“Paper Ruins” is a dramatic and melancholic debut from Sozorie, an up-and-coming producer from Minsk, Belarus. Beautiful experimental ambient and arty electronica inspired by “visionary architecture,” the kind of architecture that is not realistic and only exists on paper.

Nikolay Steshitz, the person behind Sozorie, is really enjoying creating what he calls “controlled aggression” in his sound. Indeed, even the lushest moments of “Paper Ruins” possess a certain tension, buried underneath the elusive melodies and the rubbery beats.

The album showcases a rich production palette. Some synth work here sounds “classic,” repurposing the classic IDM/electronica/downtempo canon. But then everything changes, and we get more penetrative, siren-like hyperboles that clash against glitches, kick drums, and distorted clangs shaping rhythmic passages not dissimilar to early Amnesia Scanner. Sozorie ties all of these broad influences into a knot and carefully places them inside a narrative, and it does feel like a scaled paper model of a brilliant, strange building. Steshitz comes up with a fresh vision and an excellent record equal parts a home listening trip and great material for the more adventurous DJs.

released March 25, 2021

Music: Nikolay Steshitz
Mixing & Mastering: Nikolay Steshitz
Artwork: Nikolay Steshitz

Time Warping (Rapid Antics Remix)

Seven years, seven tracks, seven seas.
 
To celebrate our 7th anniversary as a label, we're entering 2022 with 22:20 minutes long (for real) compilation !
 
Entitled "Seven Seas", this compilation welcomes several mermaids from across the continents (USA, UK, Japan, Sweden & France), freshly arriving on the HTS isle.

W/ @mystictearz, @gipsytrax, @rrrrr22, @ruminaa, @wrack90, @bapari & @solturamusic.

Artwork by Manon Bachelier @nonassistance
Mastering by Simon-Luc Laporte @sim_mtl

Seven Seas

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@design-default - Quartz Silica EP
Format: Digital
Release: December 2nd, 2022
Artwork by Benfika

Marking the 100th record of the imprint’s prolific history, Infinite Machine are proud to present the release of Quartz Silica EP by new-comer Design Default. A self-described ‘tone scientist’, the Parisian delivers a 5-track of uniquely textural compositions which map out a sonic world influenced by dystopian anime titles like Trigun & Neon Genesis Evangelion. Like many on the IM discography, Quartz Silica acts almost like a simulation or audio-film representation of an abstract space you’re invited to traverse.

The EP opens with ‘Between Wasteland and Sky’; percussive assault on your senses which clearly exemplifies Design Default’s meticulous approach to sound design. Every detail, every sample and every automation is carefully considered to add to the heightened affective theatrics heard here.

‘A.S.K’ follows things up on this release, a highly inventive composition with a loose structure that evolves from phrase-to-phrase, refusing to sit still. Design Default’s interest in jazz and free-form arrangements is married up with an angular sonic palette of industrial groans and splutters; generating the impression of hearing a glitch (or hiccup, even) in the machine. There’s something refreshingly playful about the maximalistic breakdown of ‘A.S.K’ akin to the wry smile found in some of AYA and her YCO label’s output.

After two highly frenetic tracks, Design Default turns the tempo down slightly with the groove-laden ‘S.E.E.D.S’. Layers of rich, fuzzy synapses phase in and out of prominence over a bed of complex drum programming. The producer deploys negative space here to great effect, with the absence of a drum hit or sample where you might expect one adding to the hypnotic rhythmic swing of ‘S.E.E.D.S’.

Rounding out the originals of Quartz Silica EP, ‘SILEX’ is a club-ready construction with a paint-shaking bassline which seems to slip downwards in pitch as if it can’t get steady footing. Again, Design Default’s tone science/alchemy shines through clearly here, with stutters of melodies, bursts of white noise and stacked drum patterns managing to sit cohesively in this dynamic expanse.

Fellow Parisian De Grandi jumps on remix duties for ‘S.E.E.D.S’ to finish off the EP. The Paradoxe Club signee adds further syncopation and strips the original’s elements down to its fundamental core. The results are a spectral creeper of a tune - built almost intentionally with dark, low ceiling environments in mind.

Design Default - Between Wasteland And Sky

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Release date: 4th December
Artwork by Kim Laughton
Mastered by Raphael Valensi

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Tzusing & Hodge - LCD

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IN NEED OF MORPHIN’ UP UR SYSTEM?! 4 BPM TOOLS FOR THE CIRCUITYARD, THE MOTHERBOARD AND YAH U GUESSED IT THE RESTRICTED FACILITIES. DJ PACIFIER (180 > 140!!!! WHAT?!?!?!), DANIEL RUANE (127 > 200!! THE LOUDER YOU SCREAM THE FASTER IT SENDS), SMOG (25 > 125?!?! NEVER SEEN BEFORE FOOTAGE :O), STOLEN VELOUR (130 > 175!!!! CLEANS OUT THE GUTTERS OF UR HARD DISK IN 3 MINUTES OR FULL DATA CRYSTAL REFUND GUARANTEE)

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Made by @dj-pacifier, @daniel-ruane-2, @smog_0 and @stolenvelour
Mastered by Dominic Clare @ Declared Sound, Leeds
Art, game and concept by Ziyiz

Out April 10th 2021

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