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Bristol’s Sarahsson is a force to behold. A composer, producer, performance artist and DJ, her intricate work is a visceral expression of divine queerness and her experience with synaesthesia.

Originally hailing from Exeter, when she moved to London she discovered a queer community that hadn’t been present in her hometown and so began to explore the rejection of genres and the dissolution of gender. Drained by the male dominance in electronic music, Sarahsson’s first forays into more experimental sounds and parties helped direct her own personal journey—exploring the feminine, synaesthesia and blurring the lines between binaries.

Inspired as much by the natural world as she is by gore and harsh noise, Sarahsson fuses elements of classical music with metal, experimental electronics and hardcore. Her debut LP The Horgenaith explores themes which Sarahsson equates with queerness: “Transmutation, embodying contradicting parts of oneself,” she says. “Finding familiarity in difference is a lot of what queerness is about for me”. A multi-dimensional commentary on “femininity's cultural proximity throughout history to nature and rediscovering the body as a landscape, its constant state of flux and transience.”

Joining label alumni AYA, Kai Whiston, Emily Glass and more, Sarahsson’s signing to Illegal Data is a testament to her unique sonic offering and her visually arresting live performance, which involves classical and contemporary instrumentation and various audio interfaces.

With a grant from Saffron Records she also spent time at a woodwork studio building her own Daxophone, a wildly curious bowed instrument, and rejected pre-made samples, choosing to create her own instead. Field recordings of marsh reeds and whispers become percussion atop the blasting sound of crushing waste removal machines.

A truly special voice in the current climate of electronic music, Sarahsson brings together her unique ear for melody, rich textural harmony and dramatic narratives to achieve something genuinely awe inspiring and timeless on her debut LP. Creating a piece of work so honest and nurturing yet accessible and open, it raises open questions rather than dishing out rigid statements.

On her emotionally charged sound Sarahsson says: “I'm trying to reach a very specific feeling. One tiny point in the middle of a nuclear explosion where everything happens all at once, bittersweet and fierce, a moment when opposites collide into one. The nexus point.”

Having already performed in parts of the UK and Europe with the likes of Lyra Pramuk, Oklou, Swan Meat etc. and as part of a SOPHIE tribute show for Club Quarantine in 2021, Sarahsson now has her sights set on bringing her album to a live setting across Europe and the rest of the world.

Sarahsson - The Horgenaith

Tracklist:
01. Ancient Dildo Intro
02. Tonsil Pearls
03. Lacing The Well
04. I Am The Earth
05. Perennium (Reprise)
06. Orchidectomy
07. A Selfish Tryst
08. Swallow
09. Cladonia Hymnal

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Sarahsson - Tonsil Pearls

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ALL TRACKS WRITTEN AND PRODUCED BY FLORENT HADJINAZARIAN IN ST FONS, FRANCE.
INSPIRED AND DEDICATED TO "MELANCHOLIA DER ENGEL"
MASTERING BY DANIEL MUMBERSON
DESIGN BY MON


"Highly regarded around these ways for introducing the likes of Ronce on his Dawn Records label - with whom he collaborated on the ‘Aquatics’ LP - and a string of ace compilation cuts, visual artist-turned-producer Hajj renders his most ephemeral yet affective conception of a negative ecstasy in ‘Drag Me Into the Void’. The three tracks reprise the billowing introspection of his 2020 debut for Brothers From Different Mothers , ‘Dédicace À Personne’ with a subtly refined palette and sound design, dematerialising traces elements of late ‘90s trance and up-to-the-second trap into thee gauziest, gently buoyant ambient space.

The trio of tax slot neatly into YOUTH's cross section of contemporary bedroom/living room/imaginary club space with a breezy mutability. ‘Drag Me Into the Void’ appears in subtly alternate mixes, bathing a trance siren vocal refrain in anaesthetising reverb and vapourized traces of emo-rap drums with a sublime sense of deferred gratification on the original, while nipping/tucking to more elusive allure in the ‘Euphoria’s death edit’. In the middle ‘Reverse Catharsis’ augments the syrupy ambient rap aesthetic with more pronounced woodblock percussion hinting at Burial hitting the downstroke, and lit up with killer, trancey hyper-blooz synth plucks. "
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Drag Me Into The Void

Let things come, let things go, let things happen
Nothing in this world is promised to you, nothing belongs to you, you only own yourself
Breathe, breathe, breathe

LAST LIFE

Skurnakkie from an old but never forgotten memetik sound clash between Kuthi Jin & Talpah.
Recorded in Bari, november 2021, tru the powers of a dancing cheese, che belle triglie and 1 tuka.

https://clam-pressure.bandcamp.com/album/skurnakkiat

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KUTHI JIN & TALPAH - Scurnacchia 1

PLUS44KALIGULA - Barren Land

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j0yboy - sky island

softworld - skull emoji (brainrot tool)

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cenaceae - bugspawn

Exploited Body - Helix / Unravel

Exploited Body takes it back to the club with their latest two-track offering 'Helix / Unravel' - a pairing, that meshes the intensity you've come to expect, with newfound high-speed break experimentations.

'Helix' is a spiralling fever dream, with drums of tungsten skitter through the blaring sirens and posessed screeches, showing no signs of slowing down. 'Unravel' is deliverance, release. Incorporeal voices echo through the cracks of the ferocious drums, eventually submitting to the soaring, euphoric synths signalling the escape from the cycle.

’Helix / Unravel’ is out now via Changeless!

Written, produced, mixed & mastered by Nori Kin.
Artwork by Jesse Draxler & Nori Kin.

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Exploited Body -  Unravel

Herzschmerz am Gleisende [Tekk]

Wattn los Oma (170bpm)

Hello world, this was a crazy week so my work definitely explored a bit deeper the emotions and general planetary vibe being presented at the moment. This week’s Friday Techno Drop is called “Systematic Dance” - an ethereal yet driving techno track built for deep introspection and full-body movement.
With a hard-hitting kick and a bouncy, deep bass lines, the foundation pulses beneath raw, sharp synths and hauntingly organic instrumental textures. Bells echo through the mix, adding a cold, metallic touch - like a winter night humming with electricity.

At times, the energy dips into a mellow, almost ghostly mood… but the drops break through with warmth: layered percussion, break beat grooves, and dynamic leads that push the track forward like a machine gaining speed.

This one to me feels like dancing in the snow under a dying satellite signal. I hope you enjoy the trip. ❄️🖤

j0yboy - sky island

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