Productions

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

"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].

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

@drownedbylocals @pessimist

PREMIERE: Richie Culver - Alive In The Living Room (Pessimist Remix) [ Drowned By Locals ]

Sciahri - Chronicle

A1. Atonement
A2. Atonement (Pessimist Remix)
B1. Enemy Sound
B2. Departure

Stumbling Zoned Out Yoga Celebration on 180g Heavyweight vinyl.
http://www.iliantape.de/itx09-sciahri-chronicle/

ITX09 SCIAHRI - CHRONICLE

Pessimist

A1. Pagans
A2. Astrous
B1. Inner Circle
B2. Mist

Pre order repress here:
http://store.osirismusicuk.co.uk/album/pessimist-pagans-ep-pre-order

Pagans EP

03/02/2017

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Pessimist - Pagans EP - In Stores Now - OSMUK046EP

The first of two EPs of remixes from Perc's 'Bitter Music' album.

Vinyl & digital out now Perc Trax.
https://perctrax.bandcamp.com/album/bitter-music-remixed-ep1

Buy at Bandcamp

Perc - Exit (Pessimist Remix)

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

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Under the UVB-76 Music umbrella emerges The Stone Tapes, a new medium for residual recordings documented in static matter. Built on the intellectual foundations 19th century paranormal theory the label purports a belief that within sound can be located an audio apparition, an intent and carried feeling. In essence transmuting a specific moment into vinyl observable only at playback. An ideological limestone soaking up and releasing intent.

Imprinting on the psychic ether a distinctly deadened ambience, The Stone Tapes elicits ideas that even today lurk on the fringes of experience, considered heretical by some, while held foundation by the initiated.

STONETAPES001

The opening chapter of The Stone Tapes appears in the shadowy form of Karim Maas, Pessimist, Overlook and Talker. Four cadent arrangements convening in one solemn release. Each track tumbling forth, looping repetitive rhythms in a cumulative ascent with poise and intention.

Each audio apparition is a haunting projection onto the audio field, imprinting into dark corners the ghostly renditions of its architects. Sonic testimonial.

STONETAPES001 : Pessimist A2. Ultranova

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

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

Pessimist - Burundanga EP

Vinyl Tracklist:

A1. Burundanga
A2. Lithosphere

AA1. Paian (Simon Shreeve Remix)
AA2. Thug


It's been three years since founding UVB-76 member, Pessimist put out a Drum & Bass release. The last time you could find a 170 track by Jabs was back in 2017 for his critically acclaimed self-titled debut album released on Blackest Ever Black. So we present in 2019, the Burundanga EP for UVB-76, which has been destroying dance floors across the planet.

The Burundanga EP consists of three Drum & Bass cuts. Think Ruffhouse meets tribal shamanism, gutter breaks with amazonian field recordings and thick atmosphere, you'll feel like you've been spiked by some ritualistic witch doctor. Also included within the four track EP is the long awaited Paian remix by Downwards Records and CUB affiliate, Simon Shreeve aka Mønic & Kryptic Minds, taken from Jabs's debut EP for The Buzzer. Trust us when we say this is not for the faint hearted, we're truly excited to have Pessimist back on the label with these four vintage, signature Pess, killer cuts.

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UVB76-014: Pessimist - Burundanga EP

On November 8th, the British DJ and producer, Tommy Four Seven, will release Veer Remixed, a double vinyl LP featuring remixes by Ansome, SØS Gunver Ryberg, Rhys Fulber, Pessimist, Parrish Smith, Stenny, Silent Servant, Machine Woman, Homemade Weapons and Sawf.

Each artist - making their debut on the 47 label - has selected a track taken from Tommy’s second album Veer which was released earlier this year via his own 47 imprint. The result is a collection of 10 finely crafted reinterpretations of the original works.

Following the original album track order, Veer Remixed is designed to pull the listener into its parallel world, from roughed up off-beat cuts by Ansome, to ethereal post-punk takes by Silent Servant. Bone rattling Drum & Bass by Homemade Weapons to guitar fused dark beat from Parrish Smith.

Veer Remixed

A1 // TOMMY FOUR SEVEN // DEAD OCEAN (PESSIMIST REMIX) [47023]

Jungle-tekno horror from Milan via Bristol.

Read more: https://hyponik.com/features/first-listen-baransu-is-pessimist-remix/

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First Listen: Baransu - IS (Pessimist Remix)

Artist: In Half Light & Ossa Di Mare
Title: 'Tallnyet'
Label: Metempsychosis Records
Cat. #: MPSYE006
Format: Digital
Release: 14th May, 2020
Pre order: https://metempsychosisrecords.bandcamp.com/music

Sounds From NoWhere is pleased to premiere an In Half Light & Ossa Di Mare' gem remixed by Pessimist on 'Metempsychosis Records'.
Rounding off the EP is an experimental take on 'Tallnyet' by rising Blackest Ever Black star Pessimist.

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All Fate, No Future

Premiere: In Half Light & Ossa Di Mare - Tallnyet (Pessimist Remix) [Metempsychosis Records]

Soft Boi - So Nice
Release Date : June 17th, 2020
Format : Vinyl, Digital

Bandcamp pre-order : 
https://fearisthemindkiller.bandcamp.com/album/soft-boi-so-nice

For its second release, Climate of Fear proudly presents “So Nice,” the debut LP from Soft Boi aka Pessimist aka Kristian Jabs. Following 2019’s sludge-crawl collab with Karim Maas and the eco-hellscape new age of Boreal Massif’s “We All Have An Impact,” Jabs turns his attention to a new nightmare: dating. “So Nice” dials back the suffocating d’n’b bass weight Jabs has perfected, opting instead for a shimmering palette of magenta hued synth leads and chunky Rhythm Nation snare cracks.

Across this languid backdrop, Jabs narrates the inner monologue of his Soft Boi counterpart. By turns cheeky, seething and emotive, his terse lyrics dissect modern masculinity with unflinching control. Hours blearily wasted on dating apps, spiraling arguments and circular obsessions, the clammy loneliness of self-obsession and the rigid fury of objectification all spread out across the album like an oil spill.

From the opening credits roll of “Saying Hi To You,” through the slo-mo rave sheen of “Fais Moi La Guerre” (feat Nastychong), the junglist malaise of “And Shout” and the boiled trip hop of “Guestlist,” “So Nice” is an album of surprising violence, tightly coiled and covered in an artificially-sweetened pop glaze. As Soft Boi, Jabs reclaims the conceptual from its oft-clinical corner, giving us a concept / breakup album rooted in the club marketplace, executed with punk’s jugular concision and driven by a deep antipathy for modern life & love.

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For its second release, Climate of Fear proudly presents “So Nice,” the debut LP from Soft Boi aka Pessimist aka Kristian Jabs. Following 2019’s sludge-crawl collab with Karim Maas and the eco-hellscape new age of Boreal Massif’s “We All Have an Impact,” Jabs turns his attention to a new nightmare: dating. “So Nice” dials back the suffocating d’n’b bass weight Jabs has perfected, opting instead for a shimmering palette of magenta hued synth leads and chunky Rhythm Nation snare cracks.

So Nice

More exclusive music

Premiere: Softboi 'Just Run'

Pessimist - Atyeo

A1. Love In The Jungle
A2. The Crawlers
B1. Ridge Racer Revolution
B2. No Fxxxing Soul

Vigorous Tackling Jungle Trouble

https://iliantape.de/itx018-pessimist-atyeo/

ITX018 PESSIMIST - ATYEO

Glome - Popular Moments For You And I LP

Remix by https://soundcloud.com/pessimist

https://steeplejackrecc.bandcamp.com/album/popular-moments-for-you-and-i

PREMIERE - Glome - Abenddämmerung (Pessimist Remix)

Up in the clouds, they found themselves very comfortable. They sat looking down upon planet earth watching as it ran itself in circles. Who had ever known heaven could be as sweet as this? Up here they lived a happy, peaceful, contented life in which they were not bothered by the woes and troubles of a wild and wonderful world below. They live, they breathe, they dance...

Forest Drive West recently released an EP on German record label, Midgar. It was titled "They Live" and was a stellar showcase of the deep, pensive, thoughtful electronics that he has become best known for. Now the label have announced a new remix package which features some hugely talented producers in what is a tastefully  curated affair.

PREMIERE: Forest Drive West - They Live (Pessimist Remix)[Midgar Records]

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

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