Talked to you on the phone the other day—WhatsApp voice call—and I noticed the dissecting and unsettling silence fading in between each spoken word, like someone holding the breath or stopping time. Or a tap closed between each filling of a glass. It was a clean, cleansed, silence—one purified by the dullness of calculation, of automation, of regulation and optimisation.
I remember the feeling of talking with friends via landline connection—it felt like a direct channel opened up between our ears and tongues, an airiness of circulation. I could hear the other person breathing and the slight static noise of electricity hardwiring us. Now I don't hear the other person's breath anymore—the algorithmic sound detection for controlling the threshold of the microphone transmission seems to not register breath as a signal deemed necessary for communication.

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Written & Produced by 111X.
Mastered by Noah Kin.
Artwork by Helen Korpak.

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111X - To Regret (Closure)

Artist: Pisitakun
Album: Absolute C.O.U.P.
Format: Digital / Tape 
Cat.No: CHI022
Master: John Hannon
Artwork: Pisitakun
Release Date: 29 July 2020

The tourist board might try to paint Thailand as the Land of Smiles, but in reality, democracy and free expression for Thai citizens seem a far-off dream. The Southeast Asian country has undergone 13 military coups d’états following the Siamese Revolution in 1932, the most in modern history than any other country. “Since I was born I witnessed three different coups: in 1991, 2006 and 2014,” says Thai artist Pisitakun. “The question is stuck in my mind: Why do we have so many coups?”

Pisitakun explores this question on Absolute C.O.U.P. , his second release on Chinabot following 2018’s SOSLEEP. A whirl of hard techno, molam, military marching beats, Thai Pop and traditional Thai instrumentation, the seven-track record is a maximalist tour through the Thai political and psychic landscape, never sacrificing its wicked sense of fun in its pursuit of political justice.

Pisitakun is among the young Thai artists who use oblique playfulness to challenge the ruling powers in the face of censorship and prosecution. “I’m trying to collect the sounds, voices, samples or songs that relates to the coup and make songs from those sources. Each song represents the part of structure that supports the coup,” he says.

Opening track MoMoNarNarChy interpolates Pleng Sansern Phra Baramee, the Thai royal anthem. Played by Pisitikun on the phin, a lute from the marginalised Isan region of northern Thailand, he transfers the anthem through his analogue synthesizer to create a dissonant, unfamiliar version of the song, wrapped in techno beats and skittish distortions.

“This album was mix of different classes of music, from local to royal music, “ says Pisitakun of the album’s palimpsest of samples and tempo changes. “I try to put a lot of unstable parts into the song so that you never know when it will change, when it will be fun when it will be sad. It is like a coup in that you never know what will happen in the future. Only the one that makes the coup can know.”

Driven by military marching drums, ArArMyMy samples the Thai pop song Poor Soldier, a ballad about low solider wages, as well as the speech given in 2014 by the wealthy General Prayut Chan-o-cha shortly after his successful coup. Prayut, who implemented a number of anti-democracy and censorship laws, remains in power today.



As the world erupts in protest at police oppression, Pisitakun reminds us of the profound loss of human freedoms under a police state. His energetic defiance imagines an expressive, aggressive and deeply joyful world where the strata of power have been upended - a kind of coup in itself against the structures of hierarchy in Thailand.

The album includes three remixes from Gabber Modus Operandi, MSHR and ELVIN BRANDHI. It will be available to buy as a cassette or as a gold bullet-shaped USB stick—a typically subversive nod to the power and wealth of the Thai military elite. A visual artist as well as a musician, Pisitakun has made a painting for each song, which will be included as stickers with the physical release.


About PISITAKUN

Pisitakun Kuntalang is a visual artist and musician living in Bangkok. He released SOSLEEP, his first album with Chinabot, in 2018 and appeared on a number of other splits and compilations.

He questions fundamental and increasingly universal values without merely decrying the fact of corruption or offering neat palliatives. His works are based on political speculation and the external and internal frustrations artists are subject to.
He has performed at CTM Festival (Berlin, Germany), Asian Meeting Festival (Tokyo, Japan), WSK NUSASONIC (Manila, Philippines), Spaziomusica Festival (Cagliari, Italy) and Cafe OTO (London, UK).

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→ Aleksei Podat (@chszm) also known as AAAAA (@a5aaaaa), delivers a one hour 100% productions mix for our platform driving easily through noise, power-electronics and his singular approach of neo-folk.

→ Artwork credits:
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→ TRACKLIST
CHSZM - nozhovi [unreleased]
Aleksei Podat - Life outside CV OST (edited) [unreleased]
Aleksei Podat - NX2020 [unreleased]
Aleksei Podat - patience patience part 1 [unreleased]
CHSZM - qm [unreleased]
ААААА - ТАК КРАСИВО [Bandcamp]
ААААА - БЕСПРИЧИННАЯ АГРЕССИЯ ПО ОТНОШЕНИЮ К ЛЮДЯМ [Bandcamp]
Aleksei Podat - suicidestream.live [Gin&Platonic]
ААААА - СБРОС ОТВЕТСТВЕННОСТИ (screwed instrumental) [NEOPLASM]
ААААА - !!! [NEOPLASM]
Aleksei Podat - user-friendly [unreleased]
Aleksei Podat careX [unreleased]
Aleksei Podat - attempt tool [unreleased]
Aleksei Podat - Beta Click [Gin&Platonic]
ААААА - БЕЛЫЙ ФЛАГ (pitched and screwed) [NEOPLASM]
CHSZM - qm [unreleased]
Aleksei Podat - Scum Analytica [Gin&Platonic]
Aleksei Podat - iregreteverythingihaveeverdone.online [Gin&Platonic]
CHSZM - Uniform Respect [Система]
ААААА - УВАЖЕНИЕ К ФОРМЕ [NEOPLASM]
Aleksei Podat - Report Inappropriate Content- Report Your Life (screwed) [Gin&Platonic]
Алиса Bitljuice - Сны цапли (ААААА cover) [unreleased]

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We are back with DeForrest Brown, Jr. | Speaker Music. We talked about the East Village in the age of COVID, DeForrest's forthcoming book: "Assembling a Black Counter Culture" in light of the killing of George Floyd and the BLM demonstrations all over the world.  Discussion ends touching never released Final Fantasies, moving from Alabama to Manhattan and how America, basically is a scam.
As usual, in-house counter-police enforcement beats mixed with some classics from Detroit and a final gem by our guest with Kepla.

SD11 - w/ DeForrest Brown, Jr. - This is How our Holocaust Happens

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Known for his icy and atmospheric sounds, @apeak bursted onto the scene in 2018 with 'Creed' - a spectacular debut, followed by 'Desolate' EP, released on Signal Life.

Now part of the Noah Kin (Exploited Body) founded Changeless label, APEAK has released two projects 'Grey Skies' & 'Empyrean' both in 2020. APEAK has a sense for melodies sung by disembodied, synthesised voices meshed with cavernous drums and heady soundscapes that come together to form a distinct and singular palette.

Alongside Exploited Body, APEAK remixed Posh Isolation and Northern Electronics affiliate Varg²™'s "Placing My Iphone X Facing up to See When U Answer My Texts” from his album 'Crush' in 2019.

Tracklist :

APEAK - Empyrean, Like the Strange Moons That Circle Through The Skies
JakoJako - F22.0
Walton - Point Blank
APEAK - As a Body Breaks The Surface
Rune Bagge - Simple Dreams
Makornik - Incongruous Force
Varg²™ & Exploited Body - Karhü 
BML - Salomon Kalou 
Thugwidow - I’ll Just Cut Myself Open 
111X - To Regret (Closure) 
Croatian Amor & Lust For Youth - Feel Me (Edit)

HYPERLINK MIX #10 w/ apeak

Lover of powerful futuristic dancefloors and introspective music, @thehomeopathics started djing with @chineursdetoulouse in 2017. But he wasn’t entirely satisfied by this and felt an urge to make space for music outside of clubs. So in 2020, he and friends DJ Wrestling, Jan Loup and Humtsi created Aïra (@airatoulouse), the Promised Land of his spiritual father, H. P. Lovecraft - a space for musical sharing around the theme of dreams. Every month The Homeopathics present his show, 2042, which is dedicated to the future in music. Broadcast on Egregore radio :)

Tracklist :

Mang - The Dispossessed
HDMIRROR - RE-ENTRY
Bonebrokk - Exo [Mosca's Shaolin Version]
Slikback - SOMA
Simo Cell & Abdullah Miniawy - Caged in Aly's Body
Death Qualia - Muzzled Phenomena
nunu - Cherish
Max Profit - Calm [Zygos remix]
Farkoner - Grime in da Veinz
Freeze Corleone - Freeze Raël [Realitycheck version]
Sparkz, Y.Rendo & A.M - THINK AGAIN [Ship Sket's Hard Drum Ed1t]
#Block6 Young A6 x Lucii x Tzgwala x Fumez - Plugged In [Sunshine Vendetta Remix]
Cuban Chamber of Commerce - Goofing Off
Modern Collapse - Still Missing Your Morning Texts
HAJJ - Tru Man Cry
Nara - Daddy I Want A Pony
Ghostemane - AI
Glass - Appointment Scheduling System
Ice_Eyes - Exoplan
Gabber Modus Operandi - Banci
Karlfroye - Sorrow Stroll
Gwia Ekim & indigoblue - Content Corruption
luxxuryproblems - SCENE CHANGE
Hyph11e - Barnacles [Kode9 Remix]
Ice_Eyes - Maps of Despair [ABADIR Remix]
MESLIM91 - PALALALALA [FORGOTTEN TURBO RAVE MIX]

HYPERLINK MIX #13 w/ the homeopathics

Ladonna – Rest of World (RFX-002) out now!

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