First single from 'Vicissitude', the debut Lag Switch EP.

Written and produced by @lagswitchmusic
Mixed by Otro & Lag Switch @oottrroo
Mastered by Ytem @ytem
Artwork by Lag Switch
Typography by hideousarmor

‘Vicissitude’, the debut EP from Los Angeles-based producer Lag Switch, to be released on Parisian label Abîme, is a record that tells the story of light and dark in which those two collide within a single entity.

On one side, there is the harrowing sound design, the monstrous textures and the overall lugubrious ambiance throughout the record. It depicts the bleak existence of a solitary creature, repulsive yet confused, steadily dragging itself through a barren wasteland leaving pain and suffering in its wake.

As the name of the record suggests, its other side is infused with hopeful and scaterred chords progressions paired with elegant motifs. While obscured by a thick layer of dark, desperate matter, a powerful light seeks tries to bring order to the underlying chaos.

When taking a closer look and immersing oneself in Vicissitude, the apparent contradiction between those two fades away, and we’re let with a brilliant depiction of one’s humanity’s oldest story. The creature, despite its unrestrained nature, reaches a benevolent understanding of itself and blurs light and dark into a visceral manifestation of hope as the record concludes.

releases July 2, 2021

Lag Switch - Lucerne

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Tracklist:
Concave Reflection - Wide Circle
Slacker - Let These Waves Wash Upon You
Illuvia - Sea Of Crises (taigangel Remix)
Icon - Desire (Icarus Mix)
Space Afrika - Ladybird Drone
Angelina - Pictures Of You (DJ Shog Remix)
ATB - IntenCity (taigangel Remix)
Seduction - Just Be Again (Basement Mix)
Rachael Starr - To Forever (Moonbeam Remix)
Two Heavens - X9888
Benz & MD - Visceral (Greenwave Atmo Ambient Mix)
BVDUB & Loscil - Moirai
Poemme - Tomorrow
Éric Serra - Strange Feelings (taigangel Remix)
Pablo Gargano - Absolution (Nimrod Remix)
Airbase - Tangerine
Michael Whalen - Part Two: Journey Towards The Sunrise
Art Of Trance - Madagascar (Michael Woods Chillout Mix)
Ana Caprix - Terminal
Malibu - Unknown One

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The 45th release of katharsis is the EP "Intrusion" by Italian artist Lefka, releasing in full on October 28th. Throughout the six tracks of the EP, Lefka swaddles the listener in a dense and distorted quilt of sound that feels both heavy and light at the same time. "Intrusion" is a release that aims to sonify the acceptance of intrusive thoughts through a kathartic and emotionally intense experience.

Through heavy use of granular synthesis and electric guitar recordings, the release varies from calm, introspective moments to peaks of intense sound pressure. Like through glass, the sounds refract and are broken into pieces, creating an aural effect of rebound and confused scattering, and like intrusive thoughts, the tracks have abrupt peaks that reset the silence with unsettling intensity.

Lefka is a multidisciplinary artist based in Amsterdam. As in a stream of consciousness, his own productions are characterized by an irreverent and disillusioned approach, which aim to detach from a precise genre-categorization.

releases October 28, 2024

artwork by jjjacob
mastering by Lefka

premiere: Lefka - Reflux

@blu5g Dasychira edit from her upcoming mix on unseelie

cover FX by @rroglerr on IG

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Xafya - 3 good omen

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