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Acolytes exists in the space between detailed sound craft and unruly sonic entropy. A place of unorthodoxy filled with the demolition of language, tropes, functions, machinery. In Stress II, his first Haunter release, London-based producer Denesh Shan creates a meme-like re-imagination of free improvisation through the lens of sample manipulation, drifting from bewildered percussion hits to utter tonal deflagration. This renders the tape a peculiar soup of electronic dirt in which vocal clippings of circle jerk online discourse and glitch-ridden discord mirror a headspace filled with hundreds of conflicting thoughts. Inspiration and sound sources re-trace the producer's personal history, while delving into low-grade internet folklore and transglobal dance music. The chaos generated by such a radical approach is but a folk song for the contemporary experience, a set of angular emotional vectors sublimated into borderline spiritual energy.
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Departing from the band-based setup of previous releases, Acolytes continue their exploration of loop-based paradigms with Rupture. The release expands upon the murky jarring patchwork aesthetic of the 2012 release, Known Nonsense, replacing brooding song structures with a more driving, visceral, and relentless sound. Rupture encapsulates the paranoia and angst felt in an increasingly unrecognizable world. Liquified rhythms attempt to define an unmappable headspace typified by IO overload and wired hyperactivity, become mired in deep delays and sedate unease. Ostensible computer music, tracks such as "Feelings 2", deviate from the clinical sensibilities associated with the genre, like on "On The Grid", where out-of-sync drums and synth lines in elliptic orbits take it to messier lo-fi territories with no defined sense of shape or tempo. Edition of 200.
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Acolytes is the self-titled debut album by London-based enigma D. Shan. Following up a puzzling (yet well received) 7" on The Pheromoans' label Savoury Days, Acolytes sees Shan develop his sound into areas of greater fidelity, complexity, and a unique non-linear approach to songwriting. Reference points could be drawn towards Art Bears, the Cold Storage scene, The Residents, and the Ralph Records roster, but they would all fall short because ultimately Acolytes is a highly unclassifiable record -- which in 2014 is no mean feat. Features guest appearances from D. Bolger (The Pheromoans, The Bomber Jackets) and D. Aird (Vindicatrix). Parental advisory; explicit lyrics.
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