What a delightful mix of tenderness and bang

NEW MUSIC - part 2

TB 2014

If STRGTHS offered a taste of the Swedish duo SHXCXCHCXSH’s sense of humour and willingness to actively resist order, Linear S Decoded see them in full control. 

The complex, onomatopoeic track titles are gone and replaced with more recognisable words and expressions, as though the pair - having strayed dangerously close to parody have decided to reign it in, declaring we make the rules round here. 

And they do. 

Whilst many of the textures on the album can be cross checked against celebrated European Techno of yore, it’s the unapologetic nature of SHXCXCHCXSH’s composition that marks it out against the rest. And it’s a development - where STRNGTHS might have opted for simply another cavernous kick drum, there are hooks here (see This Hmming Raverie), and bonafide musical pieces (see Monolithic Conclusion). Where others might feel ashamed that such uplifting and tonally pleasing sounds are coming out of their machines - SHXCXCHCXSH revel in this fact, warping and bending these sounds unashamedly to craft a truly singular Techno album. 

“Linear S Decoded never feels like punishment. They've replaced UK techno's sadistic carnival with a mossy softness, a reminder that while factories and cities decay and corrupt, so do cabins and farmhouses.” Andrew Gaerig, Pitchfork, 2014

Released September 9, 2014 

Written & Produced by SHXCXCHCXSH 
Mastered by Matt Colton at Alchemy, London
Copyright Avian 2014

Drain This Lord

Ancient Methods × Black Egg - Ohne Hände (Maschinendub)

With Multiply Your Absurdities, Helena Hauff delivers her long-awaited 12-inch debut on Tresor: a multi-colored inauguration, masterfully crafted by the inimitable Hamburg producer and DJ.

The title track Multiplying My Absurdities opens the record, with a slow burn of magnetic synths and numbing acid drops.
Through its simple yet thrilling dynamics, it occasionally falls into playful skepticism, creating something truly unique, uncompromised, and beautiful.

Punks in the Gym is named after an infamous climbing route in Australia. As its namesake, the track mercilessly rises to a techno summit.
It gets steeper and steeper with every bar, resembling a volcanic dance where 303 earthquakes shake the ground before eruptions. 
Once you're halfway in, there's no turning back; all you can do is keep moving forward. 

The closing track, Humanoid Fruit, transports to an even darker prehistoric landscape.
Synths bursts remind of fossilized Pterodactyls revived—a challenging but rewarding trip through acidic rain and the alleys of your mind. 

Originally released as the soundtrack for Teslaism by artist and filmmaker Bahar Noorizadeh, a 3rd person musical racing game featuring Elon Musk and his self-driving car/lover and life coach, as they drive towards a shareholder meeting in a post-gamified Berlin landscape. It premiered at the "Tresor 31: Techno, Berlin und die große Freiheit" exhibition in 2022 and deals with stimulating skepticism about the emergence of a new era after Post-fordism that she calls Teslaism: "an upgrade to the system of production and consumption predicated on advanced storytelling, financial worldbuilding, and imagineering 'the look of the future.'" What has been once inspired by Helena Hauff's dystopian sound has now been made into an official music video for the track.

Much like the video, Multiply Your Absurdities represents a journey into futuristic uncertainty.

BANDCAMP

Helena Hauff - Punks In The Gym

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Common Rise

3th song in one day, kordbot got mé, im sequencing like a high-grade musician, natural and harmonic every 4 beats. all mpc and kordbot. now i leave my MPC off for today

BE3LH2500086

The vocal sample is from the song 'Chelsea Girls' by Nico (1967)
The lines used from the lyrics:
"Pepper she's having fun"
"White powder in the air"
"Drop out, she's in a fix"

'Room 506' is also from the lyrics.

A - Drop Out
B - Red Embers

Label: Not On Label ‎– Room 506
Format: Vinyl, 12", 33 ⅓ RPM, 45 RPM, Orange Marbled
Country: Germany
Released: 17 Nov 2015
Genre: Electronic
Style: Techno

Support the artist, buy it here: 
https://hardwax.com/00506/room-506/drop-out/
http://www.discogs.com/Room-506-Drop-Out/release/7738261

Will remove immediately on request via pm.

Room 506 - Drop Out

The experimental electronics duo These Hidden Hands return with a 12" Single featuring vocal contributions from Lucrecia Dalt and artwork by Jesse Draxler. An extrapolation of the the ideas explored on the debut album, this new single comprises of two cuts, leading the listener through abstract sonic terrain, drawn from the cavernous outer reach of intelligent sound design.

‘These Moments Dismantled’ a lesson of the vulnerability of musical space juxtaposed with dense apocalypticism.

‘Variant’ is reportedly a self-remix of the A side. Abrasive layering of complex textures that jerk between tension and release, where a heightened sense of drama seeps through from the frosty low-howl noir of Dalt’s vocals.

Despite this single constituting a completely independent work as an artistic collaboration between These Hidden Hands, Dalt and Draxler, we will see more from These Hidden Hands in 2016.

These Moments Dismantled

Ambient 3: Day Of Radiance

The Dance No. 1

Mount Wittenberg Orca

On and Ever Onward

The Liftmen

Gas Bag

Meat Raffle

April 29th sees patten’s multi-format takeover & biggest headline to date take place at the home of new & innovative visual art, London’s ICA - http://www.soundcrashmusic.com/patten/

Stream - ‘patten - Sonne (Machinedrum Remix)’ - http://smarturl.it/sonne-md

Upcoming Live Dates -
28 APR - Supersonic, Paris - https://yurplan.com/event/Supersonic-Nuit-patten-Le-Vasco-UVB-76-Der-Amethyst/16229
29 APR - ICA, London - http://www.soundcrashmusic.com/patten/
09 JUN - No Bounds Festival, Sheffield - http://noboundsfestival.co.uk/

Sonne (Machinedrum Remix)

From the upcoming "Redeemer" LP (HOS-494) to be released October 2017 on Hospital Productions

Spoken Ashes

premiere of "Sunday Night Dancefloor Dreams" by @8factor
taken from the EP " Reminiscense Of 99", released soon on @eastleipzigtheory

EP Details:
http://novafuture.blog/2019/02/14/8factor-reminiscense-of-99-east-leipzig-theory/

8factor - Sunday Night Dancefloor Dreams [EAST002 | B2 | Premiere]

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