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Elephant Gym builds worlds through a bass-driven, jazz-and-funk-inflected writing style that teems with agile, articulate excitement. While commonly associated with the subgenre of math-rock, Elephant Gym employs their own unique technical candor, with rhythms and melodies that never cross the line into uncomfortable angularity.

On Underwater, Elephant Gym's latest release and second full-length, there was no single composer overseeing the record. To the end of unlocking new sounds for themselves, each member took turns leading production and compositional roles during the creation of the album. The result is an expansive cohesion of diverse songs which flow in and out of one another like water. Vocal cameos by international collaborators provide another compelling dimension to the record, emboldening a group usually known for their instrumental compositions.

The band explains that "'Underwater' is an idea about a kind of private, mysterious space." It's a place where one may go to ponder or concentrate, to clear one's head, or to just blow off some steam in solitude. So, too, is Underwater fundamentally about immersion: immersion in the chaos of feeling, living in the throes of being human-sized in the infinite expanse of existence. Elephant Gym deftly weaves this universal concept into their signature sound without ever pulling you out of your personal space, leaving you to yourself underwater.

TSR 201
Release date: December 7, 2018

Album Producer: Elephant Gym 
Executive Producer: J-Jyun Ciou 
Mastering: Brian Elgin [Sentient Sound Labs] 

Album Design  [InFormat Design Curating] 
Art director: Pang Wang 
Designer: Tzou Yun-Da

Elephant Gym is 
Guitar: Tell Chang 
Bass: KT Chang 
Drums: Chia-Chin Tu

Elephant Gym - Underwater

The one-off single “Goosebumps” from LA’s Gregory Uhlmann is an art-folk number about the elasticity of our perception of time. Depending on your mental state and what’s happening in your life at any given moment, time seems to move faster or slower. Uhlmann deftly reflects this perception with a composition that seems to subtly stretch the time between its softly strummed guitar, Uhlmann’s delicate lilt, and trotting drums. Atop meticulously placed auxiliary percussion, a tremolo’d, gurgling synth appears in the song’s climax as if to pull listeners in another direction and accelerate their experience of time, pulling them from the slow, repetitive lull of lockdown.

Cover photo by Sam Kaufman

Tim Carr - drums and percussion
Sam Owens - mixing
Timothy Stollenwerk - mastering

Gregory Uhlmann - "Goosebumps"

appears exclusively on '𝐌𝐔𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐒 𝐕𝐎𝐋. 𝟔: 𝐇𝐎𝐌𝐄', the 6th installment in the epic 'MUTANTS MIXTAPE' charity compilation series - out now: mutants1000000.bandcamp.com/album/mutants-vol-6-home

other featured artists include Arca, Merzbow, Andy Morin (of Death Grips), Lil B, Fraxiom, Mukqs, FIRE-TOOLZ, Foodman, Against All Logic, Glass Beach, KFC Murder Chicks, not to mention around 70+ other acts - all profits go towards Red Comunitaria Trans, a colombian organization that works to support trans folk of all backgrounds. ️‍⚧️

MUTANTS VOL. 6: HOME

Nmesh - Date Night (Black Ranch Cincinnati) (from MUTANTS VOL. 6: HOME)

Mix of speed garage, 2step, soul house, and bass tech inspired by the classy icons and gritty bass of true UK Garage. Mixed by DJ Sunflower Electronic.

Infrared Urban Fantasy 02 - DJ Sunflower Electronic / Jan.22

Knifeplay - "Promise"

Side One:

01) Wilsumnes - "Sacrificial Blood"
02) Slutvomit - "Baphomet's Call" (04:50)
03) Craft - "Fuck the Universe" (09:40)
04) Kapala - "Moral Attrition" (14:05)
05) Concrete Winds - "Sulphuric Upheaval" (18:20)
06) Ensepulcher - "Perishing in Morbidity" (20:35)
07) Grotesque Bliss - "Bringeth Death to Life" (22:35)

Side Two:

08) Spine Wrench - "Lie Baiter" (28:50)
09) Realize - "Simulated World Down" (33:35)
10) White Slug - "SS Musick" (37:45)
11) Formal Defect - "Feel Your Crime" (40:25)
12) Gus Coma - "The Infiltrators" (44:30)
13) Abner Malaty, Alix Cain, and Tom Burris - "I Am Spirit" (49:30)
14) Sa Lansangan - "Maniningil, Maniningil + Sees Them" (54:20)

Episode 55

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Everything Is

On Underwater, Elephant Gym's latest release and second full-length, there was no single composer overseeing the record. To the end of unlocking new sounds for themselves, each member took turns leading production and compositional roles during the creation of the album. The result is an expansive cohesion of diverse songs which flow in and out of one another like water. Vocal cameos by international collaborators provide another compelling dimension to the record, emboldening a group usually known for their instrumental compositions.

The band explains that "'Underwater' is an idea about a kind of private, mysterious space." It's a place where one may go to ponder or concentrate, to clear one's head, or to just blow off some steam in solitude. So, too, is Underwater fundamentally about immersion: immersion in the chaos of feeling, living in the throes of being human-sized in the infinite expanse of existence. Elephant Gym deftly weaves this universal concept into their signature sound without ever pulling you out of your personal space, leaving you to yourself underwater.

TSR 201
Release date: December 7, 2018

Album Producer: Elephant Gym 
Executive Producer: J-Jyun Ciou 
Mastering: Brian Elgin [Sentient Sound Labs]

Album Design [InFormat Design Curating] 
Art director: Pang Wang 
Designer: Tzou Yun-Da

Elephant Gym is 
Guitar: Tell Chang 
Bass: KT Chang 
Drums: Chia-Chin Tu

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