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In the Abyss: Music for Weddings

Wedding Bells

[ENG]

‘Exstasis’ explores the relationship between the natural and synthetic. Breaking down the boundaries of life and robotics, its rich ambient textures and natural atmospheres are woven together with icy electronic leads and robotic melodies. ‘Extasis’ conjures up overwhelming emotional waves in chaotic trance soundscapes that are given space to breathe in the air of stripped back naturalistic ambience. The album and its cover art explore the threshold of spirit and technology, creating an abstract convergence of the two and exploring what it means to connect with nature in a mechanical world.

[JPN]

「Exstasis」は、天然と合成の関係を探ります。 生命とロボット工学の境界を打ち破り、その豊かなアンビエント テクスチャと自然な雰囲気が、氷のようなエレクトロニック リードとロボットのメロディーと共に織り込まれています。 「Extasis」は、削ぎ落とされた自然主義的な雰囲気の中で息をする空間を与えられた混沌としたトランス サウンドスケープの中で、圧倒的な感情の波を呼び起こします。 アルバムとそのカバー アートは、スピリットとテクノロジーの境界を探り、2 つの抽象的な収束を生み出し、機械的な世界で自然とつながることの意味を探っています。

Produced by Azrel @azzrell
Mastered by Wim Dehaen 
Artwork by simon

Azrel - Dryad

Azrel - Radiance

Kamixlo - DEATHWORK
Label: PAN
Cat.No.: PAN 144
Release Date: 26 July 2024
Purchase: pan.lnk.to/DEATHWORK

A peppery smorgasbord of industrial rhythms, razor-sharp stabs and provocative vocals, 'Deathwork' is Brixton-based Kamixlo's strongest statement yet, sandwiching earworm-laced pop between refried layers of euphoric back-room ambience and visceral hard dance distortion. It's been four years since Kamixlo poured his heart out on his acclaimed debut album 'Cicatriz', and he's been experimenting incessantly since then, figuring out how to integrate bold, memorable hooks into his signature alloy of burnished synths and mangled samples. And if its predecessor represented catharsis after a discomfiting period of loss, 'Deathwork' finds Kamixlo's emotional load lightened, freeing him to survey and tighten his formula by traversing club music's most eccentric, genre-agnostic fringes.

The young DJ and producer cut his teeth in the early 2010s, forming the iconic Bala Club party and label before deploying a series of EPs that accurately captured the era's voracious zeitgeist. Muddling references to nu-metal and emo classics with nervy dembow and bass deconstructions and dissociated SoundCloud rap thuds, Kamixlo characterized a new type of inclusive artist, unprejudiced by preconceptions of the underground or mainstream. 'Deathwork' builds on this legacy and widens his outlook substantially, urging listeners to step towards the dancefloor no matter how they might engage with music. And for the first time, Kamixlo seamlessly amalgamates his delirious bass-heavy atmospheres and kinetic beats with vocals, incorporating compelling performances from reggaetón sensation Isabella Lovestory, avant-pop outsider Puzzle, and Drain Gang's infamous Bladee. There's even an appearance from Berlin's Mechatok, who shows out with a production assist on the album's syrupy closing track 'Insect'.

From the ecstatic opening breaths of 'Ketamine Fields', it's clear that Kamixlo's in a fresh headspace. Weightless angelic voices curve gracefully around overdriven rave-ready bass twangs, while muffled, blown-out drums echo somewhere in the distance. It's the perfect pre-game to an endless, messy night, leaving Isabella Lovestory to lurch towards the mass of sweaty bodies on 'Pitch Black', rhyming sensually over Kamixlo's provocative metallic plucks and slow-motion dembow pulse. And by 'Combe', the peak time energy is palpable, with carnivalesque percussion and eardrum-popping high pitched squeals that grind against the pummeling gabber kicks. Puzzle brings the album back down to earth on 'Chaos', casually free associating and providing a light-hearted counter to the fog of machine crunches and deranged laughter.

On 'One More Night At The Line', Kamixlo carves the house blueprint into a neurotic chatter of helium voices and cocky slams, and when Bladee arrives in a wisp of smoke on 'Death Forever', the noise has calmed a little. Here, Kamixlo flexes his most exploratory muscles, nesting Bladee's grungy voice in an erratic tangle of muted, almost pacifying, black metal screams and nursery rhyme chimes. It's a paradox that perfectly encapsulates the scope of 'Deathwork', an album that continually flips expectations, turning in on itself and questioning its own logic without ever losing its momentum.

Written and produced by Kamixlo
Mixed by Felix Lee
Mastered by Enyang Urbiks
Artwork by Daniel Swan

Deathwork

Kamixlo (feat. Bladee) - Death Forever

Mechatok & Bladee ~ Glädjeklockor

Soundtrack is a part of the soundtrack that collects music written and composed by composers to 
accompany particular moments in the film.
The soundtrack enhances the emotion of the film by creating a sound atmosphere for each scene.

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7038634357 is the alias of Neo Gibson (b. 1995), a musician born and raised in Arlington, VA. They currently live in New York City. Previous releases include 2017's LYSE on Brooklyn's Pastel Voids, and 2017's MY VISION OF THE SUN, a self-released EP. More background and contact information can be found on their website ive-been-waiting-all-my.life.

XPETAL is a loosely narrative 5-track EP. It explores the inner soundtracks of suburban anxiety comedowns, and dreams for futures of radical justice.

Composed/mixed by @neo_petal
Mastered by James Xu
Artwork by Tavi Lee

XPETAL

7038634357 - Sugar Armor

https://planet.mu/releases/koh-ft-ecco2k-whitearmor/
https://planetmu.bleepstores.com/release/126479-felix-lee-koh-ft-ecco2k-whitearmor
https://felixleee.bandcamp.com/album/koh-ft-ecco2k-whitearmor 

Felix Lee, the producer formerly known as Lexxi and @5tarb01, Elysia Crampton collaborator and ex-organiser of the culture-clash Endless parties and its namesake NTS radio show, has signed to Planet Mu. The first fruits of his future album is 'KOH', a vocal debut from Felix, co-produced by Whitearmor with additional vocals by Ecco2k (@gravityboys)

Felix delivers his cascading verse through spiralling fx, as if in a haze of insomnia, "It's like I'm living inna daze", Ecco2k operating as a dual voice, as the delicate synths seem to shimmer back in response. "I'm the king of hearts I got missing parts"; the lyrics paint an ambigiuous picture of detachment and shapeshifting, dreamt through the lense of a petty thief; "I'm breaking thru your locks, jumper cable knots, run off with the engine block". A taste of what's to come.

KOH (ft. Ecco2k & Whitearmor)

Felix Lee - KOH (ft. Ecco2k & Whitearmor)

WHITEARMOR - F EXTEND

Make a wish

S/O @mattdorr (SC/IG) for this he's the big man

Whitearmor - One Wish

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More Than Friends

Himera - Peaceseeker

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Himera, 'Broken Friendship Bracelet' (2020). Courtesy unseelie, New York.

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