As loyalists wait for Booth’n Brown to assimilate their frequency interrupts, now would be the time to digest Exophobia‘s gelatinous beat crunching rhythms as they consistently scrape against the grain.
[Release page] On the outside Exophobia appears as foreign electronic mayhem—a deluge of sonic architecture gone awry. And with this hypothesis perhaps Qebrus’ intent was to intentionally foil any preconceived notions of the current state of electronics and flip it on its head. Let mainstream media pass over these seemingly abstract objects of sound art as they focus instead on more coherent forms of popular music which typically blends in with everything else like fading beige wallpaper. Instead, what Qebrus exhibits is an unusual calm amidst utter chaos—rays of sunlight passing through turbulent thunderstorms. It’s all buried deep inside this full length as the audience must really let these fidgeting crackles settle—if they have the patience—before coming to any conclusions.
Pitch-bending bass and beat to their extremes, cyber-injections of Gantz Graf era displays are ever visible on tracks like “hmn fshn” and “qntm.” Elsewhere, Subotnick-styled analog acrobatics and spacious loops are featured on tracks like “Slr sstm” and “Crstrlm.” So as loyalists wait for Booth’n Brown to assimilate their frequency interrupts, now would be the time to digest Exophobia‘s gelatinous beat crunching rhythms as they consistently scrape against the grain.
Exophobia is available on Bedroom Research. Buy at Bandcamp.
