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33EMYBW — Golem (25 Sept., 2019)China flag           33EMYBW — Golem (25 Sept., 2019)
♣    Překvapivé vize a zlověstné rytmy z avantgardního předvoje v Šanghaji.
♣    Představte si Koyaanisqatsi znovu představeného pro 23. století, kde kolonie lidí a vnímajících robotů, jako jsou úly, vyplňují a vystupují napříč rozrůstajícími se vertikálně rostoucími městy a je to pouze naškrabáno z povrchu toho, jaký Šanghajská producentka a hudebnice 33EMYBW (také Duck Fight Goose) udělala high~wire, adrenalin čerpání a esteticky simulovaný debut Golem. Je plná velkých, propulzivních vzorů bubnů, rozptýlených, přesto pohlcujících syntetických vln a surrealistických vzorků, které pociťujete jako duchovně založené, zdůvodněné, uzemněné, ale vytrhnuté z neznámé, technologicky zakotvené budoucnosti. Je to neúprosně radostná jízda skrz naši nestabilní, zlomenou a stále nerozpoznatelnější budoucnosti. Ale zatraceně, jaký trip to je!
♣    Opravdu jsem nadšený z tohoto. Pravá dvojitá záhlaví je jako skok ve tmě. Jde o spojení dvou světů, překvapení na každém kroku, konstantní „uvidíme, co ten druhý hraje“.  Nemůžete se připravit, nemůžete předvídat, nemůžete opakovat. Tenhle vypadá smrtící dobře — dva producenti, kteří nezávisle vytvořili úžasně neskutečné mimozemské zvukové světy, a společně byli hlavní hnací silou hříšníkových vládců Duck Fight Goose. Dlouho po splatnosti: „SanSan“ a „HanHan“ společně v ‘trávě, pro výbuch halucinatorního šílenství.
Location: Shanghai, China
Album release: 25 September 2019 
Record Label: SVBKVLT
Duration:     29:01 + 10:45 => 39:46
Tracks:
01. Masudi   2:34
02. Golem   3:28
03. English   3:42
04. Ship of Theseus   3:47
05. Frankenstein   5:00
06. Popop   2:47
07. 冬虫夏草   4:29
08. Drum   3:14
non on vinyl:
09. English (MIIIN remix)   3:23
10. Popop (Endgame remix)   3:34
11. Golem (Zutzut remix)   3:48
Credits:
★    Music: Wu Shanmin
★    Produced by 33EMYBW
★    Mastered by Raphael Valensi
★    Photo/Cover by Zhongjia Sun
★    Artwork: Zhongjia Sun
★    Mastering: Raphael Valensi
★    Distribution: Cargo UK
♣    A rare vinyl outing for Shanghai’s Svbkvlt label with a welcome edition from the very recently Aphex Twin ‘curated’ 33EMYBW and her laser~drawn debut LP, landing some six years after the label’s 10” debut, in which time they’ve become one of the world’s most keenly watched underground crews. A must if yr into Lee Gamble, Gabber Modus Operandi, Slikback, Rabit, Zuli. Limited edition of 300 copies pressed on red vinyl. Includes giant fold~out 12”x 36” full colour poster. Pressed in China!
♣    Over the past year ‘Golem’ has helped spearhead a thrilling wave of new electronic music from the Far East alongside releases from artists such as Gabber Modus Operandi, Gooooose, Zaliva~D and Hyph11e. The intricately gilded and restlessly kinetic album is now preserved for posterity on extruded red polyvinyl, and takes place as the first of many to come from the quickly expanding Chinese label operating out of 33EMYBW’s native Shanghai.  
♣    Embedding starkly melodic, syncopated percussion in acres of reverberant, negative space strafed by lazer~guided electronics and insurgent noise impulses, 33EMYBW’s sound resembles everything from the rugged chops of Slikback (with whom she recently collaborated on the ‘Slip A’ session) to the nerve~riding (de)construction site styles of Rabit at his most loose~limbed, but there’s also a heightened sense of alertness and vertiginous scale to ‘Golem’ which identifies it as a product of a wholly different environment, while also concerned with the same ideas of anxious modernity.
♣    If we’re playing favourites then her side~winding, knotted title cut of alien tresillo patterns is right up there, as is the more sensuous lather of fluid, reversed loops with militant snares and AFXian strings in the IDM/junglism of ‘Ship of Theseus’, as well as the dancefloor~sweeping motion of ‘Frankenstein’ and the fwd hot~stepper ‘Cordyceps Sinensi.’ But no doubt it’s all best taken as a whole, projecting a mental playground of ideas that will have you flexin’ on the commute or doing parkour in your bedroom/listening space. It’s highly f#cking collectible, too!
About:
♣    A Golem is mythical, humanlike figure made from clay and magically able to move on its own. In the Bible, Golem is an unfinished human being, without a soul. Through the process of its own evolution and its makers’ experiments, a Golem can contain or generate its own soul. It can appear in different interconnected forms and reproduce itself at will. A golem with a soul, in order to speed up its own evolution, will sometimes supersede or devour the original form of life. The album Golem is inspired from this source. Release includes remixes from MIIIN, Endgame and Zutzut
♣    Shanghai native 33EMYBW (Wu Shanmin) has been an active member in the Chinese music scene for over a decade. A core member of Shanghai’s most well known experimental rock/electronic band ‘Duck Fight Goose’, over the years 33 has been a member of numerous bands including 33 Island, Boojii and Muscle Snog. In 2015, 33EMYBW released her first solo single “EMSYGYDL” on SVBKVLT’s ‘Downpour’ compilation and in 2017 released her debut album ‘Medusa’ on Beijing’s DForce Records. As well as regularly playing throughout China, she has performed at CTM Festival and Sinotronics Festival in Germany, China Drifting Festival in Switzerland and SXSW. ♣    https://boomkat.com/ 
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/svbkvlt/33emybw-ship-of-theseus 

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