From sines Sent Fri, Sep 20th 2019, 14:34
<plug mode>It=E2=80=99s the day of plugging our music! ;) Our new project, Artefactos de Dolor has a debut 2XLP on HELIC.AL https://artefactosdedolor.bandcamp.com https://helic.al It was Record of the Week last week on Rush Hour https://www.facebook.com/rushhourrecordstore/posts/2366688283369002:0 ::: RECORD OF THE WEEK ::: Artefactos De Dolor - La Ni=C3=B1a Here's a secret we've been keeping from you since we had a few early = copies delivered at the store a few weeks ago: the debut album by = Artefactos de Dolor, a project by revered techno veterans Todd Sines = (Interval, .xtrak) and Charles Noel (Interval, Archetyp) and Mexican = singer and synth wizard Alyssa Barrera, who debuted on the Bunker New = York imprint as LDY OSC two years ago. 'La Ni=C3=B1a' is a dark postwave = album that's overflowing with gloomy industrial, EBM, postpunk, = coldwave, darkwave, noise, no wave, techno and tape experimentation = references, yet manages to sound unlike anything else out there, mostly = due to its loose and improvisational character. Opener 'Al Rives' is the = perfect example of Artefactos de Dolor's unique sound: otherworldly = synth pulses, an ominous eighties darkwave bassline and a rambling = rhythm guitar form the perfect backdrop for Barrera's tormented vocal = experiments, all played without any intention to settle down in a = conventional song. Interestingly enough it's that very unwillingness to = settle down, a distinct feeling of unease running through the album that = binds it all together, making it a perfectly coherent artistic = statement. A cold wind runs through the spooky 'Ritmo Primal', a key track on 'La = Ni=C3=B1a' that has Barrera playing the pajaro tortuga, an ancient Mayan = instrument giving the track a distinctively ritualistic feeling. Echoes = of eighties tape wave clash with machines going haywire on '=C2=A1Animo!',= while punching drums dominate the pseudo-psychedelic 'Medicina Una = Retina'. Another standout track is the stuttering no wave experiment = '237 Recibelo', before Artefactos de Dolor decides to leave all hints of = song structure behind on '[cenote dos ojos]'. 'Murci=C3=A9lagos' ends = the album exactly like the opening track starts - in reverse: it's a = technoid darkwave track ending in a haze of synth experimentation, = perfectly rounding off an album that's just as intriguing as it is = challenging (RO). =E2=80=94 Rogier Oostlander, Rush Hour More about it here on Inverted Audio: https://inverted-audio.com/premiere-artefactos-de-dolor-ritmo-primal/ </plug mode> All sequenced on MFB Seq-01, Korg Volca Beats & SQ1 sequencers, it = heavily features Korg Sigma and Minikorg 700S, Yamaha CS-30, and = Sputnik, SynthTech, Malekko, Roland and Tiptop modules, mixed down to 8 = track tape > 1/4=E2=80=9D stereo master > lacquer. It=E2=80=99s about as = analogue as one can get these days, save for the AMS RMX, DMX and = Marshall Time Modulator effects.=20 Thanks, Todd=