The rational world dissolves into a chaotic soup of fakeness and disinformation. Surveillance is freedom. Conspiracy is knowledege. And politics is the plaything of “hyperleaders” : anarchic outsiders, who paradoxically leverage social media blitzkrieg into authoritarian power. Artists turn to dystopian science fiction for, maybe solace, maybe a vocabulary to express their horror and bewilderment […]
CPLX 10 : Phillip Häxan – Lines
A new phase of releases on Dionysian Industrial. We welcome Phillip Häxan who produces murky darkwave pop : slick indigo, coral and deep crimson digital arrangements, slathered in lo-fi gloom and topped with Häxan’s own disturbingly wobbly and processed baritone vocals. A Pete Murphy minotaur, wailing sorrowfully, as he shuffles through the endless dark corridors […]
CPLX 7 : River of Electrons – Rapunzel
River of Electrons returns to Dionysian Industrial Complex with an exercise in personal archive resurrection. Chiptunes and retrocomputing references are now an established part of the electronic music scene. But Rapunzel is slightly different. As RoE explains: These short sketches and exercises were composed on a BBC Micro using the MuProc (Quicksilva Music Processor) […]