Remixes for various artists compiled (2019—)

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Out now on Genot Centre on tape & digital: https://album.link/gen046abadir

"A striking work of hi-def sound design, which intends to explore the intricacies of the human voice, and the significance that can be found in the oddities and interruptions to be found in our speech patterns." (https://soundcloud.com/djmag)

https://soundcloud.com/rami-abadir's Pause/Stutter/Uh/Repeat (GEN046) is a collection of gravity-defying tension build-ups and releases, crammed grimey patterns and blasting overdriven kicks setting the stage for an acousmatic, digital treatment of the human voice as a raw sound source. Vocal snippets, elusive traces of dialogs, ghost notes between utterances, modelled or resampled choirs all form the basis of this approach. On these tracks, high definition focused sound beams, charred high-res textures are complemented by intricate drum rolls sizzling, rushing up, bending beyond their breaking point joined by the clang of metallic, synthetic objects colliding, deforming, rupturing.
The release is accompanied by a handful of remixes, including a staggering diagonalization by https://soundcloud.com/frktl, a bass heavy club ready edit by https://soundcloud.com/ice_eyes, a frenetic, bouncy reimagination by https://soundcloud.com/fausto_mercier and a luminous big drum-powered rendition by https://soundcloud.com/zulimusic.

Recorded, produced & mixed by https://soundcloud.com/rami-abadir.
Album tracks mastered by https://soundcloud.com/fausto_mercier.
Remixes mastered by https://soundcloud.com/wimdehaen.
Artwork & tape design by Sam Lubicz (of https://soundcloud.com/333boyz)

Limited edition of 55 C46 tapes with on-body printing pro-dubbed by Headless Duplicated Tapes.

// https://soundcloud.com/rami-abadir about Pause/Stutter/Uh/Repeat (GEN046)
“Uh, um, ah, urgh, so, well, I mean, indeed—in everyday conversation, we stutter, pause, prolong a syllable beyond its actual length, sigh, click our tongues and lips, laugh, and repeat. Such interjections utterances and fillers may be considered superfluous to our interactions, even interrupting our flow of ideas. But, if we listen closely, we’ll find them loaded with deeper layers of meaning and affect: hesitation, thrill, discomfort, uncertainty, surprise, shyness, contemplation, or the agonizing search for meaning. 
As I extracted those recurrent utterances from supposedly coherent conversations, and the more I listened to those shards of sound in isolation, I came to the realisation that our semantic exchange has always been fragmented. This overpowering sense of fragmentation inspired a collage structure and infused the production with a deconstructed, dramatic and cinematic sound. In this sense, the collage technique in composition reflects how we construct meaning out of tiny utterances in our speech. “Pause/Stutter/Uh/Repeat” is a distillation of overlooked communication, implicit expression and elusive meaning, all of which could be reduced in a one-syllable utterance. The end result was a canvas of revisited meaning.
I submitted this work as my graduation project for the MA program “Digital Media” at the University of Arts Bremen.”

// https://soundcloud.com/rami-abadir's bio
AِBADIR (Rami Abadir) is a music producer and sound designer born in Cairo, Egypt.
His work focuses on experimental, glitch and ambient music, and he's one half of the duo 0N4B. Together with the visual artists Nurah Farahat and Islam Shabana, he co-founded the audio/visual collective "Mapping Possibilities", which has been active in promoting A/V events since 2016. ABADIR is also the editor of the electronic music section of the Arabic music webzine Ma3azef, where he also contributes as a writer on critical theory, music history, reviews and interviews.
Previously solo released on Hush Hush Records, Yerevan Tapes, Kaer‘Uiks, D.M.T. Records, and through 0N4B on Kaer’Uiks, ANBA, Aural Electronics.

Buy digital/tape

ABADIR - IV (FRKTL Hyperstition Remix)

Simulacrum Remixed

Simulacrum I (FRKTL Remix)

سنياو ريمكسات القصة (DBL Edition) is the album created using the stems of the Alkisah album by Indonesian duo Senyawa, featuring reinterpretations by regional artists GOD IS WAR, FRKTL, Prophän and fatalism; and local artists jinjin, SKYLA, 1800s Internet, and Bashar Suleiman.

Alkisah is co-released by over 40 independent record labels from all over the globe. This remix cassette tape tells the story of doomsday in a variety of musical genres from sacred ambient to club, highlighting Senyawa's wizardry.


Wukir Suryadi: Handmade custom instruments
Rully Shabara: Lyrics, Vocals

Remix album curated by Drowned By Locals
All remixes mastered by jinjin

سنياو ريمكسات القصة <DBL Edition>

Senyawa - Istana (FRKTL Remix)

After his debut on ASIP with the ‘impossible instrument’ focused album, Multiverse, https://soundcloud.com/gadisassoon follows with the Chaos & Order EP. Inspired by the relationship between the organic, synthetic and bionic elements of his approach to music creation, the EP comes to life across a number of versions, remixes and formats, inviting the listener to immerse themselves through the EP's fundamental elements in various different ways. https://asip.me/asipv037

Consisting of three core pieces of music, with each one originally conceived as Quadraphonic, the release expands into two immersive listening experiences. Firstly, the digital album with accompanying Binaural* mixes designed for expansive headphone listening and Dolby Atmos** versions for compatible devices. Second, a limited edition 2LP lathe cut, where each quadraphonic track has been split into two stereo versions, across 4 sides of vinyl, resulting in various potential playback scenarios.

“The continuum with synthetic and organic at opposite ends and bionic in the middle, bleeding into one another… that’s the roadmap of my work. I like this simple diagram because it’s easy to navigate, and there is so much to explore within and between these realms. When I write, I splay and combine these elements on more than two speakers if I can. The stereo field is a coded language, as are standard immersive formats that force the listener in a fixed perspective. Fine methods of delivery, but the experience of sound can be so much more - a happening…” - Gadi Sassoon.

This music ‘hacking’ mentality is further extended into three remixes of the tracks by fellow purveyors of intricate sound design; Olga Wojciechowska, Max Würden and FRKTL. Olga takes ‘Organico’ into a dramatic orchestral beat-driven space, Max Würden adds structure and warmth to Sintetico, and Sarah Badr (aka FRKTL) tunes extreme deconstruction in Bionico.

The end result is an experience that can be listened to in many different ways, across many different formats, inviting the listener closer to the many elements Gadi honed and crafted across his studio in Milan, and the EMS Elektronmusikstudion in Stockholm.

Featuring artwork by Noah M / Keep Adding, and mastered by Rafael Anton Irisarri, Chaos & Order will be available as a digital album on Bandcamp featuring the original tracks, remixes and Binaural Versions and a 2LP Lathe Cut (30 copies) featuring the Quadraphonic Versions. There will also be a limited edition Metallic Print of the artwork available on Bandcamp

Gadi Sassoon / Chaos & Order EP (ASIPV037) [Previews]

Amp Wall Monument Confrontation

Engine Of Future Ruins (FRKTL Rework)

JWR030
Lensk-Apophenia(Lost Time)
August 15, 2019

https://soundcloud.com/anonymouscomplicity
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Remixes by
https://soundcloud.com/evitceles
https://soundcloud.com/shbadr

Artwork by Filip Preis
Mastered by SIM

Lensk - Strained (FRKTL Manifold Remix)

From @anonymouscomplicity's 2019 EP, Apophenia (Lost Time), on @jeromeworldwide: https://jeromeworldwide.bandcamp.com/album/apophenia-lost-time

Apophenia (Lost Time)

Lensk — Strained (FRKTL Manifold Remix)

From the DBL Edition of Remixes for @senyawa's Alkisah LP on @drownedbylocals: https://drownedbylocals.com/album/dbl-edition

Alkisah

Senyawa — Istana (FRKTL Remix)

Azimuth soundtrack out now.
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29.09.23 Another Sky Festival (London)
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09.07.23 IKLECTIKA 2023
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01.12.22 Futur.Shock @ FOLD
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11.11.22 Backslash @ Gessnerallee 8
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17.09.22 Azimuth @ Akusmata Gallery
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15.09.22 Geiger Festival 2022 @ Atalante
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09.04.22 Aliens Are... @ Kunstraum Kreuzberg
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02.10.21 Donaufestival 2021 @ Minoritenkirche
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22.09.21 Nomadic Signals @ ISSUE Project Room
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05.07.21 VIRTUALLYREALITY SS21
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25.05.21 UNUSUAL BUSINESS @ Nusasonic
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19.03.21 COMMON MULTIVERSE @ Currents
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13.03.21 LEAVE NO TRACE Takeover @ Threads
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20.02.21 PASAR ALKISAH Festival @ Worldwide
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23.01.21 CTM Festival 2021 @ Club Matryoshka
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21.03.20 Cycles in 11 exhibition opening performance @ Bait Al Serkal 
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02.02.20 CTM Festival, Hacklab 2020 live performance @ Radialsystem 
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07.12.19 Madeiradig @ Cine Sol 
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22.09.19 Int'l Winners presents FRKTL ◡ Aircode ◡ Dilian ◡ Jaeho Hwang ◡ TZT @ The Glove That Fits 
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31.07.19 Kiezsalon @ Musikbrauerei 
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27.06.19 N1L & FRKTL @ Kauplus Aasia 
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23.02.19 NoDirt NoLife @ UMBO 
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22.02.19 Klappfon @ Solothurnerstrasse 4 
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18.10.18 PUSH Festival @ Gävle Teater 
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02.08.18 Bread&&Butter @ Arena Berlin 
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