reality. A panicked voice is met with grounding sub bass, over which a superposition of arpeggiated chords glide. An emergent meter forms through an unseen grid before everything chaotically decoheres, revealing its ultimate fragility. ‘Wavelet’ is an attempt to describe the emergent and chaotic self through convolution and principal component decomposition. Identity is revealed via dizzying arrays of Moire patterns as rhythms slide over one another under liquefying bass pulses.
‘Memory Loops’ grapples with the inherent traumas present in any stochastic system, the vestigial remnants of code in everything’s DNA. We never escape reliving the consequences of these boundary conditions which define the historical trajectory of becoming.
‘In Theory’ conjures a hologram of emergence, an ecology of a self attempting to overcome each passing moment’s complexities in a bid for metastability. Oscillating fervently between the human and non-human, the EP offers riches for both cerebral listening and large soundsystem bodywork.

A limited edition physical release of ‘In Theory’ will be available in the form of a WiFi-enabled interactive visualizer trapped in a small holographic sculpture. The sculpture is handcrafted and coded by Isomov, and will retail exclusively on Bandcamp.

Cover artwork by Isomov and Oliver van der Lugt

Isomov - WaVeLeT

New-york based artist Isomov uses complex sonics to explore the virtual world and infinite realities on their new project, ‘In Theory’. Hear the erratic bass and meticulously scattered kicks on ‘HOPiNG MECHANiSMS’ now

More info: https://djmag.com/music/premiere-isomov-hoping-mechanisms

In Theory

Premiere: Isomov 'HOPiNG MECHANiSMS'

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Air Max '97 with Isomov - 29 September 2019

Consequences

Isomov - Aurora Torus

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