The Only Thing They Fear Is DJ Wallh4x

Artist: @fausto_mercier / @trngs
Catalogue Number: IM091
Album: I'm Too Sentient
Release Date: June 25th, 2021
Format: Digital

Stepping in as a musical match-maker, Infinite Machine has paired up Fausto Mercier & trngs, two boundary-pushing sound designers, for a fresh EP of kinetic and visceral electronics. The pair are well suited to be partners in crime on I'm Too Sentient: both share a meticulously detailed approach to sculpting sounds as well as a keen interest in producing a sonic ‘uncanny valley’ in their output - manipulating organic sounds until their source is barely recognisable.

Fausto Mercier opens up I'm Too Sentient with Overcorp, a dramatic opener which only seems to get more frantic over time. Unfolding like an algorithmic Fibonacci spiral, Fausto’s musical ideas seem to shrink and appear within each other like fractal patterns. Towards the end of the track, the low-end drops out and is replaced by moody pad synths, an uneasy palette cleanser that glides over fidgety samples that refuse to sit still.

Next up, Bite Nails II Assert Dominance is another cerebral hit of complex, polyrhythmic laptop music. The beginning of this track seems far more ‘on-grid’ than Overcorp, but we are lulled into a false sense of security by Fausto who starts nudging samples into unexpected phrasings or squeezing new sounds into inexplicably small gaps within his drum programming. A real head-spinner of a tune!

Fausto’s final offering from the split, O O Doomscrll is potentially the most frantic moment of I'm Too Sentient. Humanoid-esque synths seem to wail through the arrangement, backed up by a punishing delivery of drum hits and manipulated organic sounds. As the title seems to suggest, O O Doomscrll could almost be considered as a soundtrack for our age of digital disorientation and social anxiety.

trngs opens up his half of the split EP with Organic Fabrication Core, a sonic headfuck if ever there was one. Jammed full of ideas and operating at break-neck speeds, trngs background in improvisational free jazz definitely comes to prominence in tracks like these.

Next up, trngs keeps the tempos fast with I'm Too Sentient For My Own Wellbeing - a track which sounds a bit like if Mark Fell had a breakcore side project. Musical stutters and iterative loops are abruptly swapped out for aggy kick drums which cut through the mix like a knife. The name of this song, again, nods to our accelerated virtual culture and the pressures that our contemporary information-overload can exert on us.

Rounding off the split, trngs’ () %%% () is a curious experiment across multiple temporalities and textures. Starting off serene and calm, the production degrades and glitches-out like an alien fungi permeating an ambient music culture.

An enthralling exploration of modern laptop musicianship, I'm Too Sentient is probably unlike anything you will hear this year. We suggest you press play and hold on tight.

Artwork by trngs

Fausto Mercier - O O Doomscrll

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There's truly no need for introduction when it comes to the latest edition of Valley Radio: this week the kaleidoscopic galen tipton (@galentipton) takes us all the way down the rabbit hole with her 'burrow girl vol 3 mix'. This playful piece proposes an over-an-hour-long journey into their whimsical world of soundwaves, where all sorts of curious encounters lie waiting: 
 
"magic exhumed from the depths of the earth
a slow dive into enveloping textures and relaxing yet demanding sounds
parallel worlds full of critters beneath our every day" 
 
Find it on our Soundcloud now and be sure to also pay a visit to galen tipton's Bandcamp where she has a vast collection of previous works available for purchase 🌸🐞🦋🐛🌼
 
 tracklist:
tal egg ~ spore ᆼ calm ㅣ rushed 
Dasyikiinel ~ Mouse Cog
---__--___ ~ August (Cherry Tomato) 
galen tipton ~ tease (demo)
Skærm Følelse ~ Born with a Body 
nilou ~ i must love imperfect being loulou
koeosaeme ~ Something was reflected in the camera- 20190802-094613 - 01 #1 
heoliene + ity ~ music for clean rooms
00ff1a ~ emitter 
S280F ~ 6M (28) (JOHN OBJECT) (FITNESSS) 
galen tipton ~ hyena sprite (demo)
Giant Claw and Isabel Watson ~ June (Glasswort) 
Princess Ketamine ~ Druid’s Cave 
Visible Cloaks ~ Lifeworld [PRSNT PREMIERE] 
snianio & >llkutan ~ Ведмежий Бузок
Matteo Nasini ~ Neolithic Sunshine 
galen tipton ~ shiver (demo)

Image courtesy of galen tipton
Lay out by Oliva Rawlings

Valley Radio 067 - galen tipton - burrow girl vol. 3

transcendental mix by @xx_shl_xx

tracklist:

Up And Down (Vietnamese Remix) - Trish Thùy Trang
Latente (Syn Remix) - Wulffluw XCIV & Nahshi
Forever (VITA rmx) - Dark0
Skrap Yardz Tool - estoc
halcyon & on (dj netflex edit vers 1) - orbital
Zuo Ai - Charity SsB
Misconception - Antonia XM
GRIEF (ODE TO ALL PUELLA MAGIS) - Stasya
L4DY - DJ CHRISTIAN NXC
Victory - Arj0na & Ytem
DNA RAIN (Arj0na Flip) - Bladee
Mark My Words (Imaabs Edit)  - Justin Bieber
PARTYBUS CLACKGANG CLACKERS (TRANCE EDIT) - Keiska
Get You Alone (Miracles Remix) - Jeremih
No.1 Sweetheart (Osheyack Remix) - QQBBG x Kelvin T
Eww - Young Thug
Dark Angel of Shelter - Europa
The Call - Arj0na
Tru Mua - HKT

[EGC0.61] shl > 32:30

pre-order:
https://transatlanticrecords.bandcamp.com/album/i-aethi

ultrademon:
https://soundcloud.com/fireforeffect

Out on September 15th.

Ultrademon - 'æði' (aethi) (TAR014)

come again

Lying to me

( ̲̅:̲̅:̲̅:̲̅[̲̅ ̲̅]̲̅:̲̅:̲̅:̲̅ )@dasychira ♡´`·♥·´`♡
ᴰᵃˢʸᶜʰⁱʳᵃ (ᵈᵃʰ.ˢᵉᵉ.ᵏⁱʳᵃ) ⁱˢ ᵃⁿ ᵉᶜᵗᵒᵖˡᵃˢᵐⁱᶜ ˢᵖⁱʳⁱᵗ. ᴵᵗˢ ᵍᵉⁿᵒᵐᵉ ʷᵃˢ ᵐᵘᵗᵃᵗᵉᵈ ⁱⁿ ᵗʰᵉ ˡᵃᵇᵒʳᵃᵗᵒʳʸ ᵒᶠ ˢʷᵉᵉᵗ ⁿⁱᵍʰᵗᵐᵃʳᵉˢ. ᵁˢⁱⁿᵍ ⁱᵗˢ ᵃᵇⁱˡⁱᵗʸ ᵗᵒ ᶜʰᵃⁿⁿᵉˡ ᵗʰᵉ ᵘⁿᵏⁿᵒʷⁿ ᶠʳᵉqᵘᵉⁿᶜⁱᵉˢ ᵒᶠ ᵗʰᵉ ᵖˢʸᶜʰⁱᶜ ʳᵉᵃˡᵐ, ⁱᵗ ᵒᵖᵉⁿˢ ᵃ ᵖᵒʳᵗᵃˡ ᵗᵒ ᵃ ʰⁱᵈᵈᵉⁿ ᵈⁱᵐᵉⁿˢⁱᵒⁿ ᵇᵉᵗʷᵉᵉⁿ ˡᵘᶜⁱᵈ ᵈʳᵉᵃᵐˢ ᵃⁿᵈ ʳᵉᵃˡⁱᵗʸ.
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-`ღ´- STAFFcirc + MKSTAR26 + petet + ZBW + Sintel + kfaraday - A Mechanical Receptacle, Fifty Shards of a Glowing Heart
-`ღ´- Love-De-Lic - Kera-Ma-Go (MoonDisc Version)
-`ღ´- DJ cathexis - 絵画教室の思い出
-`ღ´- w3bcam - 2 bugs
-`ღ´- Emily Glass & Dasychira - We Will Find It
-`ღ´- Metome - Gumball (Total Freedom Remix)
-`ღ´- dj fun216 - [ambient_track11111111111] AA fuh
-`ღ´- Quartet of Flowering Genes/Who are you? What makes you you? Who am I?
-`ღ´- Soichi Terada - Time Station (Ape Escape OST)
-`ღ´- DV-i - Media Prototype (Text "888" For reinabe)
-`ღ´- Dusted - Always Remember To Respect And Honour Your Mother - Part One (7' Mix)
-`ღ´- Yikii - 溺水遊樂園  drowning amusement park 
-`ღ´- Hitomi Sato - Distortion World (Pokémon Platinum OST)
-`ღ´- Dead Space - Ring Around the Rosie (Nightcore)
-`ღ´- Yoko Kanno - Trees Make Seeds
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This mix is part of NeuroXcape hosted by NeuroDungeon at Club Cooee.

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Butchered Chlorophyll Energy (Mithril Celestial Bath Mix)

Single feat. @alza-54 from @cconnttacctto's "Bosque de los animales sin nombre" EP forthcoming 01/03/21 on @aizkoraaizkora.

Bosque de los animales sin nombre

Pre-order

PREMIERE: Contacto - Into the Light (Out of the Night) [feat. Alza 54]

I'm doing different stuff now at @bornweekend

Past:
16/11/24
Bassvictim - No. 90, London.
06/06/24
Gnojki SAMBA - Czersk, Poland.
18/05/24
Bass Unavailable - Ormside Projects, London.
27/02/24
Two Shell / FKA Twigs Release Party - Venue MOT, London.
23/03/24
Amour Sucré - Point Éphémère, Paris.
23/02/24
MATED - Walthamstow, London.
17/02/24
Bassvictim - Ormside Projects, London.
02/02/24
Wilson - Peckham Audio, London.
12/01/24
Seedlink+ - Garage Noord, Amsterdam.
02/12/23
i was a victim of the bass - Bar a Bar, London.
04/11/23
MATED - The Haggerston, London.
13/10/23
Frieze Week Afterparty - Neon 194, London.
30/07/23
Maxxing - Corsica Studios, London.
28/07/23
Chronically Online - Tikka Radio, Marseille.
16/06/23
i was a victim of the bass - Laylow, London.
07/04/23
Once stars align - Bunker Club, London.
30/03/23
La La La Pact - Venue MOT, London.
16/12/22
Maxxing - The George Tavern, London.
28/07/22
Seedlink+ Music Event - Radio Radio, Amsterdam.
15/06/22
Maxxing - Corsica Studios, London.
02/10/21
SuperDetox - HQI, London.
16/07/21
Body Motion - NTS Radio, London.
27/03/21
Sports! - Mutant Radio, Tbilisi.
19/03/21
Adults Play - HKCR, Hong Kong.
12/11/20
odyXxey - odyXxey Radio, London.
20/04/19
Weed Club - I Don't Remember Where, London.

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