SLVMIX093 - Hålbå

Indipendent label and crew based in Venice.

Our aim is to free people from any prejudice, let anyone free to prove itself for what it truly is.
Slavery, condition of who is legally considered as private property therefore free of any human right, and completely subject to the will of the legitimate owner. This cultural and artistic music project was born from the mixing of ideas and different lifestyles that focused on how human mind can make man a slave. Music can free you from any social prejudice.

Next release'dehNUNG' on aesthetical.de. Out on june 20 : 

An Auditory Journey into Repetition, Resistance, and Raw Reflection

Aesthetical proudly presents the latest album by SELM, the uncompromising project by Belgian brothers Thomas and Nicolas Giets, known previously for their work as Egotopia and Rony & Suzy. With SELM, the duo opened a visceral new chapter in their artistic evolution, diving deep into a world where industrial rigor meets introspective minimalism, where rhythm is both weapon and meditation.

SELM is not a project looking for comfort. Their new album eschews polish in favor of intuition. Born from minimal means and deliberate constraint, the music is steeped in contradiction: industrial and tribal, harsh and hypnotic, melodically restrained yet emotionally expansive. The record surges with rhythmic insistence, grounded in the raw, thumping DNA of 90s techno but bent through a fractured, noisier lens.

Cavernous textures trade places with stark, dry surfaces. Flickers of melody emerge from repetition, only to recede into the percussive shadows. At every turn, SELM plays with perception, refusing to choose between club energy and inner exploration. Their music occupies the grey zone where a distorted beat becomes a pulse of thought, and where sonic abrasiveness transforms into aesthetic clarity.

This album is a sketch turned statement, a reflection on how sound, even in its most unruly forms, can carry precision, depth, and beauty. SELM invites listeners to experience noise as catharsis, distortion as design, and rhythm as ritual.

Out on Aesthetical on June 20 2025, SELM’s latest album is a landmark for the label’s sonic ethos, unfiltered, fiercely intelligent, and unapologetically physical.  

"𝕮𝖍𝖆𝖔𝖘 𝖎𝖘 𝖜𝖊𝖑𝖈𝖔𝖒𝖊 𝖇𝖊𝖈𝖆𝖚𝖘𝖊 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖔𝖗𝖉𝖊𝖗 𝖉𝖎𝖉𝖓'𝖙 𝖜𝖔𝖗𝖐"

𝕶𝖆𝖗𝖑 𝕶𝖗𝖆𝖚𝖘


Any inquiries: halba.sound@gmail.com
Mix&Mastering inquiries: theblackholemastering@gmail.com



LIVE-SETS:

- 24/04/2022 - Hertz TV invites Brutal Forms (Verona - IT)

- 18/11/2022 - Autonoma industriale: Pure Hate & Subverted - Mensch Meyer (Berlin - DE)

- 10/11/2023 - Subverted: 3 Years Birthday - Untertage (Berlin - DE)

- 17/02/2024: Brutal Forms x Flux - Fine di Mondo (Verona - IT)

SLVMIX093 - Hålbå

The SLAVE