xin "MELTS INTO LOVE" (SUB031)

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xin returns to Subtext to share their debut LP, MELTS INTO LOVE.

Mining fragments of neurofunk, hardcore and dubstep, xin searches for something else. They borrow from dance and rave lexicons to warp, mangle and strangle tropes into something anew. Embracing failures, blemishes, inexperience and misuse, xin imagines new affinities, anxieties and ecstasies in an age of noise, spectacle and inundation. Alien, shapeshifting reeses dance and twirl in “Myopia,” while AI choirs and pseudo-breaks are distilled into “Spent, Wasted and Saved” (featuring AYA, fka LOFT). The fiendish, ecstatic imagery that accompanies is created in conjunction with painter Gabrielle Bejani and machine learning engineers Ash D'Cruz, and Chris Tegho.

Like xin’s 2018 EP, MELTS INTO LOVE will be released solely via independent platforms Bandcamp, Boomkat and Resonate. The record also borrows from fellow Subtext signee Fis and his Saplings project and is released as a “biodigital” LP—meaning the music is released digitally, but with a living consequence woven in. All proceeds from sales will be donated to Eden Reforestation Projects, with each purchase of the LP funding the planting of at least 40 trees.

xin has recently performed live at Berlin’s Volksbühne, in support of Holly Herndon’s PROTO launch, and Kraftwerk, for MaerzMusik’s The Long Now, among others. They are soundtracking Zach Blas’ upcoming installation The Doors, and are a summer 2019 research resident at Trust, Berlin’s space for utopian conspiracy and the (re)design of infrastructure.

with thanks and love to:
Aya, Billy, Izzy, James, Laurel, Oscar, Sam

Artwork:
Ash D'Cruz, Chris Tegho, Gabrielle Bejani and xin

@xxxiiinnn
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MELTS INTO LOVE 

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YO SOLO SOY YO SOLO. 
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No quiero que me siga nadie.

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Subtext Recordings is a Bristol founded / Berlin based label curated by james ginzburg.

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PAST:
june 30 || dj @ FICTIONS || ormside projects || london
june 21 || dj || lubber fiend || newcastle
june 7 || dj || cosies || bristol

oct 20 || dj @ SCRAM x SELN || ormside projects || london
may 28 || dj b2b aya b2b gigsta b2b minor science @ fictions || sameheads || berlin

feb 21 || live @ sonic acts || stedelijk museum || amsterdam
jan 29 || live @ CTM x transmediale || berghain || berlin

oct 2 || dj b2b w AYA @ sub liminal || trauma bar || berlin
june 20 || dj @ chronotopia || romantso || athens
june 20 || live @ chronotopia || goethe-institut || athens
june 14 || live @ holly herndon PROTO launch || volksbuehne || berlin
mar 23 || live @ suspension || galeria zé dos bois  || lisbon
mar 31 || live @ the long now || kraftwerk || berlin
apr 13 || live @ super hexagon || paloma bar  || berlin
feb 10 || dj @ skatehalle || halle am berghain || berlin
feb 3 || dj @ CTM festival || paloma bar || berlin
 
dec 8 || dj @ superfluid || venue mot || london
nov 22 || live @ grounded || channel zero || ljubljana
nov 02 || live @ kookoo || ohm || berlin
oct 30 || live @ amplify || acud macht neu || berlin
june 9 || dj @ 4 k-punk || set || london
may 24 || dj @ creamcake || säule || berlin
feb 16 || dj @ holy hell || acud macht neu || berlin

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