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City & i.o are immensely proud to present Chaos is God Neighbour, the full-length follow-up to their 2019 record Spirit Volume. This new release finds the musicians digging into murkier depths than Spirit Volume, and features extensive contributions from collaborators Dis Fig, aka Felicia Chen, x/o, aka Veron Xio, and vvilms, aka Aaron Wharton.

Composed at a frenetic pace over several weeks in mid-2020, the claustrophobia is palpable. As the album progresses the tracks get both shorter and progressively more brutal, interrupted by brief moments of respite. Throat-shredding harsh vocals provide a high watermark in intensity, while the expansive performances of Dis Fig and x/o serve as vantage points over the morass, giving the listener something both beautiful and human to grasp. Careening from rich synth work, to distorted guitars in alternate tunings; from i.o’s virtuosic and unhinged drumming to slabs of harsh ambient noise, this is a genuinely ambitious and rewarding album.

The front and back cover artwork is courtesy of legendary Games Workshop illustrator John Blanche.
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released November 1, 2021

City & i.o are:
AW — Audio engineering, synth
FC — Vocals, accordion
MP — Drums, guitar, sampler
VX — Vocals, strings
WB — Guitar, synths, piano

Tracks 4 & 7 written by Dis Fig
Track 5 & 6 written by x/o, City & i.o
All lyrics written by the vocalists
Additional production on track 5 by Aaron Wharton
Track 8 features an extensive sample of an untitled piece by vvilms

Artwork by John Blanche
Additional artwork, design, and Tortured Cybernetic Abomination logo by Jesse Osborne-Lanthier
Sigil by Julian Butterfield
Mastered by Aaron Wharton

Chaos Is God Neighbour

City & i.o - Bleak Chain (feat. x/o)

1988 Mitsubishi Montero Sport: a small hard copy run of material that debuted live in late 2019 and early 2020. A musically headless period that spiraled out into silence before being sublimated in this release dedicated to one specific and inoperable vehicle. More important to me than whether or not efforts in sound meet a set of standards is that complex moments be marked, however imperfectly.

1988 Mitsubishi Montero Sport

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ALL TRACKS WRITTEN AND PRODUCED BY FLORENT HADJINAZARIAN IN ST FONS, FRANCE.
INSPIRED AND DEDICATED TO "MELANCHOLIA DER ENGEL"
MASTERING BY DANIEL MUMBERSON
DESIGN BY MON


"Highly regarded around these ways for introducing the likes of Ronce on his Dawn Records label - with whom he collaborated on the ‘Aquatics’ LP - and a string of ace compilation cuts, visual artist-turned-producer Hajj renders his most ephemeral yet affective conception of a negative ecstasy in ‘Drag Me Into the Void’. The three tracks reprise the billowing introspection of his 2020 debut for Brothers From Different Mothers , ‘Dédicace À Personne’ with a subtly refined palette and sound design, dematerialising traces elements of late ‘90s trance and up-to-the-second trap into thee gauziest, gently buoyant ambient space.

The trio of tax slot neatly into YOUTH's cross section of contemporary bedroom/living room/imaginary club space with a breezy mutability. ‘Drag Me Into the Void’ appears in subtly alternate mixes, bathing a trance siren vocal refrain in anaesthetising reverb and vapourized traces of emo-rap drums with a sublime sense of deferred gratification on the original, while nipping/tucking to more elusive allure in the ‘Euphoria’s death edit’. In the middle ‘Reverse Catharsis’ augments the syrupy ambient rap aesthetic with more pronounced woodblock percussion hinting at Burial hitting the downstroke, and lit up with killer, trancey hyper-blooz synth plucks. "
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Drag Me Into The Void

With this North African trance-induced fast tempo tune, crafted from bagpipe madness & bold drum sound design, the Franco-British producer & percussionist Sébastien Forrester marks his return to solo duties in almost two years for Promesses.

Read more on CxC 🔗 couvrexchefs.com/en/sebastien-forrester-promesses-turmoil

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PREMIERE: Sébastien Forrester - Turmoil (Promesses)

One with Nature

Twenty years of Vibram FiveFingers

On the occasion of Milan Design Week, Vibram presents the multidisciplinary project "One with nature - Twenty years of Vibram FiveFingers" to narrate the evolution of such a disruptive innovation. A selection of more than 100 FiveFingers prototypes will be on display at the Vibram Connection Lab in Milan, from 6 to 18 June, from 11 am to 7 pm.

Hoofprints 02 (FiveFingers)

Dominic Coppola & Angelo Harmsworth - Appollonia

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Alberto Ginastera (perf. Michael Korstick): No. 10. Pastoral
Aki Tsuyuko: Village
Kyle Page: 0427
Sylvia Meyer: Apenas Enamorada
Hanne Darboven: Buch 7
Liz Gorrill: You Go To My Head
Tzitziki: 夕焼けの空には
Holly Bolger: Sam
Stone Bowl: Keramos Knot Theme
Jeanne Lee & Ran Blake: Worry Now Later
Ásta Ólafsdóttir: This Mirror Is Broken
Nunzio Fattini: Cherry Piano

art by sarah wong

j. gordon faylor - snowfall

xquisite releases is honoured to present our second
collection of lullabies, all from artists we love.
All proceeds split between IKWRO ikwro.org.uk
in solidarity with Iranian women and ahbap ahbap.org
in solidarity with those hit by the recent devastating
earthquake in Turkey and Syria.

mastered by XR

Sokora - happy holidays

Second installment of our single series, delivered by french producer Ytem.

Mastering by Kassett 
Artwork by Miel Audenaert & Larpie

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Ytem - 'Rainforest'

Undivided, unified, the overwhelming sense of oneness. Feeling and experiencing this was her strongest desire since the departure, a deep longing. Walking back to base, she knew this had been obtained, it was clear and ran through her like water. Though she did not feel complete, she did not feel intergrated or a part of the whole, as it were. The collective 'one' disected, distributed and proliferated without her. Did she feel spaciousness or emptiness?

The next release on Lyon-based label BFDM is a raw palette of sonics created by Dawn head honcho and visual artist, Hajj. Opening track 'My Love Is Rotten To The Core' floats in and thunders out; delicate piano and textural delays drift upon cavernous low end. The track pushes and pulls and creates space for reflection, or even just a temporary moment to bask in...

PREMIERE: Hajj - My Love Is Rotten To The Core [Brothers From Different Mothers]

Liverpool’s @breakwavedj is about to release Carcass the second EP on her newly founded @meinenacht imprint. The offering comes from Belgian producer @obsequies , associated artist of Beurrschouwburg and @shape-platform . Ahead of tomorrow's release you can pre-listen to "Chrysalide" remixed by ssaliva. Furthermore, Thomas Romana has talked to Breakwave and Obsequies.

Check our website for details: https://www.zweikommasieben.ch/en/interview-breakwave-obsequies

Pre-Listen:  Obsequies – Chrysalide (ssaliva Remix)

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LACMIX026 - Klahrk

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Interview: https://www.lowartsclub.com/klahrk-interview

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LACMIX026 - Klahrk

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LACMIX026 - Klahrk

The artistic platform Cime announces its launch with "Cime Sampler" and its printed magazine. 

Read more on CxC: https://couvrexchefs.com/en/tomtom-tom-phoenix-cime

City & i.o - Bleak Chain (feat. x/o)

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