30mins in - CHRISTOPH DE BABLON
90mins in - HOLSTEN
17/06/21

Pessimist And That w/ Christoph De Babalon & Holsten - Noods Radio - EPISODE 13

Sadly the original broadcast was not recorded but both guest mixes are still intact

Lurka first 40mins
Then Andrea Parker

08/07/21

Enjoy :)

Pessimist And That w/ Andrea Parker & Lurka - Noods Radio - EPISODE 14

LP/digital out August 13th 2021 on Pessimist Productions (PESS004). Written and produced by Kristian Jabs, featuring L, Jaustin K Broadrick, Taylor E Burch & Karim Maas

Press release:

Kristian Jabs is one of Bristol’s favourite sons in the modern era of electronic music. As Pessimist, Boreal Massif and Soft Boi, Jabs has solidified his position as a leader of a generation of artists. 

In his latest carnation Jabs presents ‘Too Long’, a new 7 track album project under a new artist moniker of Stigma. Enlisting a prolific cast of collaborators in the form of L, Justin K. Broadrick (Godflesh, Napalm Death, JK Flesh), Taylor E Burch (Tropic Of Cancer, DVA Damas) and Karim Maas, Too Long clocks in at almost 40 minutes of personally reflective, intimately authentic cyber-noir-esque trip hop. 

Industrial anarcho breaks, syncopated sleaze, analogue call and response. Too long is a tale of texture, feel and tone. Unadulterated. Aiming to shine a light on the relationship between poverty and mental health issues in the UK, all proceeds from the album will be donated to Second Step Bristol, a charity dedicated to supporting people with mental health problems, gently acknowledging the possibilities for change.

purchase from bandcamp: https://pessimistproductions.bandcamp.com/album/pess004-stigma-too-long-lp

Tracklist:

1. Madureira
2. Acid Rain
3. Believe In Me Ft. L
4. Listening Now
5. No Garden Ft. Justin K Broadrick
6. Advertised Ft. Taylor E Burch
7. Society Ft. Karim Maas

PESS004 - STIGMA - TOO LONG - ALBUM PREVIEW - PESSIMIST PRODUCTIONS

Full 2 hours with Pessimist & Clarity

Broadcasted on Noods radio 09/09/21

Pessimist And That w/ Clarity - Noods Radio - EPISODE 16

30mins in FFT
90mins in CS + Kreme

Broadcasted on Noods Radio 14/10/21

Pessimist And That w/ CS + Kreme & FFT - Noods Radio - EPISODE 17

Pessimist And That w/ Logos & Jiinx - Noods Radio - EPISODE 18

Pessimist And That Xmas Special - Noods Radio - EPISODE 19

Pessimist And That w/ Amos (Jabu / O$VMV$M) & Jiinx - Noods Radio - EPISODE 20

Pessimist And That w/ Salford Electronics & FFT - Noods Radio - EPISODE 21

Stave full takeover for 2 hours - originally aired 10/03/22

Pessimist And That w/ Stave (Talker) - Takeover - Noods Radio - EPISODE 22

Pessimist And That w/ E-Saggila - Noods Radio - EPISODE 23

Pessimist And That w/ Ron Morelli & Rose Again - Noods Radio - EPISODE 24

Taken from NTS Radio Archive - Broadcasted 08/12/16 13:00-14:00

http://www.nts.live/shows/guests/episodes/pessimist-8th-december-2016

Tracklist:
KARIM MAAS-CASSETTE A TRACK 1
ENTIRE & NEUROSPLIT-AITENNA
FOREST DRIVE WEST-ANNOKO
PESSIMIST-PAGANS
ESCHER-SLICE
PESSIMIST-THE EMPTY HOUSE (RHYTHMIC THEORY'S CHOPPAGE MIX)
SULLY-ROTTEN
AMIT-THE TUBE
PARADOX-GHOST NOTES
SULLY-EPOCH
PESSIMIST-ORPHIC
RUFFHOUSE-UVB-76
THE UNTOUCHABLES-SOUR FACE
PESSIMIST-UNTITLED
ANTIDOTE-DEAD CITIES
NOLIGE-ADRENALINE
KARIM MAAS-000
UNKNOWN-UNKNOWN

Pessimist - NTS Radio - 08 12 16

New no-fuss label from Pessimist focussed on (yep!) his own productions and collaborations. This first outing offers up two droning, paranoid breakbeat dreadnoughts that are unmistakeable Pess. His signature numinous drones and all-pervading sense of DREAD are present and correct, but rhythmically it’s a decisive step away from drum ’n bass into more of an Isolationist, industrial hip-hop zone - most obviously on ’SPRTLZM’, which feels like part of the same chilling-with-the-wrong-b-boy lineage as DJ Scud and I-Sound’s Wasteland gear and Scorn’s mighty Gyral. ‘SCIFI’ strips things back to a kind of downtempo gangsta techno - bombed-out and blunted but with a grim unstoppable It Follows momentum. Proper!

Distributed by Low Company.
distribution@lowcompany.co.uk

PESSIMIST - SPRTLZM/SCIFI -PESSIMIST PRODUCTIONS 001

LP/digital out April 2019 on Pessimist Productions (PESS002). Written and produced by Kristian Jabs and Thomas Cooper. Distributed by Low Company.

PESSIMIST & KARIM MAAS LP - ALBUM PREVIEW - PESSIMIST PRODUCTIONS

Taken from The Low Company NTS radio show on 26th April 2019

Pessimist & Karim Maas LP - Due for release 7th June 2019
Digital release - 21st June 2019

Pessimist Productions (PESS002)

Pessimist & Karim Maas - Low Company Guest Mix - NTS - 26.04.19

The first in a three month long guest residency on Noods radio to celebrate the announcement of Noods now becoming a DAB radio station!

Recorded from Noods studio 18th July 2019

Tracklist:
Pub - Faggy Trax
Howie B - Shag
Gescom - Bronchusix
The Black Dog - Raxmus
Waiwan - Ain't Easy
Loop Faction - Blueberry
Boreal Massif - Somewhere In Galicia
Sunun - Untitled Lvlz
Unknown - Untitled
O$VMV$M - Dill Big Choo
Move D - Soap Bubbles
Pessimist & Karim Maas - A5
Source Direct - Snake Style
Pessimist - Orphic VIP
Felix K - Res Extensa
Seba - Day By Night
Dylan - Dark Skies
Breakage - Prophecy
Keaton & Nitrox - Venom

Pessimist Guest Residency Part 1/3 - Noods Radio - 18/07/19

The second in a three month long guest residency on Noods radio to celebrate the announcement of Noods now becoming a DAB radio station! Jungle, Hardcore and Drum & Bass special.

Recorded from Noods studio 22nd August 2019

Pessimist Guest Residency Part 2/3 JUNGLE/HARDCORE/DRUM&BASS SPECIAL - Noods Radio - 22/08/19

Following the success of the Pessimist & Karim Maas LP, the no-fuss Pessimist Productions imprint reveals its third release. Boreal Massif is the collaborative effort of Pessimist and Loop Faction, and here they present their debut full-length LP, We All Have An Impact.
 
Focusing on the destruction of the natural world and our ecosystems, We All Have An Impact… shows there can be more to electronic music than a shallow and empty narrative. Built from field recordings and a deep reservoir of trip-hop / drum & bass influences (think B12's Electro-Soma, vintage Mo Wax records...), Boreal Massif's raw, unpolished anarcho-electronics offer a blueprint for the next generation of new age music. 

Tracklist:

1. We All Have An Impact
2. Low Forties
3. Dew Point Rising
4. Angel Of Dub
5. Weather In August
6. Deerhound
7. Black Rapids
8. The Brink Of Extinction
9. Fast Fashion
10. Artificial World (A Manmade Catastrophe)
11. Somewhere In Galicia
12. Spacial Patterns

LP/digital out October 11th 2019 on Pessimist Productions (PESS003). Written and produced by Kristian Jabs and Reuben Kramer. Distributed by Low Company.

BOREAL MASSIF - WE ALL HAVE AN IMPACT LP - ALBUM PREVIEW - PESSIMIST PRODUCTIONS

The third in a three month long guest residency on Noods radio to celebrate the announcement of Noods now becoming a DAB radio station! Boreal Massif special.

Recorded from Noods studio 19th September 2019

Pessimist Guest Residency Part 3/3 BOREAL MASSIF SPECIAL - Noods Radio -19/09/19

FIRST 30MINS - PESSIMIST 
SECOND 30MINS - mad miran
20/02/20

Pessimist And That w/ mad miran - Noods Radio - EPISODE 1

FIRST 30MINS - PESSIMIST
SECOND 30MINS - EVIAN CHRIST
19/03/20

Pessimist And That w/ Evian Christ - Noods Radio - EPISODE 2

FIRST 30MINS - PESSIMIST
SECOND 30MINS - HTRK
23/06/20

Pessimist And That w/ HTRK - Noods Radio - EPISODE 5

FIRST 30MINS - PESSIMIST
SECOND 30MINS - J. ALBERT
17/07/20

Pessimist And That w/ J. Albert - Noods Radio - EPISODE 6

FIRST 30MINS - PESSIMIST
THE REST - LOXY
25/08/20

Pessimist And That w/ Loxy '93 Special - Noods Radio - EPISODE 7

FULL HOUR - MARWA BELHAJ YOUSSEF
19/11/20

Tracklist:
Cressida - Sambo -  Voitax
Pessimist & Holsten - The riot Tune (Type 1 ) - Hotline Recordings
ZULI - 3ankaboot - Sneaker Social Club
Cool Tiger (AQXDM Remix) - Cloud Base - Junction White
Roho - Alter Ego - Weaponry
Mars89 - JoyCamp -  Natural sciences
Formation Boyz - Back Then -  GQOM OH!
Dominowe - Darbuka Tribe - GQOM OH!
3phaz - Cluster Drum - Irsh
Dj Moro - Nour -  ?
Pessimist - Empty Words - Berceuse Heroique
Tor5y & Lil Asaf - Andaf Naw3 - Irsh
Menzi (ft Ecko Bazz)- GQOM Tera - Hakuna Kulala
MC Yallah - Nasonga - Hakuna Kulala
Hajj - Cut My Head With Your Silent Sword - Twin System
N1L - fang mark semantics - ?
Death Qualia - Kore Abduction - OHM Resistance
Gooooose & Dj Scotch Egg - JAC(Slikback Remix) -  SVBKVLT

Pessimist And That w/ Marwa Belhaj Youssef - Noods Radio - EPISODE 10

FIRST 30MINS - PESSIMIST
SECOND 30MINS - AURORA HALAL
17/12/20

Pessimist And That w/ Aurora Halal - Noods Radio - EPISODE 11

Pessimist

Glued (feat. Loop Faction)

Spirals

Grit

Peter Hitchens

SPRTLZM / SCIFI

SCIFI

Bloom

SPRTLZM

Kristian Jabs - operating under various alias' and group's:
Pessimist
Soft Boi
Stigma
1/3 Ruffhouse
1/2 Boreal Massif


For all info of upcoming gigs and for regular music related announcements, you can follow me on instagram @pessimistmusic

To book Pessimist please contact Disconnect Agency:
mark@disconnect.li

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