@phrixusmusic

Nylon Hood EP out now: 
https://hypnamusic.bandcamp.com/album/nylon-hood

BEAM REFLECTOR (Phrixus Remix)

Ikävä Pii - Turbolento

I’ve made a track and AGENDA⋮ has made a song out of it.

“Paradigms” out in 3 versions.

Ikävä Pii - Paradigms -++
Ikävä Pii - Paradigms --
AGENDA⋮ - Paradigms +-

A fancy press release text here. A big concept. The usual tags, buzzwords, adjectives. Post-facto meaning, retroactive motives. Tropes for easy consumption, categories for easy detection. Some big DJ played it out! It's forward-thinking - yet the usual.
Or, left turns, fuckups, new experiments, old loves.
Lyrics, words, good ideas, desires, tea, fears, memes, questions, wrong answers, bad ideas.
No interesting sound was ever made by playing it safe.
Have fun you coward :)

҉p҉҉a҉҉r҉҉a҉҉d҉҉i҉҉g҉҉m҉҉s҉ ҉l҉҉o҉҉r҉҉e҉҉c҉҉o҉҉r҉҉e҉ ҉d҉҉e҉҉e҉҉p҉҉f҉҉a҉҉k҉҉e҉҉s҉ ҉s҉҉t҉҉e҉҉r҉҉e҉҉o҉҉t҉҉y҉҉p҉҉e҉҉s҉ ҉c҉҉l҉҉i҉҉c҉҉h҉҉e҉҉s҉ ҉c҉҉o҉҉s҉҉p҉҉l҉҉a҉҉y҉҉s҉ ҉d҉҉r҉҉a҉҉w҉ ҉t҉҉h҉҉e҉ ҉l҉҉i҉҉n҉҉e҉ ҉f҉҉u҉҉c҉҉k҉ ҉u҉҉p҉ ҉b҉҉u҉҉t҉ ҉w҉҉i҉҉t҉҉h҉ ҉g҉҉r҉҉a҉҉c҉҉e҉

Ikävä Pii - Paradigms --

www.instagram.com/cortical_fm ( @cortical_fm )
www.instagram.com/plasma__sources/

Plasma Sources marks its 5th release with Cortical’s debut EP, ‘Wretched Patterns and Terrible Mistakes’. Pulling from both the extreme fringes of experimental music and the minimalistic tendencies of the UK bass continuum, the duo’s much-awaited first release acts as the locus point between dance floor sensibility and sonic exploration in its most immersive, visceral sense.

Cortical are world builders first and foremost. With backgrounds rooted as much in the visual arts as audio, the duo’s live AV show has already garnered critical acclaim after standout performances at Sónar and Lunchmeat. Coupling this with their list of past collaborators - which includes the likes of Holly Herndon, Arca and Skrillex - and it becomes easy to see why there’s so much hype around Cortical right now. Indeed, this EP is the culmination of months of building excitement amongst those in the know, as fragments of raw footage captured from Cortical’s shows begin to amass on social media.

‘Wretched Patterns and Terrible Mistakes’ itself feels like the auditory equivalent of a fragmentary existence forming, fragmenting and reforming again. Noise and distortion act as integral threads throughout the EP, but on the first track, ‘Telúrica’, they take centre stage. Brittle percussive calls give way to a thick wall of bass-laden, cinematic viscerality which hits the listener almost as hard as the ensuing rhythmic carnage which erupts halfway through.

Mortar, immediately fires away into more rhythmic madness, as elements of dubstep, metal and grime coalesce into blasted kick patterns which sound like the contractions of an eldritch machine’s digestive tract. Noise-tainted bass tones kick in, tearing in and out of reality and slowly 
dominating the environment as Mortar progresses into deeper territory.

Up next, Shiny Surgery provides a respite, with electro-tinged drippings of lasers and wet gloops lifting the listener into a more sanitised and lighter space than its predecessors. Cortical’s extreme musical influences are still at play here with their signature eroded bass weight and splintered percussion on display, but in a more restrained sense. As the halfway point comes in, so too does the most introspective section of Wretched Patterns and Terrible Mistakes, as cinematic floating pads de-sterilise the space.

Finishing things up is the namesake of the EP and arguably the most anthemic listen of the release. On Wretched Patterns And Terrible Mistakes, demented vocal chants call out across a disintegrating claustrophobic space, before grime kicks and fragmented breakbeat loops explode into existence, demanding full dance floor attention. This is pure-peak time energy, although still entirely in line with Cortical’s immersive approach to world-building and sonic exploration.

Wretched Patterns and Terrible Mistakes operates equally as an enclosed, hermetic exploration of Cortical’s fragmented, low-end focused sonic landscapes and equally as an assortment of dangerously effective club tracks guaranteed to turn heads.

Written and Produced by Sevi Iko Dømochevsky & Daniel Benza 
Mixed by James Ginzburg 
Mastered by HYPNA 
Artwork designed by Cortical

© 2024 Plasma Sources.

Wretched Patterns and Terrible Mistakes

Telúrica

Cortical - Telúrica

Accustomed to delivering doom and gloom since 2009, French label @dawnrecords now unveils its 21st corrosive release with "Modern Grief," the latest toxic alloy from their new in-house project, @gargantuan-collapse.

Set for a CD release on November 13, the "Modern Grief" LP offers ten dystopian tracks drenched in harsh noise, blending cutting-edge metal, heavy bass, grimy trap, and emo-tinged IDM.

https://dawnrecords.bandcamp.com/album/modern-grief-dawn0021

Modern Grief

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℘ཞɛɱıɛཞɛ ≈ Gargantuan Collapse - Je Sauvegarde (feat. HAJJ) [Dawn Records]

✦ SWINE PREMIERE ➴ @count2count remix of Sorbitol Drops [@antonin-zavodny] track "Ryzec" via Brno-based @fungus_collective

Fun With Gus Remixes is a 4-track remix compilation based on the debut release “FUNGUS VA 001,” partially reworked, morphed, and rediscovered.

➜ Count brings a fierce and percussive inventory to this remix of Sorbitol Drops, pushing the track into a surge of rhythmical — rather than purely structural — forms of unpredictable movement. Dense, unrelenting, and sharply carved — a full-body arrangement that convulsively shifts in form as pressure builds, fractures snap, and patterns collapse into new architecture.

➜ If you’ve ever wondered what a half-dub, swampy break might sound like side by side with the Pardubice reptile’s track RYZEC — collect your prayers here.

Original track by Sorbitol Drops
Remix by Count
Mastered by Vladimír Dirda
Artwork by James Aitken & Mia Ju (IG: @monosluchu, @70latek) 

[Swine Premiere] SORBITOL DROPS - RYZEC (COUNT RMX) (Fungus)

Listen to "WARP (Rev Remix)" by B E N N taken from "Life is Destined. Fated" self-released on April 23rd

Pre-order: https://bedoublensound.bandcamp.com/album/life-is-destined-fated

"Life is Destined. Fated" is a remix compilation initiated by B E N N, bringing together artists from Hong Kong, Taiwan, and China. They were invited to select an original track and create their own remix, contributing to this one and only collaborative compilation. The participating artists include Madctrl (HK), Way (TW), Rev (CH), ChillQin (TW), and XAN (TW).

Links:
B E N N
https://soundcloud.com/bedoublensound
https://bedoublensound.bandcamp.com
https://www.instagram.com/bnnw_tw
Rev
https://revtheacid.bandcamp.com
https://www.instagram.com/revtheacid
https://linktr.ee/revtheacid
Mastering: B E N N
Artwork: 
7digitalpoet
www.instagram.com/7digitalpoet

Life is Destined. Fated

pre-order / bandcamp

B E N N - WARP (Rev Remix)

Listening to Bios Contrast–aka Nilotpal Das’--SSAC42 for the first time might be likened to the experience of watching sunlight shimmering on the surface of a body of water. There is an effortless spontaneity, a mesmerizing ebb and flow. There is a movement which continually reminds us of itself. We are drawn in without needing to understand why. Curiosity takes hold—not a ‘question-driven’ curiosity–but a quiet immersion in the unfolding moment. It feels familiar, but distant; intimate, yet undeniably alien–the more we surrender to it, the more it transforms. We do not give our attention so much as we permit ourselves to drift along. With each passing moment, we are captivated anew, drawn into the throes of unexpected emotion.


The sonic world of SSAC42 seems to pull influence from various forms of electronic music on the fringes. We hear rapid, intricate drum patterns. We feel the warmth of synth textures, the soft glow of ambient pads collapsing gracefully into themselves. The airy vocals of K_anti play a significant role–gliding in over arrangements at unforeseen moments, bringing us closer to something vast and luminous. We never quite arrive, but feel as though we’re always approaching. The tracks are melodic without being grounded in melody. They coalesce, fracture, and reform. A pattern begins, and vanishes, swiftly replaced by something else entirely. Time loses shape; moments of breathtaking stillness recline over fierce drum sequences.

This warping of time is notable in the first track “everyth1ng 1n l1fe”, where soft atmospheric elements churn slowly above chaotic jittering drums. The juxtaposition stirs, generating an ongoing tension that is never resolved. Ethereal, washed out vocals pull us further into weightless expanse. Lush moments build up and transfigure, revealing new forms with each phrase. The second track “EXT10” takes us further into moments of unanticipated wonder. Through the turbulence, shifting elements are not mourned as they pass, but welcomed; we do not question their departure—we move forward with them.

The third composition, “dysph0r1a” opens with a clear vocal presence.  K_anti’s tender delivery occasionally rises above the evolving terrain of synths—fleeting, decipherable, then submerged once again. Later on, the sixth track “ap0calypse 42” carries us through a striking arc: from softness to percussive fury, and back into calm. The transformation is tumultuous, but also cyclical—destructive and restorative in turn.

The shapeshifting quality of the album can feel disorienting. Just as we find comfort and predictability, it dissolves. Familiarity is teased, and withdrawn. Perhaps it is in this instability that the core of SSAC42’s potential lies. As the unending search for meaning in our human lives is consistently upended and reimagined, SSAC42 seems to quietly posit that moments of solace will reveal themselves amid the chaos; wonder and enchantment persist if we are willing to stay open.



PREORDER

Bios Contrast & Nilotpal Das - everyth1ng 1n l1fe (feat. K_anti) (IM120)

The first remix of "Ani Się Waż." The second remix and the original track are available on my Bandcamp page.

AnMiWa44

uhhh basically this is a companion piece to the previous one! more proper tracks here. enjoy!

Cray cary

Fungus Humungus - Welcome to the Fungal Jungle

An independent blog and open platform dedicated to music and visual arts / Established in 2015 ▶ We are based in Slovakia + Czechia, Central Europe.

☗ "Swine Daily DJs" is a DJ collective consisting of Swine Daily editors (Krištof, Viktor, Sasha, Natalie & Jan + changing) ☗

Pre-Order our second SWINE RECORDS release by JLZ via Bandcamp!
➠ https://swinedaily.bandcamp.com/album/tumba-ep

SWINE DAY FESTIVAL FOTO-REPORT
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[Swine Premiere] SORBITOL DROPS - RYZEC (COUNT RMX) (Fungus)

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