Endless Illusion

Exhausted Modern builds on his artistic journey with the release of the Year of the Rat remixes EP, a collective reinterpretation that takes the murky, hidden depths of the album to new rhythmic dimensions.   Endless Illusion · Philipp Otterbach, Annechoic, Poperttelli, Ayaz, NVST - Year of the Rat Remixes EP | [ENDILL013]  

The second release in our series of Split EPs comes from Marcos Cabral & Daniel Araya and features two tracks from each artist. New York's Cabral is known for his experimental IDM and techno on labels like L.I.E.S. while Daniel Araya has recently released an album of acid, techno and industrial on the Classicworks label and is well known for his outputs on Borft records or Kontra Musik. Araya's 'We Almost Lost Detroit' is first and is a truly haunted deep techno cut with sparse acid undulations and a real sense of manic in the rasping synth lines. Softer pads in the background only add to the spooky nature of the track. 'Ghost Bass' is the other Araya cut and this one is more up on its toes, with mid tempo kicks down low and wonky chords up top. It's a mind melting tune that trips deep into the night. 'Live At The Egg' is Cabral's first effort and is a lonely and icy techno track that is supple and seductive in its long lines and paddy drums. After getting you into a state of hypnosis, some freaky vocal sounds only add to the unsettling nature of it all later on. 'Cuts & Bruises' rounds things out in squelchy and depraved techno territory. Muted acid stabs are off in the distance as swampy drums suck you in from the front. It’s a brilliantly odd tune that close out a fine EP. A1 - Daniel Araya - We Almost Lost Detroit (Snare version)A2 - Daniel Araya - Ghost Bass B1 - Marcos Cabral - Live At the EggB2 - Marcos Cabral - Cuts and Bruises

Having worked together as "Thrinax" in the past, Prague's duo Exhausted Modern & Aliver collected their solo material for Endless Illusion's second white label series. Their complimentary sonic languages speak in slow, percussive rhythms, sadistic, industrial sounds, and uptight bass lines transmitted through a chain of pedal effects. The track "Project Germs - Cuatone" is another one of Aliver's collaborations. A1 Exhausted Modern - Hotel Le BelvedereA2 Aliver - BonbamiA3 - Exhausted Modern - Psyched OutB1 Project Germs - Cuatone B2 Aliver - Teor18` B3 Exhausted Modern - Beta Pictoris

ENDLESS ILLUSION x BROKNTOYS Having collaborated over the years in several projects, Endless Illusion and brokntoys join forces for a trilogy of EPs to showcase unique talent across the globe. Meeting somewhere across both label's middle grounds, the first volume of Human Abstracts captures an array of international players operating at the fringes of the 'floor'. Vltra Delta Drive - El ComplotSantoine - TransmissionOutermost - Mystic RiverKonsistent - Paranoid HumanoidBlack Propaganda - Instrument Of Liberation

This is the first release in the framework of the project Jupiter 08 - Archeology of the Slavic electronic sound. Remastered from unreleased tape recordings. The Omnibus Band was founded by Jarda Zajpt and Petr Dikan in 1979 in Czechoslovakia. Having met at the Electronic High School, electronics was their field of expertise. The story continues in Description...   SNIPPETS: soundcloud.com/endless-illusion/sets/omnibus-israels-rhythmus-1980-85    

Exhausted Modern's debut full-length titled The Year of the Rat is a proof of the thought-provocation that author's name generates.   A1 Rat King's Walking A2 Something Stronger feat. NVST A3 Working Rats A4 T-Maze B1 Apathy Eats You Alive B2 Tricked the Ox B3 Pineal Gland B4 Food of the Gods