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The plastic morphology of \u003cem\u003eRadical Rest\u003c\/em\u003e hinges upon urbanfailure’s labyrinthine approach to rhythm. The album’s steady pulse leaps through innovative tangents and detours that are intentionally spare on melody and devoid of anthemic hooks. “Spread Exploded” scatters an intricate dispersion of mechanoid samples before coalescing into a muscular techno groove, complete with throbbed basslines. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe diptych of “Primitive Past” and “Dystopian Future” boils with a jackbooted, high-octane hard house excess and industrial bruitism. Urbanfailure’s origins date back to the time after the collapse of the Iron Curtain and the rush towards a globalized free market. With the opportunities for cultural exchange and economic prosperity made manifest, Slovak (like other post-Soviet countries) was open to a Pandora’s Box of influences. Punk. Techno. Metal. Noise. 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With an arsenal of pixelated breakbeats and stuttering samples, Dead Janitor presents an adventurous form of polymetric electronica, echoing the complex IDM explorations of the pioneering work of Aphex Twin and Autechre. \u003cem\u003eMedusa\u003c\/em\u003e is an apt title for the album that hybridizes digital and analogue technologies into a labyrinthine architecture of sound that prioritizes rhythm over melody. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe title was inspired by the beloved camp of Clash Of The Titans but also alludes to the hostility that have become normalized in contemporary politics and culture. Here, Dead Janitor turns samples upside down, subjects the internal clocks to breakneck multiplication and division, atomsmashes electronic sound into it granular parts, and otherwise sets up rhythm to be in conflict with itself.   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTracks such as “Mandatory” that cycle through its 8-bit density of Gameboy bleeps and the title track with its aggressive industrial clamor provide a number of complicated listening experiences that reveal hidden patterns and rhythmic undercurrents over repeated listens. 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Distant vocals, frazzled signals and stuttering drum patterns work together to build a fantastically unheimlich vibe. The Crosser version then projects sound into a spacious, chilly warehouse as reverberated flashes of sound depict futuristic machines at work.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Conjugated In Boring Crimes’ then follows up with a dense, shuddering recording. Growls and whispers swell beneath more dystopian sonics before ‘Safe Resist’ rolls out as a jagged Techno experiment. A steady kick propels a rich, metallic sound palette before ‘One Man Clearing’ renders another scene of murky futurism.  ‘Farewell Seesaw’ then follows up with a subtle Electro track peppered with hypnotic vocals and a distant, snappy snare. 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