BROOD X CYCLES
NIK COLK VOID & ALEXANDER TUCKER’S NEW COLLABORATION
‘SLEEP NAMELESS FEAR’ OUT ON VINYL AND DIGITALLY
ON 21 JUNE VIA THE STATE 51 CONSPIRACY
LISTEN TO FIRST TRACK, NO RIVAL
LIVE PERFORMANCE AT THE STATE51 FACTORY - 11 JUNE
NIK COLK VOID (Factory Floor, Carter Tutti Void, NVPR) and ALEXANDER TUCKER (MICROCORPS, NONEXISTENT, Grumbling Fur) have announced details of a new collaboration, BROOD X CYCLES and their debut album, Sleep Nameless Fear – out on 21 June 2022 via The state51 Conspiracy.
Listen to the first track, ‘No Rival’, which sees Void and Tucker melding their electronics into a maelstrom of burnt circuitry, deep kicks and insect clicks: https://youtu.be/Rebdei8PEN0
In the spring of 2019 Void and Tucker convened at Void’s Demna Studio to record two days of modular improvisations. Using their individualised modular cases they connected the two configurations to create one whole system where they could integrate and meld sequences, beats, drones and samples. Key to the duo’s process was bringing the organic textures of guitar, cello and voice together with machine rhythms, creating a balance between circuitry and the human body. Void says: “Straight away, it was clear that it was going to work out. We were both interested in the combination of voice, with the string tones of cello and guitars. There was some kind of unique sound language going on between us. It didn’t matter if we went on to produce a beat-oriented track, or a drone track, it sounded like it was in our world.”
The duo edited down the raw recordings into their crucial moments, expanding upon the improvisations into eight cohesive pieces.
Sleep Nameless Fear carves out a world of heavy percussive patterns, monolithic drones, disembodied voices and noise frequency manipulation into one detailed vortex. “It definitely feels like a real meeting of our two projects, with Nik’s solo work and my MICROCORPS alias” says Tucker. “We’d assemble the building blocks as we were going along, making complex patches circulating between our two setups. We made sure to laminate both our sounds into one whole sound.”
Over the course of the album, you can hear each artist's half of this tightly intertwined sound: Tucker’s skittering sequences and treated cello and Void’s assured pummels, drones and guitar noise. With the combination of their voices processed into spectral transmissions, the album hovers between human manipulation and guided machine systems. Across the album, depth charge samples swarm around kinetic rhythms.
Sleep Nameless Fear constantly flips the coin between engaging beat work outs and concréte drone cut-ups to weave an intense journey.
The duo are set to perform at The state51 Factory, 17 Hereford St, London E2 6EX with Better Corners (Valentina Magaletti, Matt Simms, Sarah Register) on 11 June.
Artwork and design generated by Brood X Cycles.
SLEEP NAMELESS FEAR TRACKLISTING (CAT # CON200LP)
Time Domain
No Rival
Crawl
Sunday Matter
Clock Divide
Educational Space
Wave Dismount
Brood 10
Sleep Nameless Fear is out on 21 June 2022 via The state51 Conspiracy
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