Linja

A world in flux, temporal and metaphysical realities questioned, the unit, us and self, entering a new phase. With two EPs of dark, eccentric, discordant, kinetic, raw music the aim is connections conceived. Avidya is experience, seeing the ignorance and understanding in one.

#2 starts with Aphonia, L.A. based producer and sound designer Matia Simovich’s new solo (ad)venture. As part of Inhalt (Dark Entries / [Emotional] Especial) he pushes new wave and dark synth-pop for the future. Exploring rhythmic, long forms of ritual, Burning Fields’ jacking schematics were conceived from and of the severity of the wildfires California now endures.

Industrial, metallic, lo-fi Angels Of Pompeii are a by-product of Montreal’s Italian diaspora – an assemblage of Matt D’Alessio (Temple Records) and Anthony Gallati (Solitary Dancer) – paying homage to the motherland’s electronic pioneers like Kirlian Camera and Victrola. Rough, succinct, and So High.

Moscow’s sons Odopt (Discos Capablanca / Hivern Discs) rising, Grisha and Ivan exploring cavernous, virulent techno, soporific atmospherics and tonality in Athma. Finale, St Petersburg’s Linja (I’m A Cliché / Malka Tuti) offers Retreat, a brooding aura of slo-mo-proto trance to wrap within the first essence of Avidya’s crown.

It takes great courage to see the world in all its tainted glory, and still love it.

Tracklist

1.	Aphonia - Burning Fields	11:52

2.	Odopt - Athma	6:08

3.	Angels Of Pompeii - So High	3:42

4.	Linja - Retreat	8:06

Credits

released January 30, 2022

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