@cares describes release 'Nerve Day' as "Emotions and experiences mapped into an unconscious journal of inner dialogues". Forthcoming on @zabrarecords.

More: https://ins-rt.net/audio/cares-real-time-curses

Premiere: Cares - Real Time Curses

Forever Is Not Enough by Ptwiggs (@ptwiggs), taken from Abîme (@abime_unlimited) compilation Vertige II, out March 19, 2021.

Read: http://bit.ly/3qHwiQP
Pre-order: http://bit.ly/3qEVx6h

Vertige II is the second compilation to be released on Abîme, gathering tracks from ten artists to explore the Vertige concept with a wider spectrum of intents.

It features contributions from musicians all around the globe, each of them delivering an interpretation of this ambivalent sensation that could be equally seen as a positive or negative feeling if taken in its plurality of meanings.

Ranging from GIL’ dizzying textures in ‘Storm Petrel’ to the sweetness of Fauness’ guitars in ‘Am I ready’, Vertige II finds its coherence when seen as a progression, a back and forth between fear and love, with each track responding to the previous one by being its deforming mirror.

Vertige II puts the emphasis on vocal tracks, but again doesn’t limit itself to a one-sided approach, and that’s how Lil Asaf’s harsh Jordanian rap can be found coexisting with Flagalova’ anthemic pop and Ptwiggs’ shoegaze ‘Forever is not enough’.

As the successor of our first compilation, this record can be seen as both a continuation and a rupture in comparison with it. The delicate sound palette of the original opus has exploded and expanded into an ecletic collection of pieces, sometimes frightening and overwhelming, and sometimes soothing and reassuring, as is the Vertige.

Released by Abîme

Premiere: Ptwiggs - Forever Is Not Enough [Abîme]

Taken from 'Flower Knight' (G&P018) by hmurd, out June 27, 2021.

With acclaimed singles out on All Centre and TT, dozens of DJ and live gigs still resonating from the pre-pandemic era, and tracks frequently praised in shows by the likes of Rian Treanor or Beatrice Dillon, hmurd is one to watch. The rising London-based producer and co-founder of Cherche Encore oscillates from refined club-oriented tracks to beatless, code-leaning compositions, often drawing inspiration from computer games and their environments. Following the narrative of one of his latest self-released EPs 'The Grand Exchange', a collection of reworked themes from the cult MMORPG game RuneScape, he now presents a selection of songs from a soundtrack to a fictional game called 'Flower Knight'.

In this mini-album, hmurd documents glimpses of miscellaneous levels of the title game and its likely tricky challenges. Flower Knight is probably 2D. Well it might be 3D. The world is likely to be hostile to the player. It doesn’t exist so these things don’t need to be certain. Relaxed at times and thrilling the next, the captive nature of the gracefully composed collection underlines the relationship of simplicity and imagination. An immersivity fundamental of the sentiment we often hold of the well-aged titles like RuneScape or ICO, and of the relationships we build with the alternate realities they picture. Those endless runs to drop off your fully-loaded inventory, the sound of your catch cooking above the campfire, another gem obtained, a new level unlocked. One of the joys and satisfactions Flower Knight has to offer may lie in its reoccurrence - revealing itself slowly but steadily. Tone to tone, level to level, XP to XP.

Written, produced & mastered by Harry Murdoch (@hmurdoch)
hmurd.net

Artwork by Jiri Macku
jirimacku.tumblr.com

G&P018 🌸

Flower Knight

Digital & Cassette

hmurd - Forgotten Drawbridge

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.

Lag Switch - As My Body Betrays Me

@lucien_balconi's @drownedbylocals debut blurs the lines between PS1-era video games and real-world environments. 

‘SAW THE FEELING IN THE HEART OF THINGS’ is hyperreal and otherworldly in its attempt to bridge virtual and non-virtual realities. It’s natural phenomena made synthetic; drowsy nostalgia. 

Our premiere, ‘Gerris’, comes windswept and kaleidoscopic, placing the listener in an off-kilter world of digital detritus and dreamy, melancholic introspection. 

'SAW THE FEELING IN THE HEART OF THINGS' is out November 23rd on Drowned By Locals.

Pre-order: drownedbylocals.com/album/saw-the-feeling-in-the-heart-of-things

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Premiere: Lucien Balconi - GERRIS [Drowned By Locals]

Title: LSBSXL
MASTERED BY: SHIVANI DESAI
WRITTEN & PRODUCED BY: PHILTH HAUS

DESCRIPTION: LSBSXL SINGLE in ASSOCIATION WITH ALBUM REPSXL BY PHILTH HAUS. RELEASED BY AQNB. PERFORMING AT KW INSTITUTE, BERLIN MARCH 03.

LESBIANISM IS AN ATTRACTION TO THE GENDERS OUTSIDE CISGENDER MALES AS A SELF WHO IS NOT A CIS MAN.

See here for more info: bit.ly/PHILTHHAUS

PHILTH HAUS, "LSBSXL" (2023). Courtesy AQNB, London.


https://aulicveil.bandcamp.com/track/hussar


HUSSAR

Calixte Hecatomb & nebz0000 - Rotrouenge

https://drownedbylocals.bandcamp.com/album/alive-in-the-living-room-the-remixes

"Alive In The Living Room - The Remixes" constitutes the second phase of the release "Alive in the Living Room - على قيد الحياة في غرفة القعدة" by Richie Culver. In contrast to the original piece, where vocals were intentionally absent, simulating a state of sleep paralysis, and the lyrics confined solely to the written page, they find their voice in this rendition. Additionally, the sound mass comes to life in two distinct remixes crafted by Pessimist and bod [包家巷].

Pessimist, hailing from Bristol, is a prominent artist known for one of the most recognisable sounds in electronic music. Drawing inspiration from the darker side of sound, Pessimist' body-numbing rhythm and wicked percussion are underpinned with a physical and cerebral swing. Pessimist's self-titled debut album on Blackest Ever Black showcased his non-conformist vision, earning acclaim and essentially creating a new genre of d’n’b situated within this noir.

bod [包家巷] is an audiovisual artist from Tucson that is currently based in Berlin. Their work has detailed habitation against annihilating solipsism in search of emotional connections beyond discourses of trauma/memory. Their current, self-released works face the same topics and challenges via the maintenance and critical evaluation of self in an ever more individualistic and atomized environment.

Alive in the living room (bod [包家巷] Remix)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YO6yDGerN7I

seda

Serene scenes bleed into a bubble-gum crescendo of ricocheting IDM braindance.

'Spirit Mode' is out soon on Slagwerk.

Pre-order: bit.ly/3mpsCCd

@frenchkettlestation
@slagwerk

Artwork by Gapi & Sam Evers.

Premiere: French Kettle Station - The Gate [Slagwerk]

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Premiere: Ptwiggs - Forever Is Not Enough [Abîme]

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