Contaminant4338/1Layers of raw, stumbling strings, low drones and shrill synths find a pattern among a host of percussion and building tones that break into harsh glitches, morphing into mutated throbbing. The strings return in a frantic surge to a terrifying finale.2:46
Album ANW 4338Criminal Underground
Steffan Koch (ASCAP)Darkly rhythmic synths, organic percussion and hair-raising sound design create a malevolent haze.
12 tracks
- To Each Their Scorn4338/12Ringing hum interrupted by echoing ethereal tones turns into a pulsing muted bass and harsh, demanding drone that sprawls forth while synth strings weave in and out, building everything towards a sharp, rhythmic conclusion.2:49
- Amorphous4338/23Plodding bass backed with morose drone that swirls around and bleeds into a buzzing boom. The slow bass beat is joined by waves of synth that grow into a harsh swell that fades. A second wave of neon pierces the darkness, peaks, and fades away.2:38
- The Inexorable4338/37Rhythmic, clanking loop and squalling, humming dronescape softly boom into a mutated, glitching pound. Rapid clock tick-tocks along with dragging chains, stabbing futuristic synth, and a return of the mutation that all fall away, leaving only the clanking.2:15
- Transcript4338/43Imposing bass towers over quivering dronescape that finds its footing and overthrows the darkness, replacing it with an edge as layers of synth dart around, backed by a hurried pulsing bass, at first anchoring, then charging towards a tense finale.2:28
- Dyad4338/53Humming drone and high whines boom into a rolling synthscape that commands attention, punctuated by echoing drums and distorted, buzzing alarm. A muddied synth bass rushes in and swells everything to a peaked, harsh conclusion.2:41
- Pulse Check4338/63Grumbling drone probed and overtaken by echoing metallic clank and a rapid repeated clicking. An imposing rolling synthscape washes over, bringing with it a buzzing synth that swells and recedes.2:10
- Protogenos4338/71Eerie whines run into pulsing electric pitter-pattering bass and an airy, whodunnit synthscape that crescendos and disappears, giving way to a rushing wave of neon synth arpeggios and a sprinting bass that rips towards prominence before falling away.2:26
- Void Siren4338/80Eerie, muddied drone and synth organ layers groan, whine and buzz against a plodding bass. Repeated airy booms distort and mutate while clearing a path for a sprinting synth bass in a forlorn motif, building to an unforgiving cacophony of anger.2:37
- Crimson Desert4338/92Low humming drone rumbles as dark strings scurry around a swelling landscape that booms and rolls. Haunting pings and crashes fall to a rhythmic, pounding bleakness that rises up and screeches to a halt.2:12
- Way Finder4338/99Piercing hum backed up by growling drones swell and swish to a cut. Plucking guitar echoes against a squalling drone, morphing into harsh synth and pulsing bass. Tense whine punctuates a symphony of brooding as the bass drives to a dramatic close.2:11
- State of Light4338/108Tense, shrill whine given weight by a rumbling drone, faint strings, and sliding, honing synth. Ominous piano plods against the bleak landscape as scampering strings seek shelter in a world dominated by warnings and tension.3:15
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