The oblique and annihilating transmissions emanating from the workshop of Polar Inertia have been issued intently and surely over the last decade and more. Environment Control grants access to the biggest consignment to date, with eight tracks of mesmeric play that are fraught with clinical impulsiveness and astringent rushes.

Opening with a didactic panegyric to transmutation, Polar Inertia swiftly counter our recoil with an ominous display of pressure on 'Smothering Dreams'. The intensity is sustained—as if to suggest that there's now no way back—until the menace relents on 'Artic Horizon', its shimmering gravitational pull amounting to an idealism after the unease that delivered us here.

Recorded by Polar Inertia between Montfort and Ivry 2022-2023
Drawing by Jonas Rönnberg | Photography by Marcel Engdahl
Mastered by Giuseppe Tillieci at EnissLab

https://northernelectronics.bandcamp.com/album/environment-control

A1 - ENVIRONMENT CONTROL

http://secretthirteen.org/polar-inertia-mix-live-review/

For Secret Thirteen journal we have worked on a special slowed down techno recording in the spirit of the live sets we have did for Polar Inertia’s recent exhibitions in Brussels and CCA, Tbilisi.

A couple of months ago we have changed all our gear and equipment, and collected new machines but somehow never had enough time to meet altogether and wire them. Finally, we have decided to hook up our new musical gear and equipment to improvise the future of Polar Inertia’s sound.

It was one of those studio jams you do not want to rush to. We took our time. Slowed down the tempo to 112 bpm and sent all synths through a multitrack recorder to catch every moment of the jam session. During hours of knob twisting we went through several states of mind and different styles.

What we are sharing with Secret Thirteen readers is an edited version of what happened that night.

Secret Thirteen Mix 131 – Polar Inertia - Live Recording

Red Bull Music Academy have launched their online Mixing Board in collaboration with Folder Studio, featuring original tracks from seven producers including Polar Inertia.

http://daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/specials/2015-mixing-board/

Putting you in control of the BPM and volume of separate parts of the seven different tracks, there's original material to play.
You scroll to increase or decrease the BPM, and move your cursor around the page to alter the mix. As you play with each song, the selected videos correspond to the change in mood and tempo, offering an A/V web experience that's aimed at highlighting the link between music and human emotion.

INLAND RETURNS

Artefakt - Remixed - Delsin Records (dsr-c14)

a1.	The Fifth Planet (Forest Drive West Remix)
a2.	The Fifth Planet (Evigt Mörker Remix)
b1.	Tapeloop (Polar Inertia Remix)
b2.	The Blue Hour (Valentino Mora Cosmic Trans Rephase)

www.delsinrecords.com/release/6165
artefakt.bandcamp.com/album/remixed

The next move from Artefakt (@artefakt-official) and Delsin is a selection of their label back catalog remixed by four producers that can’t do no wrong in modern techno days. The artists they chose are all debutants on the label where it feels like a perfect fit. It resulted in a collection of involving drum grooves, hypnotic loops, smoky dub techno and cinematic ambient.

Forest Drive West (@forest-drive-west) is up first, coming off the back of a fantastic album on Livity Sound that showcased his hi fidelity take on bass, jungle and techno. Here he flips 'The Fifth Planet' into eight broody minutes of involving drum programming and groaning synth drones. A subtly uplifting tune thanks to the gorgeous pads in the background, but real bass heavy system music when it comes to the dance floors. Swedish producer Evigt Mörker (@evigtmorker) turns 'The Fifth Planet' into an utterly hypnotic, rolling, lumpy kick drum workout that pulls you into a state of techno meditation.

Paris deep techno stars Polar Inertia (@polarinertia) then remix 'Tapeloop' into a cavernous world of smoky dub techno. The vast emptiness sucks you in and the deft sound designs make for atmospheric, cinematic additions to this mental trip. Closing is Spazio Disponibile artist Valentino Mora (@valentinomora), whose slowly unfolding odyssey is built on gentle hand drums and spooky pads and take you deep into some oceanic abyss.

ARTEFAKT - TAPELOOP (POLAR INERTIA REMIX) - snippet

Polar Inertia - Indirect Light

Polar Inertia - Black Sun

Polar Inertia - Sole Star

Polar Inertia - The Last Vehicle

Polar Inertia - Major Axis

Polar Inertia - Parallel Transport

DM3D004 http://clone.nl/item25419.html Jan 2013

dscrd The Dawn - Polar Inertia remix

LOCATION: PARIS, FR. 
WW : bookings@widetempo.com
FR : axel@futursproches.fr

Polar Inertia examines the enigmatic and blurry realms, embracing the art of obscured vision.
Encountering the collective Polar Inertia is much like being absorbed by fog and captivated by
its ever-shifting forms and densities, with things being as indistinguishable as in a whiteout.

Formed in 2010 by a group of artists, Polar Inertia transcends visibility, delving into structures
that lie beyond the public gaze. Layers upon layers intertwine within the fabric of Polar Inertia,
extending beyond their profound electronic compositions and live performances. It manifests as a conceptual universe, where sound, monochrome aesthetics, and elusive narratives converge,
much like trying to grasp the intangible fog. The entity that is Polar Inertia is involved in
installations, print- and video work and texts created for different contexts and live in different
spheres such as Palais de Tokyo in Paris or the Lyon Biennale of Contemporary Art. Still, clubs
and festivals are perfect spaces to experience these nebulous soundworlds and immerse in
them. Fittingly, some of Polar Inertia’s appearances include the colossal halls of Berghain and
Bassiani and at experimental festivals like Mutek Montreal and Atonal Berlin, that like to break
with the classic club conventions.

Polar Inertia's sonic landscape unfolds with wafting textures accompanied by resonating beats
and drones, reverberating through empty spaces, merging with the vast expanse of nothingness.
Their sound exists at the crossroads of ambient, experimental, and deep techno, interwoven
with vocal narratives. Since their inaugural release “Indirect Light“ on Dement3d Records in
2011, they remain a stronghold of relevance and captivation in the electronic domain.

POLAR INERTIA

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