Async Figure is the ultimate alliance of UK based artists MM & Suda. The project was first unveiled with a live show at 2018’s Unsound Festival, inside a gutted industrial kitchen in Krakow. Their debut release Figure I features three high-intensity, melody-first club statements and marks the first in a trifecta of releases for Sea Cucumber.

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Pre-Order: https://asyncfigure.bandcamp.com/album/figure-i-2

Figure I

Async Figure - Panic FM

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Premiere: Maoupa Mazzocchetti - Don't Succeed (w Mika Oki)

The mysterious humanoid machine Low Khey is back on Comic Sans Records with a second album that pushes way further its explorations through deviant dancehall landscapes and dark science-fiction sound design.

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PREMIERE: Low Khey - Protomagias Riddim (Comic Sans Records)

@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 - S.E.E.D.S (De Grandi Remix)

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Taken from PET-008: Lyra Valenza - "Nightshade Edition"
Out June 19th on Petrola 80
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Danish duo @lyravalenza (aka Hjalte and Jens Konrad) operates on the outskirts of contemporary electronic dance music. Armed with a playful approach and a patchwork of digital and analogue equipment, Lyra Valenza carved their own space in the Copenhagen scene by genre-blending Jungle, UK Garage, and Footwork into a mix of forward-facing and euphoric dance music for 2020 and beyond. A testament to the duo's unique approach to sound design, they were selected for this year's SHAPE - a platform for innovative music and audiovisual art from Europe.

Lyra Valenza's latest EP, Nightshade Edition, is a package of sweet and dangerous cuts to the taste of dystopian romance. The prime dance floor material hits with metallic percussion and bursts of fluttering synths tuned with just the right amount of trance. From stepping UKG, to lush digital soundscapes, the four breaks heavy tracks are hyper-modern sonic experiments processed through a retrospective haze.

The Nightshade Edition EP is released on Lyra Valenza's own @petrola-80 label. It follows their 2018 debut EP "Scan Deliver" on UK imprint Opal Tapes and comes as a welcome return from the energetic producers.

Artist: Lyra Valenza
Title: ‘Nightshade Edition’
Label: Petrola 80
Catalogue no.: PET-008

Artwork: Laurits Hanak
Mastering: Joel Krozer (Sixbitdeep Studios)
Mix: Frederik Møller
Format: 12" vinyl, digital, longsleeve T-shirt
Release date: June 19th 2020

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Lead single by @gramrcy and @de_grandi for upcoming compilation release 'Exchange'.

Pre-order digital, cassette or T-shirt:
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Exchange

Gramrcy & De Grandi - Sea In Air

ZULI — All Caps (UIQ0012)
12” + DL
Pre-Order — https://zulimusic.bandcamp.com/album/all-caps-uiq0012

Released 12th March 2021

Mastered by Rashad Becker
Insert Design — Dave Gaskarth

ZULI —  Keen Demag

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upcoming shows:
2/5/2024: Copenhagen, DK, (DJ set)
11/5/2024: Av Min Guldtand Festival, DK (DJ set)
1/6/2024: Roskilde Festival - A/V Live w Signe Dige
11/8/2024: TBA; HUN - A/V Live w Signe Dige

past shows:
6/4/2024: Utrecht, NL - A/V Live w Signe Dige
23/3/2024: Copenhagen, DK (DJ Set)
19/3/2024: Bruxelles, Kiosk Radio (DJ Set)
15/3/2024: Bruxelles, Slagwerk (DJ Set)
9/2/2024: Copenhagen, DK, Hangaren (DJ Set)

11/11/2023: Resonator Festival, DK (DJ Set)
1/11/2023: Hör Berlin (DJ Set)
14/10/2023: Århus, DK (DJ Set)
7/10/2023: Berlin, DE, Tennis Bar
7/10/2023: Leipzig, DE - T//F
21/9/2023: Copenhagen, DK, Rust
1/9/2023: Strøm Festival, CPH, DK
25/8/2023: Alter Festival, Århus, DK
10/8/2023: Posh Isolation Party, CPH, DK
21/7/2023: Øhavet Festival, Ærø, DK (dj set)
20/7/2023: KUNE Festival, DK
18/7/2023: Kanonhalløj Festival, DK (dj set)
1/7/2023: Roskilde Festival, DK
21/6/2023: Jolene , CPH, DK - (dj set)
10/6/2023: Sensorium Festival, Bratislava, Slovakia
17/6/2023: Drift Radio, CPH, DK - (dj set)
3/3/2023: VEGA, CPH, DK - dj set

19/11/2022: KSK Neone, Prague, CZ
8/10/2022: Xenon, CPH, DK (A/V Live show)
16/9/2022: Mayhem, CPH, DK - (dj set)
5/5/2022: Kiosk Radio, Brussels, BE - (dj set)
2/5/2022: Station Station, Paris, FR - (dj set)
30/4/2022: La Station, Paris, FR
8/4/2022: Ved Siden Af, CPH, DK (dj set) 
31/3/2022: Pumpehuset, CPH, DK
12/2/2022: Ved Siden Af, CPH, DK (dj set)

20/11/2021: Odeology, Odense, DK
28/10/2021: Kunsthal Århus, Århus, DK
2/10/2021: Lunchmeat Festival, Prague, CZ (A/V live show)
17/9/2021: 1000Fryd, Aalborg
14/8/2021: Frigjort Festival, CPH, DK
27/02/2021: Vinterjazz Festival, CPH, DK

8/10/2020: Train, Århus, DK  (dj set)
3/10/2020: Posten, Odense, DK  (dj set)
24/9/2020: Meet Factory, Prague, CZ
18/9/2020: Studenterhuset, Aalborg, DK (dj set)
18/7/2020: Det Gyldne Liv Festival, Kolding, DK
16/7/2020: Refshaleøen, CPH, DK (dj set)
11/7/2020: Bas Under Buen, CPH, DK (dj set)
25/1/2020: Mofo Festival, Paris, FR

31/10/2019: FUGA, Bratislava, Slovakia
8/11/2019: Røde Himmel, Odense, DK
9/11/2019: Ved Siden Af, CPH, DK
14/9/2019: Festival of Endless Gratitude, CPH, DK
10/8/2019: Strøm Festival, CPH, DK
18/4/2019: Knife Festival, CPH, DK (dj set)

27/12/2018: Pumpehuset, CPH, DK (dj set)
10/11/2018: Liaisons, CPH, DK (dj set)
9/11/2018: Alice, CPH, DK
26/10/2018: Flux Festival, Aarhus, DK
1/7/2018: Roskilde Festival, DK
24/3/2018: Knife, CPH, DK
23/2/2018: Klub Ana, CPH, DK (dj set)
17/2/2018: Støberiet, CPH, DK
3/2/2018: Tape, Aarhus, DK

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