Suffering Is Never Boring

Re - Appropriation  Of Noise

Lefka Kelia

Inamabilis

Ours is a culture of premature ejaculation […] Our centre of gravity has been displaces towards a libidinal economy concerned only with the naturalisation of desire, a desire dedicated to drives, or to a machine-like functioning, but above all, to the imaginary of repression and liberation.
J. Baudrillard

GAMES OF SPEED

-το sample είναι από την ταινία "Ο Βασιλιάς" του Νίκου Γραμματικού

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Athens-based electronic music project XVIV operates in the liminal space where sound fractures the monotony of everyday life, inviting you into a cosmic playground where the mundane gives way to the transcendent. In a world where time feels increasingly compressed and the future seems perpetually out of reach, XVIV’s music carves out a temporary escape—a space where the weight of the present dissolves, and the possibility of something other flickers into existence. Repetition acts as a conduit for hypnosis, cyclical rhythms and raw textures blurring the boundaries of time, merging the stark reality of now with a dreamlike state of hyper-focused immersion. It’s as if the music taps into a forgotten pulse, a rhythm that feels both ancient and eerily futuristic, pulling you into a trance where the past and future momentarily collide.
In this immersive journey, the traditional roles of artist and listener dissolve. The sounds invite you to actively engage, creating a collaborative field where the boundaries between creator and audience blur. This isn’t just music to consume; it’s an invitation to co-create, a shared act of resistance against the isolating forces of a world that demands constant productivity and passive consumption. Drawing inspiration from punk’s rawness, dub’s spatial decay, and techno’s primal drive, XVIV weaves drone’s meditative dissonance and experimental noise into a seamless, fluid architecture. Layers of bass and fragmented vocals coalesce into mantric patterns that resonate like a forgotten ritual—a pulse that dissolves the self into something vast and interconnected.
The music’s repetitive pulse invites listeners to immerse themselves in its current, transforming passive reception into a collective journey—a shared merging with its transient flow. This is music as a temporary autonomous zone: an ephemeral space where the narrative of routine dissolves, replaced by the immediacy of the amplified present. It’s a space where the noise of the everyday fades, and for a moment, you can feel the cracks in the system, the glimpses of what could be. No grand claims, no prescriptions. Only voltage. Not music to hear, but to fall into.

XVIV

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