The second offering from the Abyss is a labyrinthine journey drawn from the kaleidoscopic mind of Te Whanganui-a-Tara–based artist 𝐈𝐤𝐨𝐧𝐚.

Within Aotearoa’s psychedelic circles, Ikona needs little introduction. A steadfast vessel of sound with a vision wholly his own. Master of sound design, modular synthesis, and live performance, he’s inscribed his name deep upon the walls of the scene.

We welcome 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 — a descent into the labyrinth, its corridors lined with winding rhythms and shifting textures, each track a prismatic spiral of sound, standing clear testament to Ikona’s singular voice.

Perpetual

Unfolding

im so selfish (hauntedbytrauma)

ITWASAUTUMN

released June 5, 2020 
https://x4records.bandcamp.com

Ukeru Fefe

deadpan robotic

Distances

NIGA RDV 20 00

Mastered By exm
Artwork & Design by Grid Pattern (www.gridpattern.co.uk)
Photo by Matthew Hampshire (www.matthewhampshire.com)
Music By Keiss

TR606 
released August 14, 2020
(c) Touched Revolutions

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Crossroads

Paracusia Media proudly presents the next point on our inter-dimensional sonic adventure, For Everything That Rises Must Converge by Nuanæ! A deeply captivating listening experience full of alien beat structures, lush electronics and precision edits all wrapped in a nice spatial package designed to deliver maximum psychedelic immersion.

[FERMC] is a synthesis rich, technical and complexly structured aural exploration that really displays Nuanæ's technical prowess and willingness to dive into uncharted waters, all while maintaining a wide range of appeal and certain level of approachability! Even though it is very electronic in nature, [FERMC] displays a neo-classical aesthetic, delicate and full of life. It retains the best of both worlds, being both technologically impressive and at times carrying heavy emotional weight. A true forward thinking sonic experience, diving deep into experimental electronics but with a splash of humanity thrown in to keep it familiar and relative. 

ID: Sentient Intelligence Series 5 (PARA-SIS5) 
Artist: Nuanæ
Title: For Everything That Rises Must Converge 
Label: Paracusia Media 
Genre: IDM/Braindance/Sound Design
Date: 11.15.2020 
Length: 29:35
Available in 24bit/48Khz.

Written and Produced by Nuanæ 
Mastering by Rodrigo Passannanti 
Original Nuanæ Logo by Daniel Glaser 
Graphic Design and Logo edit by Vaeprism

03 - Con Csnss Com Plqx

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Track from:
Simon Whetham "Forced to Repeat Myself" CD

“When performing with a limited set of resources, through choices in materials to work with and the constraints of being nomadic, there can be a tendency to repeat actions and scenes that 'work', even when improvising and having to respond to each new situation in a unique way.”

One characteristic aspect of the touring experience that is not discussed often enough is the dilemma of repetition. Not repetition as a mechanism of the work itself, but as a tedious consequence of being obligated to perform night after night in quick succession. Generating a completely unique performance for each stop, even with the assistance of improvisation,  is a laborious undertaking that consumes too much time and sanity, while adhering to a rigid set of rules leaves one open to both burnout and diminishing returns. Is there a way to split the difference so that both performer and audience are always engaged to the highest standard?

“I set these constraints on myself. The need to produce something (at least a little) different in each event of a tour was fierce, especially when traveling with other musicians.”

Explicitly within the title itself of his latest CD, Forced To Repeat Myself, UK sound artist and composer Simon Whetham tackles these questions with both a sly wit and sincere inquisitiveness. The tracks, all collected from recordings documenting a 2018 tour, utilize analogous source material and means of execution.  Whetham paid particular attention to the contour and character of each venue when deciding how to best put the pieces together, offering a customization that subverts pure deja vu for a sharp observance of the unfamiliar.

“In each situation objects and materials unique to the space were incorporated into the performance setup and structure, generating sounds or resonating with them. And yet I could hear similar scenes, movements, even spaces. This repetition determined the dynamic of the composition, working with it and against it.”

By the very nature of their disseminating sparseness, the tracks of Forced To Repeat Myself demand from the listener an attentiveness fixed on nuance and variation. The amplified cracks and static of ethereal currents and anonymous electronics infer the works of others who’ve made it their mission to attune our attention toward sounds outside our natural perception, including Christina Kubisch’s electrical walks, Toshimaru Nakamura’s no-input mixer excursions, and Jason Zeh’s experiments with blank tapes and the mechanizations of his cassette players. Whetham’s shaping of the album’s source material to highlight certain exclusivities of each live performance emphasizes how the inherent dynamics of time and chance guide his self-imposed constraints into pathbreaking spectrums. 

“The title references a phrase many of us will have heard in our formative years, ’Why do you force me to repeat myself?’ I have no answer to this question. I never forced anyone to do anything. But with this work, I did.”

One inherent paradox of Forced To Repeat Myself is that each listen naturally manifests a distinct, individual experience. The way sounds are received and processed in one instance to the next each forget their own entryway into transcribing meaning from this abstraction. And Whetham is keenly aware of this as the sounds of Forced To Repeat Myself find consistent, unique ways to perpetuate themselves, ensuring any repetition to be delicately understated.

Forced to Repeat Myself

Forced to repeat Myself

Simon Whetham "08-11"

LTC1799 based system reclocking mod on an Alesis Microverb II. The mod adds a knob that controls the processing speed of the DSP, allowing you to adjust reverbs from short twangs to huge walls of gritty glacial noise.

As with many processors from this era, the reclocking knob does add a certain amount of high pitched whine at lower clock speeds, but this is not so noticable when the knob is moving, and can be effectively EQ'd out if the clock speed is stationary. The whine disappears around halfway round the dial.
 
We've made no attempt to remove the whine on this demo.

Reclocked Alesis Microverb II demo

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Previous Releases:

Hypercube - Pneumatic Guru 4/7/2020(digital/vinyl)
V/A Compilation "Observing Space" 6/5/2020 (digital)
Jim Kimchi - Pure Gravy EP. 09/17/2020 (digital/vinyl)
jabberwock - Alien Seance 10/31/2020 (digital)
Nuanae - For Everything that Rises Must Converge 11/15/2020 (digital)
Hypercube - The Pneumatic Guru Recalibrations 11/30/2020 (digital/CD)
A View From Atlantis 06/24/2021 (digital/CD)