the dark quark in the hadron inspired inversely by the glitz of hollywood and the grimy trenches of downtown la and beyond.
la-based schwarzmodul produces sunless, glitchy electronica and techno, reacting to big city machinery and sonorities, to dilapidated architecture, circuits and ghostly faces. an agent provocateur of sonics, mangling on assignment, with a crepuscular european background, schwarzmodul has spent recent years connecting wires, sounds and ideas in subversive ways. schwarzmodul’s first release for trac
k number records was forged inside an industrial bunker, among distorted data dumps, failed backups and analog gushing. the self-titled ep, released october 21st 2016, is now available on bandcamp (see link below) and includes a limited edition cassette version. the release was accompanied by a video premiere by xlr8r for the track "subraze" with more video premieres to soon follow. as a collaborator so far schwarzmodul is featured on the tracks "night drive", "every motion" and "waking hour", co-produced with robot koch for his ep "tsuki", released january 2015 on monkeytown records. "night drive" is also featured on "hypermoment", the full length album from robot koch released to great reviews by monkeytown records in november 2015. further collaborations and remixes are in the works as schwarzmodul works towards a full length release in 2017. in november 2016 berlin-based native instruments released their collection of "komplete sketches", showcasing the possibilities of working exclusively within their komplete environment through sketches produced by 24 different artists, including schwarzmodul (see link below). press quotes:
la-based artist schwarzmodul produces the kind of glitchy electronics most suited to the industrial decay of the city he has made home. It's a bent form of techno, a soundtrack to "big city machinery and sonorities, dilapidated architecture, circuits, and ghostly faces." - xlr8r
this ep isn’t a playlist of instantly gratifying drops and over-stimulation, but something you appreciate by paying attention. I definitely recommend throwing this through your best headphones and wandering around any half-broken industrial district you can find. - noise p**n
