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Disco Morato & Velax – The Product Is You (Body Musick)

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Label Description: Body Musick welcomes Disco Morato & Velax on the release number 41 with 4 tracker ‘The Product Is You’. The concept in their words: Near future, people used AI to replace real sex and human interaction in the real world (they succeeded). There are simulacra of truth all around, everyone is «happy» to be consumer, consumption of sexual content is at its peak. In moments of «sobriety» people experience incredible emptiness and detachment from the real world, only being connected to the sex network and their toys do they feel happy. All is the product and the product is you.

JK Flesh – Echo Chamber Music 01 (Avalanche Recordings)

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In the spirit of the intention of ‘dubs’, comes a new series, Echo Chamber Music, consisting of open ended manipulations of minimal JK FLESH 4/4 ‘techno’ tracks, loosely traversing the ‘industrial dub techno’ concept (some vague meeting point between early industrial music e.g Throbbing Gristle, etc, and dub techno pioneers Basic Channel); gritty dub techno tracks reduced and inverted, indulging in the endless possibilities of the application of the processes of dub through dirt…

The series was intended to begin in 2021 with this first volume, but due to clashes with other project releases around the period, the series was put on hold until now – Nov 2024….

released November 5, 2024

Justin K Broadrick – Electronics @ Avalanche studio, UK. 2021

AREC088. AVALANCHE RECORDINGS. 202

Anatoly Grinberg & Andreas Davids – Emergency Landing (Ant-Zen)

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EMERGENCY LANDING – a remix mini album & addendum to the album INSPIRED BY A TRAGEDY by anatoly grinberg (aka tokee) and andreas davids (mainly known from xotox).

remixes by room of wires, autoclav1.1, flint glass, loss, empusae, ah cama-sotz and spherical disrupted

released November 4, 2024

layout by stefan alt

this is ant-zen dig077

INSPIRED BY A TRAGEDY:
ant-zen.bandcamp.com/album/inspired-by-a-tragedy

plateau – Kushbush + Music for Grassbars (Artoffact Records)

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PlatEAU’s 2007 release, Kushbush, is a psychedelic, dub-infused electronic album that blends ambient soundscapes with heavy, bass-driven grooves. The project, spearheaded by cEvin Key of Skinny Puppy and Phil Western, delves into themes of altered states and introspection, combining lush synth textures, hypnotic rhythms, and distorted samples to create a trippy, immersive listening experience. With its laid-back, smoked-out vibes, Kushbush is a sonic journey through hazy atmospheres and experimental beats, reflecting the duo’s unique fusion of industrial influences and chillout music aesthetics.

Music for Grassbars, released by platEAU in 1997, serves as the debut album for the duo, laying the groundwork for their distinctive sound that would evolve in later works like Kushbush. This album explores a more minimalistic and experimental approach, characterized by downtempo rhythms, ambient textures, and an eclectic mix of organic and synthetic sounds. With its playful track titles and dub-inspired grooves, Music for Grassbars captures a sense of curiosity and exploration, offering a lo-fi, laid-back soundscape that’s equally suitable for contemplative listening or background ambiance. It’s an early testament to platEAU’s ability to blend electronic innovation with a relaxed, hazy atmosphere.

h{EE}l -Value Ape (Self-Released)

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So, True Story. I Grew up in the suburbs of Chicago – There were a lot of great things about being in the midwest, one of which was the breakfast culture. Anyhow, we lived about 45 minutes away from a small diner, what I think most people would relate to as being a ‘ Greasy Spoon ‘ – While the food wasn’t all that great I remember always having a blast. Something about the regulars shooting the shit & the combination of cheap meat & sugar stickiness to everything delighted my pre-pubescent senses. Except, However, for one thing – A Minor detail to be sure but one that at the time terrified me & sill gives me pause

There was a small balcony above this eatery establishment, a widow’s peak or some such, a small nook in the roof just above the main entrance – This a place I always sort of thought of as having a main floor. And in this nook, keeping watch over the busy main road & not that far from the airport ( I Often wondered, as an adult, what the appeal of this place was for my father. We had plenty of places much closer that surely had equally bad food. But I digress ) Anyhow, in this nook there was a life sized ” Ape ” ( Obviously a cheap costume on a dress form ) It was waving in a cross between a cordial getting and a nazi salute. But the thing I found unnerving about it was that it was never explained, no – It was never even mentioned really. I went through a period of time where I would try my hardest not even to look at the cursed thing but it was an effort doomed to failure – I Always had to sneak a peak at those garish rubber lips, those outsized & fumbling giant rubber hands – As is the custom in ape costumes of the cheap & tawdry variety, this one also had very pronounced nipples & a vague suggestion of being pregnant.

Anyhow, Life went on I eventually got old enough to where I didn’t have to go to the diner any more. But I never forgot that ape. I Don’t think I ever will. I Wonder where it ended up

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released August 10, 2024

Album Title VALUE APE Attributed to a concept by the cartoonist Daniel Clowes ( The genius behind EIGHTBALL & Ghost World – Check them out )

This album created using the sounds of

CP McDill / KR Seward / Jo Bled / Executive Producer Prick Wolf / {AN} EeL

Text / Image : {AN} EeL