release date: november 8, 2024 on bandcamp
orb mag is premiering trufax on october 4, 2024:
in roughly two thousand years from now, when civilization has been devastated by human insatiability, few people remain. their life is elementary and rough. they dearly miss lost knowledge. vaguely they sense that their language is somewhat twisted. its meaning must be painfully guessed. all their attempts to capture the true facts of their existence are in vain: the world is just secrets and enemies. the past feels like a grim, reverberant echo of loose imaginations.
riddley walker (1980) is an experimental science fiction novel by russell hoban. it inspired “riddleyspeak”, the eighth release of comfortnoise, written and produced by new.com. five not entirely familiar club and sound system tracks: breakbeat influenced, techno leaning, and bass-heavy.
“trufax” opens with a solemn, inscrutable atmosphere through a set of forward-moving, delayed kicks, a foggy fm bass, and light-footed percussion. with their sparse synth and acid hooklines, “seakerts” and “nemminy” keep a well calculated balance between techno and breaks. “eckowit” unfolds a mighty bassline underneath kicking breaks and urgent, siren-like sounds. “eckowit dub” finally is a hidden gem for those in the know. it relentlessly carves out the droning, undulating sub bass of the original and evokes a sinister mood saturated with oppressive queries.
all tracks w & p by marius neukom
mixed by lino schilling & marius neukom
mastered by beau thomas @ 1087
p & c 2024