IIRC by SDEM
Originally released on Opal Tapes 2019
Is bacterial a genre? Can you envisage it?
SDEM displays six petri-dish samples of sound approaching music but more akin to the chaos/cosmos of the bacterial world. Wielding a Machinedrum like a surgeons scalpel through these six pieces, we enter the suffocating complexity of electronic music atomised and recombining with a barely there AI at the helm.
‘I Couldn’t Shake The Dread’ warns of the way ahead, with ‘Pranging’ a flickering memory of something familiar but obscured by sidechaining slashes. ‘Tangslill’ moans a karplus-strong hymnal to the steam in pipes before tempo flares on ‘Usens’, which evolves into an almost-calm struck with brain fever. What happened? ‘AIIFC’ ensures we will not remember, a sound poem for looking directly at the sun.
Tracklist
| 1. | I Couldn't Shake The Dread | 6:53 |
| 2. | Kaelie | 7:27 |
| 3. | Pranging | 5:56 |
| 4. | Tanglsill | 6:14 |
| 5. | Usens | 9:38 |
| 6. | AIIFC | 4:48 |
| 7. | Keilai (Bonus track) | 3:29 |
Credits
Cover art by Lee Snoding
All sounds by SDEM
