Author: novafuture

Artist:
Swarm Intelligence

Title:
Ultraware

Label:
Voitax

Cat#:
VOI018

Release Date:
13th January 2020

Format:
vinyl & digital

Tracks:
A1.
Rise Of The Machines

A2.
Holographic

B1.
Cybernetic

B2.
Our Wounds Are Opposite

Press Info:
Employing a toolkit of cutting-edge DSP, Swarm Intelligence reimagines classic rave frameworks for dancefloors of the future. »Ultraware« traces a path through electro, big beat, jungle and acid – optimising and reconstructing until only fragmented traces remain.

Following up from his widely acclaimed »Against the Dying Light« album, this EP marks a new shift in the ever-evolving Swarm Intelligence sound. A relentless explorer of audio technology, here he utilizes spectral processing alongside convolution and granular synthesis to craft a gritty sonic repository for the four tracks.

Even in moments when the sequences disintegrate into chaos before reassembling into a coherent form, there is never a feeling that Swarm Intelligence is not in full control – this is an artist who thrives on complexity.

Listen:

Full Track Streaming:
“Rise Of The Machines”

“Holographic”

“Our Wounds Are Opposite”

Special:
“Lost In Ether | Podcast #145”

Recommendations:
Swarm Intelligence’ “New York Trax Imports 04”
Swarm Intelligence’ “47002” on 47
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Booking:
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Websites:
Swarm Intelligence
Voitax
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Artist:
Rory St. John

Title:
Excommunication

Label:
Voitax

Cat#:
VOI017

Release Date:
29th October 2019

Format:
vinyl & digital

Tracks:
A1.
Castle

A2.
Commune

B1.
Chapel

B2.
Dream Sequence

Press Info:
Rory St John returns to Voitax with »Excommunication«, a hyper-deep, futurist take on classic dub techno. Skillfully assembled, each of the four tracks hypnotically morph and evolve, forgoing the cheap tropes of today’s ‘rise and drop’ techno for a more immersive listen – one gets the feeling that each and every sound is wielded with precision, and exists exactly where and for as long as it should.

Reacting to the increasingly harder-edge sound that proliferates today’s techno, Rory St John strove to push his sound in the opposite direction. The result is sombre and introspective – a slick, reverberating antidote to mainstream anthems.

This release is markedly different to the abrasive stylings of his previous »Run Your Mouth« EP and reveals yet another side to the producer’s sonic palette.

It opens with »Castle«, a deft nod to the legendary dub techno sound that originated in early 90’s Berlin. Drifting weightlessly in lavish reverb and modulated delay, a grainy dub organ echoes over a thundering half step. As it evolves, the track blossoms into haunting melodies and lush pad swells.

The tempo climbs for »Commune«, a grimey, jungle-influenced technoid lurker. Lean and stripped back, it is propelled through its sparse microcosm by a rolling sub and tricky kick pattern. Chopped into polyrhythms, the heavily-processed breaks and fluttering hi-hats are the main focus as vocal snippets and abstract synth cuts ebb and flow, as though floating in zero gravity.

Turning the record over, »Chapel« opens the B-side. A modulated bass arpeggio reinforces a soft, yet chunky reverberated kick pattern. Subtle melodic phrases and grinding noisy textures mark the passage of the track as it steadily morphs and evolves, opening up with each passing bar. Though the core groove pounds consistently, even monotonously, the track constantly shifts and twists as it plays out an underlying narrative.

»Dream Sequence« winds things down nicely with clanging FM percussion and broken beats. Filtered-down pads, swells of reverb and delay and subtle drones all give the track a sense of existing in that moment between sleep and wakefulness, drifting peacefully in hazy warmth.

A reaction to the permeation of the ‘banging’ sound in today’s techno, this is as much a record for headphones on a midnight stroll through the city, as it is for those deeper, dancewith-your-eyes-shut moments on the main floor.

Listen:

Full Track Streaming:
“Commune”

“Dream Sequence”

Videos:
“Castle”

“Dream Sequence”

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Special:
“Lost In Ether | Podcast #145”

Recommendations:
alll featured stuff released on Voitax

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Deejay
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Websites:
Rory St. John @ Resident Advisor
Voitax
Voitax @ Facebook