'Ultraviolence'
Violet Mist
See Blue Audio SBA 026

1. Ultraviolence
2. Ultrazukunft

Release date: 22 October 2021

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Following the release of 'First Vows' by Sulk Rooms, the new drone-style project from Thomas Ragsdale, See Blue Audio welcomes another much respected figure in electronic music to its roster for the second in a series of releases from artists new to the label. This project goes by the name of Violet Mist with 'Ultraviolence' featuring two tracks of what its creator has dubbed cyberwave for the twenty-six release on See Blue Audio.

Violet Mist is an alias of Manchester-based DJ and producer Jozef K, who will surely need little in the way of introduction to anyone who has followed dance music over the last decade. As a DJ, he has played across the globe alongside summer residencies in Ibiza; as a producer, his records have been supported by a wide range of DJs, and Sasha's Last Night On Earth and Lossless are just two of the many labels on which he has released. It should come as no surprise, therefore, that his productions can take many different turns and assume many different guises, and Violet Mist is the most recent of these.

The Violet Mist adventure began in 2020 with the release of the 'Glimmer' album, followed by 'Prophecy 2096' in April 2021. Both albums came out on the Disintegration State label, close associates of See Blue Audio and co-founded by Steve Hadfield. 'Ultraviolence' is an expansion of the musical ideas expressed on 'Prophecy 2096' with its shadowy synthwave and multiple textures of sound.

At the heart of Violet Mist lies a futuristic world, but a dystopian one. This is a broken future where the bright lights and vivid glare of ever-advancing technology disguise the gloom and conflict within. This imagery is also present in the cover artwork for all Violet Mist releases, and, as the name Violet Mist suggests, rich colours and obscured vision can co-exist. The word cyberwave conjures up many images too: 'A Clockwork Orange', 'Blade Runner', electro-punks and synth hackers, alien video games, sinister technology, and visionary explorers of time and space.

Within this swirl of imagery, many contradictions can be found, which also provide a playful edge, and these are present in the music of 'Ultraviolence'. Nothing is quite what it seems on the title track: luscious sweeps of oscillating effects interplaying with delicate and sombre melodies; birdsong and the harmonies of nature meshing with the sound of sirens; and a hypnotic ambience that is soothing while also warning of a strange and foreboding future. Nature replaced by dark energy.

'Ultraviolence' is complemented and contrasted by 'Ultrazukunft' – a reference to the German word 'zukunft' meaning future – where the beatless soundscape of the title track is punctured by shuddering beats, and the sense of foreboding reaches another level. With their intricate layers of shifting sound, both tracks are a truly immersive listening experience that reveal more with every play.

Imagine walking alone through rain-washed late night/early morning city streets, brightly illuminated but eerily quiet, where danger from unknown forces could approach at any moment. This is the cinematic ambience of 'Ultraviolence' and cyberwave imagination of Violet Mist in full effect.

Mastered by Thomas Ragsdale.

Photography: Harrison Qi.

Ultraviolence

'Ultraviolence' (preview) – Violet Mist (See Blue Audio SBA #026)

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 @blankfor_ms  is an incredible artist and producer who continues to raise the bar for sound design creators and enthusiasts everywhere. I highly recommend a deep dive into his Instagram to see a glimpse into his process and sound discovery over the years. Very grateful he took the time to create this insanely unique and evocative remix of “Glitch”.  The subtle, patient and detailed textures and atmospheres infused throughout make this one an epic experience. 

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'Expectorant Ballad' is the first single lifted from "Transhumante [Extended]" by Spanish electronica producer Crisopa. The album will see release on the 1st of May. More on Crisopa here - https://www.hiddenshoal.com/project/crisopa

Crisopa’s original 2017 release of Transhumante (via the Sound in Silence label) presented an immersive suite of deeply evocative and melodic ambient electronica. The new extended version of the album includes six beautiful new additions, bathing the listener in waves of ecstatic synth swells, textural loops and insistent rhythms. These surging, emotive tracks simultaneously summon forth aching nostalgia and a blissful state of hopefulness. Anyone who enjoys deep, vivid electronica in the vein of Boards of Canada, Manual and Hammock will find themselves right at home in Crisopa’s beatific compositions.

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Written and produced by Pepo Galán, Shinji Wakasa and Warmth
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Kostas Katsikas returns with his fourth full-length LP to the German Denovali imprint. I am immensely excited to hear the continuous evolution of this Greek musician’s sound, whom I have followed first through the Tympanik debut Approach (2008), then to the Ad Noiseam sophomore release, No Land Called Home (2010), and lastly via the Denovali release of Foray (2015). Four years since Subheim offers nine delicious, moody tracks, that capture the shadowy crawl through a modern metropolis. The album is titled after the last segment of that word, metro + polis, or, rather correctly, from Greek, μήτηρ (“mother”) + πόλις (“city”), aiming to capture “the unspoken tension between longing to escape and being trapped in some kind of concrete stasis.” I know exactly what Katsikas means. Having lived in numerous concrete jungles, from Kyiv to New York to Chicago and London, and having visited his home city of Athens [er, why did I forget to reach out?] there is a certain grittiness to all this man-made beauty. Millions upon millions of conscious [and, well, not so conscious] minds, each with their own distinctive story, together, yet alone [and in this lockdown we’re alone together], reflecting on the lives we’ve built around us from the past. Subheim recognizes this concealing darkness, and he attempts to scratch it out with sound, which is at once grungy, with its great use of mild distortion, and cinematically alluring, with epic chords, towering organic progressions, and insistent beats. Today I am premiering a piece called “Vertigo”, which elegantly captures that overwhelming sense.

"Despite the album being born out of a feeling of alienation from one’s surroundings, it’s impossible to ignore the sense of hope that runs through this LP. In ΠΟΛΙΣ, we hear an arrival at a deeper understanding of oneself, an inner peace amidst the decay and cautious optimism that comes from someone who just happens to feel most at home in darkness."

The album is a perfect soundtrack to your reclusive walks, preferably through dark and dingy alleys, abandoned subways, and corroded ducts. There’s even an appearance by Ben Lukas Boysen, as Hecq on a piece called “Daughter,” which is a fantastic collaboration showcasing both of these composer’s talents – melodically harmonious and lush. ΠΟΛΙΣ is out on October 30th, available from Denovali on digital, CD, and black 12″. Highly recommended for these confusing times! A perfect candidate for my selections in “Music For Crawling Through Abandoned Cities.” I’m sure we’ll see it there soon!

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