F~M :: Fose (Old Technology) — [concise]

Two of my favorite sonic sculptors converge as F~M, alias of Roel Funcken and Jeroen Bax (aka exm), shaping Fose into four extended chapters that warp and reassemble rhythmic glitch fragments, threaded with fluid collisions of bass pressure, flickering bleeps, and meticulous sound design

Stretched temporal haze

Two of my favorite sonic sculptors converge as F~M, alias of Roel Funcken and Jeroen Bax (aka exm), shaping Fose into four extended chapters that warp and reassemble rhythmic glitch fragments, threaded with fluid collisions of bass pressure, flickering bleeps, and meticulous sound design. Fluttering melodic debris drifts through “Chromon,” unfolding across nearly twenty minutes of saturated percussion, corroded atmosphere, and stretched temporal haze before sinking back into a slow-motion churn of luminous circuitry.

Fuzzy, abstract, and dissolving at its edges, “Chroque” hovers in a state of gradual disintegration, sixteen minutes of movement ebbing through fractured beatwork and nostalgic detail, while “Draks” — shortest passage here at just over fourteen minutes — evaporates into sleek ambient breakbeat motion, its groove-laden textures casting long shadows of near-perfect sonic immersion.

Closing piece “trix” strips rhythm down to a micro-textural pulse, subtle glitch and bleep patterns weaving through an undercurrent of flickering digital matter, like signals drifting inward from distant orbital silence. Serene yet quietly restless, it brings a calming final breath to an endlessly absorbing collaboration and a moniker worth anticipating.

Fose is available on Old Technology. [Bandcamp]