First of the two splits released together with the launch of the DESTITUTE label on May 28th.

01. ANCESTRAL VISION — 925 Wage Slaves
02. DMKHV — Tender Engineering

@ancestralvision
@dmkhv

gfx: @bibimbobo

925 Wages Slaves / Tender Engineering

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ANCESTRAL VISION — 925 Wage Slaves

In ‘Next Life’ the ashes of Tzusing’s tracks are reanimated by some of his favorite producers.

Tzusing - Flow States Ft. Illsee (Zean Remix)

A promising track of EP2, plays around with a catchy and naive vocal phrase, insisting that ‘Sometimes It’s Hard’. The statement, sung by a soft but mechanical female voice, is underlined by a glitchy and relentless breakbeat layered with visceral subs. The track’s weltschmerz disposition is equally seductive and destructive, which makes ‘Sometimes It’s Hard’ an unusual tune that will satisfy both seasoned ravers and a wider festival crowd.

EP2’s mesmerising cover art, a piece created for affected called ‘Crinoid Scanner’, was made by local 3D artist Caroline Vang. The work is inspired by the alien yet familiar look of crinoid fossils. Finding her inspiration in the most alien and quirky parts of nature, Vang specializes in an experimental and surreal play of texture and shape, to challenge the line between fiction and hyper-reality.

Sometimes It's Hard is mastered by SUGAR aka. Nikolaj Jakobsen in Copenhagen.

Hedo Hydr8 - Sometimes Its Hard

Featured on VA Compilation Steel Genesis ver​.​3C3C1D11940 [M​.​A027] out on Magdalena's Apathy https://soundcloud.com/regrets_regrets

Artwork direction and curation by DJ Loser https://soundcloud.com/loser111

Mastering by Astytekk https://soundcloud.com/astytekk

Ice_Eyes - DARK UNIT

Plasma Sources is proud to present nosync’s Soundsystem Music, an EP which provides a fresh perspective on the high-fidelity and sci-fi influenced electronic music the imprint is known for.  

nosync’s (https://soundcloud.com/user-775234683) work sits in a truly unique space in the sound system/club music-o-sphere. This in large part is due to his heavy deployment of progressive metal instrumentation, from chugging walls of overdriven guitars to relentless double-time kick patterns. On paper, utilising this palette in a club-music context may seem like an impossible task. However, where others might see a chasm of disparity, nosync has deftly identified the bridge connecting these two genres, seeing in these two landscapes the same desired emotional state - despite the different methodologies used to achieve this.  

“This record attempts to make the case that the essence of what makes these sounds so obsessively loved are one and the same. Gripping dramatism and intensity are the overlapping themes that I have attempted to bring out here, through the record’s sound design and film-like structure.” 

Indeed Soundsystem Music as a whole feels wildly cinematic and is as much an exercise in atmosphere creation as music for sound systems, with nosync citing the video game Dead Space and its sequel as key influences for this body of work. From the claustrophobic, elasticated wind chamber of ‘Traced’ to the broken choir voices and FiS-esque ambient abyss of ‘Dead Land’, nosync has expertly matched the pace and atmosphere of these hugely iconic and utterly terrifying video games and channeled them into a purely sonic experience.  

The metal influences nosync brings to the table slice through the entire corpus of Soundsystem Music, although the linkage is perhaps at its most clear on ‘Airlock’, which features a full-on death-metal guitar chugging through the first half. In perhaps the most surprising switch-up of the entire EP, things suddenly twist into a guttural underwater club track a third of the way through.  

nosync’s love for the vast ecosystem of club/soundsystem music also comes through loud and clear on this release, from the grime-inflected leads and hyper-detailed polyrhythmic noise workouts of ‘Unregistered Hypercam’ to the reverberated metal clangs of ‘Kauket’s Arena’ which feels like witch-house on steroids - the soundtrack to some final boss battle with some type of nightmare-demon-entity.  

nosync has achieved something unique with Soundsystem Music. By drawing together a hugely disparate corpus of influences and pummelling them into a noise-fuelled apocalyptic aberration, he has created a sound which feels consistent, fully his own, and in many places, utterly dread-inducing. 
credits
releases February 13, 2024 

Written, Produced & Mixed by Nikolas Babić 
Mastered by Hypna 
Artwork by Joh000 // Jose Hernández 


© & ℗ 2023 Plasma Sources.

Soundsystem Music

unearth - Aberrations

Digital Hundebiss is back, even though it's not Bandcamp Friday—because not even Bandcamp wants us rich. To be completely fair, it's not even Friday. 

This month, we have a special delivery from our friend Assyouti. 

https://assyouti.bandcamp.com/album/tough-choices-mister-blister

"Tough Choices" is a 167 BPM drumfunk-influenced percussive exercise, layered with Assyouti's signature distorted vocal samples and a roaring bassline. This high-impact combination of texture and rhythm is sure to feed hungry sound systems. 

Meanwhile, "Mister Blister" rolls in at a brisk 100 BPM, delivering a double-time momentum that drives the track forward with relentless force, exuding a sense of urgency and energy.

Assyouti - Mister Blister (DH009)

SMT3X - Messes Basses

@smt3x

Streams: https://tr.ee/KlxU2-hnTw

SMT3X, a Paris-based duo: Framboise, an Italo-goth singer from the French Riviera, and Guiv, a nerdy Persian producer. Their sound is as fiery as the energy of Naples and as chaotic as the sprawling arteries of Tehran, weaving southern European and ghetto-gothic Middle Eastern influences into dark and seductive deconstructed club music. SMT3X enjoys pushing the boundaries of rap and French pop, combining sensual lyrics and grime flows with elements drawn from hardcore, IDM, and gqom to create something both brutal and caliente. 

"Messes Basses" will be included in GODSPEED EP[OMB013], which will be dropped by 22th of November.

producing by SMT3X
Mixing by Bertrand Härdi
Mastering by Robin Petras
Artwork by CM. BAGASKARA

GODSPEED

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SMT3X- Messes Basses

The Tiger's Veil
On edge, the heart leaps — too fast, too fierce.
Bisø Pulse lays a shadow over the beast.
It soothes without killing, tames without breaking.
The tempo tightens; the rhythm flattens.
A calm pulse, almost animal,
listens to silence in order to exist.

Bisø Pulse

16.Dantalion - The Covenant(Halo)-160 Bpm V/A ICEN MEMORY

Cassette/download:
https://petrola80.bandcamp.com/album/now-thats-what-i-call-yelzin
https://www.instagram.com/petrola_80/

@hjalte-lehmann-974813166
@petrola-80
@lyravalenza

Yelzin - Basic Instinct

Name your Price

Eden Aurelius - Broken Fangs(ft Millia Rage)

Sea Cucumber is a label founded in 2021 by @Tzusing 
Sea cucumbers are found on the sea floor worldwide.