There is an undeniable pull into the darkness in this computerized terror-trip that skillfully pulls from various horror tropes. A cabin in the woods. Monsters beneath the floorboards. A irresistible pull towards its center. All of this under the huge shoegaze pall of the Brooklyn duo. Russian Baths combine the mechanical whine of 80’s noise …
On “Sacrificial Magic”, Kayla Painter’s brilliant lead video from the EP Cannibals at Sea, the exploration of ancient British and Fijian mystical traditions are brought out of the ether and into stunning relief against footage of the deep forests and ritualistic, “sacrificial” magic. Painter’s compositions – a blending and of organic and digital textures around …
Yuki Ame – Bristol, UK based IDM / experimental electronic artist has created a blistering, tripping composition of linear madness. Transposed against some imposing topography, the song and the video image-map themselves on the contour of the brain. Finding tiny crevasses and canyons to burrow into causing synapses to fire in time with the BPM causing …
Berlin-based performance/dance/electronic duo HYENAZ have created a jarring and visceral collaboration between performance and recording with their video for “Proximity”. The naked body’s contorted movements cut off and segmented from the illusion of fluidity that visual recording gives us. Each movement is captured and displayed independent of one another, our eyes missing crucial information between …