Fractured Sunshine

The Bird's Poisoned Bathwater

The Bird's Midair Heatstroke

Sparkle Downer

Counter Clockwise Chant Pattern

Filtered Soul Exposed

Mariachi Timebomb

Self Exorcism

Fury

The Bird's Snapshot Lifespan

Hawaiian Sniper's Eye

Covered in Demon Blood

Start Over

The Bird's Concrete Nosedive

Gruesome Things

Anxiety Acid

Raging Warpath Dinner Piano

Tilde's Revenge

Live performance for Seth Kasselman's Three Ring Collapse show on NNR.  Hardware set using the Analog Four and Octatrack.
https://nettnettradio.com/

Live for Three Ring Collapse on NNR

Out now on @satellite_era !
SERA015: Satellite Era presents “The Heaviness Of Hovering EP” - a collection of boundary-pushing tracks by Mike Castañeda, better known as Terminal 11

100% of the proceeds made from this release will be donated to La Frontera on a monthly basis. They are a growing nonprofit that offers comprehensive crisis and community behavioral health services to children, adults, and families throughout the state of Arizona.

Learn more about La Frontera: lafrontera-empact.org

With a musical career spanning over two decades, Phoenix-based artist Terminal 11 has made it a priority to continuously adapt to the latest in sound design and technology. After a handful of highly acclaimed releases, we welcome him to our family with some of his best and admittedly most personal work yet.

Emerging from the pinnacle of an early breakcore movement in North America, Terminal 11 became a household name on legendary experimental labels worldwide such as Cock Rock Disco, Hymen, Opal Tapes, and Love Love Records. Although his pioneering sound has mutated over the years, the genre-free, forward-thinking mentality he wields has stayed consistent, allowing him to transcend past any particular style or trend.

By combining niche machines such as music trackers and modular systems, Terminal 11's production is a unique blend of aged subcultures and keen futurism. Each track serves as the reflection of a live performance that incorporates real-time sampling and looping, modular jams, live effects, and general improvisation. With a desire to keep challenging himself, his audio workstation tends to reform between projects. For his latest EP, he brings out his sharpest tools in an effort to forge something timelessly special.

"The Heaviness Of Hovering EP" may sound familiar to the avid listener of leftfield electronic music - thumping basslines, off-kilter drum programming, and disorderly synths effortlessly fill the soundscape. Terminal 11 expands on these ideas by refining the foundation of his previous work, forming a more lively sound that feels freshly discovered. Caustic ooze pours out of the stereo in "Von Bridges Kit" as the track progresses into a dystopian realm. "Pressure Cooker" is a clear nod to acid techno and braindance, providing a proper rave anthem for dancefloor enthusiasts. Frantic drum work embodies "To Disappear," slowing in tempo but ensuring to fill each second with altering percussion sequences. The metallic snap in "Rabid Mist" is playfully attentive as the track shapeshifts between a fusion of breakcore and dancehall. The title track repurposes old guitars from his newly founded personal collection to create emotive drones, adding a sentimental touch that serves as a perfect ending to this project.

The completion of "The Heaviness Of Hovering EP" meant much more to Terminal 11 than simply releasing music - it marks a pivotal moment in his fabled career amidst the underground. Setting these repressed emotions free has allowed him to continue progressing not solely through music, but also as a human. A healing moment proves to be monumental for his growth and just as important for our collective.

“I created these tracks while experiencing a mental state that oscillated between a blur of healthy functionality and numb avoidance, easing slowly only with time. The experience was a result of deep grieving - my mind had me hovering outside of myself while simultaneously feeling weighed down by life. This project was made gradually over the last two years during the pandemic within rare times that I could disappear into creativity. The tracks are presented in chronological order, keeping true to the timeline of conception and the sequential themes of transformation, healing, and ultimately returning to a fully lucid connection to purpose.”

CREDITS
Mike Castañeda - production, mixdown
Amir Mashayekhi - mastering
Nic Juister - cover art, visuals

"Dedicated to my father - Jorge Guillermo Castañeda (1961-2020)"

The Heaviness of Hovering EP

The Heaviness of Hovering

The Heaviness Of Hovering

https://terminal11.bandcamp.com/track/weight
Weight is a reconfiguration of my track Spirals from the album Eyes Pressed Against The Glass which was released on Opal Tapes / Black Opal in 2021.

Weight

Exsom

Joint release between Cock Rock Disco and Naboa Music. Check them both out here: 
www.cockrockdisco.net/releases/ 
naboamusic.com/catalog/ 

Text from Cock Rock Disco: 

If you know anything about Cock Rock Disco you probably know about Terminal 11 too. We’ve been proud to release his music regularly since 2005 and we’re doubly proud to share this new material as a split release with Naboa Music! 

Here’s 8 incredible songs full of ultra-complex polyrhythmic explosion-beats like only he can make. Each track is a microcosm of razor sharp fragments sliced into crystalline structures of ever-evolving design – this time with a vaguely Acid feel. 

…And that’s not for nothing, as Terminal 11 seems to have broken the code to making songs that are both funky and complex, scientific yet primal. In fact these songs are equally at home on a dancefloor as they are ripping apart technival speaker cabinets. Single, double, quadruple time – they are all one. Run your finger down this crease and watch it expand into the universe. 

Note: "We're Just Taking It Back" was originally released by King Deluxe for the "Dance Like It's 2999" Project. 
Project link: kingdeluxe.ca/dancelikeits2999/ 
Track Link: kingdeluxe.ca/were-just-taking-it-back/

Tracing Structures

Harmless Chaos

Watch Me Burn

From the desk of Love Love Records: 

Having been an influence on Love Love during its infancy, Arizona based sonic meddler Terminal 11 is welcomed into the fold and not a moment too soon. Maintaining an overall extra-terrestrial form he explores the limits of FM synthesis, dynamics and poly-rhythms achieving what can only be described as a wholly individual sound. Despite the alien exterior, found within this release is a real humanity that emerges from between the sharp fragments of percussive noise and glistening dissonant melodies. 

Ranging from what could be seen as some of his most accessible material, to some of his most chaotic and free-flowing, Terminal 11 pays attention to the most minute detail with the precision use of acutely polished drum programming and carefully weighted sub frequencies. 

With classic releases under his belt on Cock Rock Disco and Hymen Records, ‘Harmless Chaos’ is a welcome addition to an already diverse and celebrated back catalogue.

The Inevitable Pains of Living

This Malleable Rage

Reorganized Fragments

Unpleasant Experience

In solidarity with Black Lives Matter, 100% of the funds collected from this release will be donated to them. There will be no expiration so as long as it's available to purchase, the money will be going here:
blmphxmetro.org/donate

Download/Donate: https://terminal11.bandcamp.com/track/to-dismantle

Keep up the fight for change!

To Dismantle

https://terminal11.bandcamp.com/
As heard on Satellite Era, Opal Tapes/Black Opal, Love Love Records, Schematic, Hymen, Cock Rock Disco, and Phthalo. Responsible for Phoenix, AZ based experimental/noise label @Sunwarped Records - https://sunwarped.bandcamp.com/ 
Also see http://soundcloud.com/emcast11

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