Vampyroteuthia is an ongoing composition project by Nick James Scavo and Xander Seren. Art by Kyselina. Concept by Vilém Flusser and Louis Bec. Text by Nick James Scavo.

https://theactualschool.com/#/initiative/1617/701

Vampyroteuthia

Placentnihil

P!?007 - Evol "Fart Synthesis" CS20  /// excerpt ///

RRRRRRAFAEL by https://soundcloud.com/rhunterrrr out now on Genot Centre // tape & digital
Get it/Stream it now // http://bit.ly/gen034_links
Produced by https://soundcloud.com/rhunterrrr
Cover by Aleksandar Vučenović // https://soundcloud.com/1000amen
Mastered by https://soundcloud.com/wimdehaen

rrrrrrafael by r hunter is a huge spectral panorama held together at the seams by precise percussion flickering between creaky electroacoustics and punchy HD SFX. The treatment of the sound material here is like hearing the hallucinatory product from a noise removal algorithm pushed beyond its intended domain, something uncompromisingly sharp, rippling, ringing, totally embracing its own digitality. But this digitality is not a cold digitality and finds its counterpoint in various organic interventions, ranging from liquid bass stabs to autotuned lamentations to oceanic drum kit adventures. Throughout this translates into variously sized tension-release-structures keeping these pieces breathing and moving as crisp dsp and smeared tones lose and again assume form, the density of the discrete sound components always allowing for new permutations.

"The process of writing rrrrrrafael was a deeply personal experience that occurred during an intense period of musical growth in my life. Amongst the discourse around de/re-constructing club music, I instead relied upon a fairly abstract musical constraint by asking myself the following question: How would you reconstruct music from your mind’s image of sound? I approached this by using a symbolic method of composition, creating graphic scores and making macro-structural decisions based upon my experience of what sounds ‘look like’ before committing to any audio. Because of this, a lot of the sound design is a functional result of different emotional states that I experienced rather than a conscious effort to capitalise on aesthetic complexity." 
(r hunter)

rrrrrrafael

Buy // tape & digital

r hunter - rrrrrr (GEN034)

Red Program

Evil Medvěd is a Prague-based, Glasgow-born live act (self-identifying as "they/them") who began producing and playing live in 2018. Since then, they have gone on to play live alongside Sapphire Slows, MYHSA and grime producer, A.G. Working with modular, sampling, live re-sampling and have been building messy, turbulent energy into their live sets. In Scotland, they were part of the queer activist DJ duo VAJ.Power, who ran clubnights ‘FUSE’ which aimed to make bass music & 140 genres more accessible for all. 

Fictionkin is a project's debut EP that reflects morphing and proteus sound of Evil Medvěd's live sets. With constant emphasis on airy space and delicate ecosystem of individual tracks it evolves from UK bass music roots to progressive hybrid-club sound-tests. The unique and promising EP is accompanied by the tough selection of remixes by producers from Evil M's home scene (Glasgow's KLEFT and Manuka) and from contemporary Prague club crews (Hyaen and Ancestral Vision).
credits
released November 15, 2019 

Recorded and mixed by Evil Medvěd 
Mastered by Roland Nagy (Fausto Mercier) 

Cover by Dzurillah

Evil Medvěd - Whale Song

This is a mix by ARANYAL (@aranhal) for Madjestic Kasual (@madjestickasual). This mix merges music and soundscape elements to make a well-rounded listening experience. The underlying tones and emotions make this mix an absolute must-listen. ARANYAL showcases their experiences and tastes as best as they can, and this is apparent in the mix. The mix reflects personal events as well as taste.

ARANYAL: A Mix

'Glacial Raid' is the latest release from La Vie C’est Facile on Creaked since the duo dropped their debut EP 'Fun Zone' back in the fall of 2015. Intricate, energetic and simply breathtaking, this EP travels further into the abyss, carefully crafted to deliver an experience that pulls the listener into the deep, dark sonic space the pair inhabit. 

La Vie C’est Facile have always taken their music further than most, resculpting aesthetics of early 2000s electronics and pushing beyond to the point where their composition sounds neither human nor machine-like. This is done to define their style and take listeners to the kinds of worlds evoked in futuristic, post-apocalyptic and dream-like scenes. 

Flirting with new technology and blending cutting drum patterns, icy melodies, humming bass-heavy sounds, trancey synths, vocal samples and experimental textures, 'Glacial Raid' arguably reflects their musical background, merged with modern genres such as instrumental grime, ‘post-club’ and urban influences. 

In the past, the duo have shown their passion for linking fashion with art, music and clothes. Their two self-released EPs were paired with a hoodie in 2015 and a silkscreened crewneck in 2017. With this new EP, it was obvious for them to continue in the same creative direction. 'Glacial Raid' comes with a hand-packed bundle limited to 50 copies containing a pair of white crew LVCF socks, a sticker and a digital download card.

Now pre-order : https://creaked.bandcamp.com/album/glacial-raid

Glacial Raid

La Vie C'est Facile - Neptune

Xquisite Releases is proud to present ‘5 Now 5 Later’ the debut from London based band Serfdom.

Recorded live over the period of 1 year, 5 now 5 later is the result of a subliminal connection between three friends. 

Most of these tracks were never played twice, the moment passes and interests shift, pedals are lost and drum kits change.


vocals/synth - Susu Laroche
bass guitar - Moritz Smid
drums - Oscar Khan

Recorded on phone at unit 13
mastered by Oscar Khan
Cover by Moritz Smid

Serfdom - From Freedom

patrice

Written by SITOI.
Produced by Exploited Body.

@sitoi
@exploitedbody

Kuori I

SITOI - Arka

The day we got our first record out Lehman Brothers bankrupted, laying the catalyst for the Global financial crisis.

P!?007 - Evol "Fart Synthesis" CS20 /// excerpt ///

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