An exceptional and surreal EP of glitch and fractured bass for the next IDM plateau.
An acrobatic electronic sound space is inhabited by the hands of veteran Poborsk (aka Patrice Curtillat), and 11 116 is an extended player meant to transmit further alien frequencies (ref. “Frustration Rampante” with its subterranean bass and sizzling noises)—and also acts as a debut for the Crazy Language net-label. By way of analog sound effects, broken rhythms, and smoldering DSP, here we are provided with seven exploratory tracks—all over 5-minutes a piece. Distracting as they are compelling, these audible slices bend, twist, and echo as if absorbed through a variety of old machinery, only to be reconstructed in a digitized disarray. “Octa Jazz” maneuvers about like a lost Autechre NTS Session abstract—its microscopic bits and pieces diced between rugged low-end beatwork. There are additional rhythmic jolts and sonic whiplash featured on the energetic “Docteur Flanger,” and undulating ambient thuds on “Collapse” with its pseudo-improvised structures. An electroacoustic charm is evidenced on “Haïku” as it offers delicately placed melodic data-streams via a percussive backbone going into overdrive in the most minimalistic way. An exceptional and surreal EP of glitch and fractured bass for the next IDM plateau.
11 116 is available on Crazy Language.
