IM093 - @soft-matter - Hyle
Label: @infinite-machine
Release Date: August 27th, 2021
Format: Digital

Having unleashed music from producers spanning multiple continents in 2021; (from China to Hungary to Mexico to Greece...), Infinite Machine is poised to release the sophomore EP from the Montreal producer Softmatter - entitled Hyle. Anna Pavlova, aka Softmatter, is an artist and vocalist whose output is characterised by twisted and distorted electronics, heavy-hitting drumwork and mutant vocal samples. With a keen interest in post-human theory, neuroscience and quantum physics; her musical practice explores the fluidity and uncertainty of experience and perception. In Anna’s own words “When I begin the creative process without expectations and embracing uncertainty, I get results that represent me the most.”

Hyle EP opens up with Levity, a track that’s equal parts unnerving and beautiful. Underpinned by bassy snarls and percussion that clicks and whirrs like a demonic ticking clock, Softmatter delivers lyrics (in both English and Russian) that revolve around self-acceptance and a refusal to let the judgements of others affect this self-conception. “Throw your shade if that’s your thing while I am moving freely. Don’t be so sure your expectations carry little weight here.” The icey, affected vocals and the densely layered beat they glide over on Levity seem to acutely pair up Softmatter’s love of both witch house artists like Salem and contemporary innovators like Fatima Al Qadiri and Aisha Devi. Whilst these references are very much on display, Levity still sounds utterly unique and sees Softmatter operating in her own lane.

Whilst the vocals on Levity are basically another layer of sound design in the mix, Softmatter’s voice takes centre stage on the following track, Morphe. The tracks refrain (“Reaching a new high, blood rushing through my vessels”) seems to tap into the euphoria depicted on the EP’s artwork, where we see a light-carrier bringing illumination into the uncertain darkness, providing realignment and acceptance to self. Woven in-between these pitched vocals is a driving, deconstructed beat full of idiosyncratic sonic surprises.

Rounding off Hyle EP, Who Am I 2 U is a ferocious and moody track whose intensity grows and swells over it’s duration. A nightmarish array of guttural samples and snatched synths groan whilst Softmatter sings of how we perceive and connect to each other as individuals; “Am I means to your goals or you see me as an equal? Who am I to you?”

Jumping from rigidity to fluidity, from otherness to unity, from controlling the immaterial to dancing with uncertainty; Softmatter’s Hyle EP packs a mighty punch built on an intriguing conceptual framework and crammed full of bold musical ideas.

Released by:
Infinite Machine
EP release date:
27 August 2021

Hyle

Levity

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HL333 - Then cried out the rocks I WANT TO DJ FOR THE 67 YEAR LONG TOYOTATHON (SILVER COROLLA MIX)

silént phil, EPIPHAGI - Titan

⟢✵⟣ - FTCUIWYTB

ASCHE - GUCCi GUCCi x ANNiHiLATION (KReAYSHaWN x ASCHe HyP3RcluB REMiXXXX)

GESAFFELSTEIN - 𒅒PSYCHO (KAVARI CLUB MIX)𒈔

mary d - The Age of Baile

death's dynamic shroud and galen tipton - Generate Utopia

Eisebelle - dawn chorus

CYBIKO2000 - PINK DIAMOND

KLAUDIO - A MILLION CRYSTALS SHREDDING ON U Ω Ω Ω

Board [form] Concrete - TOYOTA T100 CLUB T001

MURDER CLUB - VAMP ANTHEM (WAR EDIT)

Eisebelle - Ness

CYBIKO2000 - Skull Fuck

MURDER CLUB - FYM

☆puppy☆ - lick it

exmantera - differ

BRITNEY - I WANNA GO (SUTA CLUB TOOL)

Slikback - EXIT

⟢✵⟣ - 10 drunk cigs

CYBIKO2000 - EROTICA REMIX

MURDERCLUB - SHOTTA FLOW FUCKER

Alparr - CUTTINGG

osno1 -beautiful girls (osno1 big fuck remix)

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Lag Switch is an LA-based deconstructed producer, DJ and visual artist. Having a massive portfolio of groundbreaking experimental work, Lag Switch is perhaps best known for their work in the deconstructed club scene; their collaborations with artists such as FITNESSS (Shrapnel, 2024) MYEN (Atarxia, 2023) and TRNGS (CBLOCK, 2022) comprise touchstone pieces of work in the deconstructed canon; individually, they have released remixes of KAVARI’s “Attachment style” and GloRilla’s “Yeah Glo!”, and an extensive body of their own work. Existing in the intersection of Ambient, Hardcore, Experimental and Club sounds, their audible and visual work takes shape in the disruption of the ethereal; comprising complex, frenetic, moving worlds, manifesting into the destruction of bodies and sounds. 

For this mix, Lag Switch brings a deconstructed-forward mix with a variety of world sounds, featuring club-focused tracks, experimental sounds, work by their favorite producers as well as original tracks, manifesting in a powerful and complex soundscape.

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Fricción é unha serie de mezclas colaborativas con persoas próximas tanto no persoal como en preferencias musicais. 

Nesta primeira sesión conto con Subkut, producer/dj enigmático e unha das figuras máis prometedoras da escena electrónica galega. A primeira metade vai da súa man, con ata sete temas autoproducidos inéditos que buscan provocar unha sensación de éxtase ansioso. 

A segunda metade corre pola miña conta.

Setlist:

Subkut

Subkut - Unreleased
Subkut - Unreleased
A.Fruit - Sleptover
Gooooose & DJ Scotch Egg - Rolex
Subkut - Unreleased
Subkut - Unreleased
Subkut - Unreleased
Subkut - Unreleased
Subkut - Unreleased

Aiega
 
HANAH - More Is More
Klaudio - 60 ⍕ X 60 8
MM - Dionysus Drums
AGGROMANCE - Tool 001
00ff1a - rusted (ft. sv1) (KAVARI remix)
Van Boom, Oldyungmayn - Sajida
Blackhaine - DID U CUM YET (Magnus Brandt Bootleg)
Escha, Ytem - Triple M
Rapid Antics - Radar
Evian Christ - Laeebs Dream 
Klub2020, Global - Ultra Blend
KROLIK - HIGHER RITUAL
Lunty, McMagrinho, McMaryMaii - KMAROTI-
Ship Sket - Perverting Baile
132 DRONE - ALL I KNOW FT SNOWY (S280F EDIT)
Fitnesss - Purge
TAR - Song 1
Just Kno' - Kidness (Yugen Kala Weightless Remix)

Fricción I Aiega c/ Subkut

RIVERSIDE - CHR1ST3KK RMX[HARDTEKK]

NightCore - How do you do (RekTekk Remix) (Master Test)

GRAVEYARD

venga

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Label @olga_productions
https://olgaproductions.bandcamp.com/releases

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