A lean, potent assembly of forward-driving electro-nics, Contact Protocol stands as a formidable blueprint of timeless audio architecture—each track a microcosm of future-forward engineering and past-memory echoes.
An intricate network of soul-sonic roots
From Sheffield’s steel-wired legacy to Detroit’s concrete pulse and the fragmented cadences of electro, techno, IDM, breaks, bass, and funk, Michael Robinson (aka iNFO, Intergalactic Mechanic) siphons charged particles of sound into impossibly refined fragments. Contact Protocol, unveiled in January 2025, steadily reveals an intricate network of soul-sonic roots—organic melodies flitting like nanobot wings and armored, mechanical environments forged in a time capsule. Across 14 shapeshifting compositions, this sound engineer amplifies his vision, pushing his craft into reformed atmospheres.
From the submerged synth-techno mechanics of “System Data Sync,” soaked in circuitry, to the submerged Drexciyan echoes of “Anomaly,” these pieces feel prepped for a voyage beyond known orbit. There’s a scorched edge to “Bio Form Paradox,” where vintage Dopplereffekt-like oscillations crackle with heat, bridging timelines in static-soaked pulses. Meanwhile, “Silent Frequency” slows time with its weaving modular patterns, and closing piece “Message 4 End Transmission” carefully unravels the brief, cryptic passages scattered like cosmic breadcrumbs across the journey—its ambient glitch flares both soothing and elusive.
A lean, potent assembly of forward-driving electro-nics, Contact Protocol stands as a formidable blueprint of timeless audio architecture—each track a microcosm of future-forward engineering and past-memory echoes.
Available on Bandcamp and 12″ vinyl on elasticStage.
Contact Protocol is available on elasticStage. [Bandcamp | Vinyl]
