{"product_id":"cicada","title":"Cicada","description":"\u003cp\u003eRob Clouth returns to Mesh with Cicada, a follow-up to his EP earlier this year and a continuation of his ever-curious approach to the outer limits of electronic music.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn artist who has spent much of his career committed to a dialogue between scientific phenomena and music built for big soundsystems, Bichillo signalled a segue into a more free-running idea of creativity - one that didn’t pander to unrealistic expectations and, essentially, brought the fun back to Rob’s production process. A theme also explored in a link-up with long-time collaborator and label boss Max Cooper on their recent joint EP 8 Billion Realities, out now on Mesh.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCicada, he continues to expand on this universe, prioritising experimentation over concept, and arriving at some of the funnest music he’s ever made.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLike a field of insects, ‘Cicada’ opens with cross-rhythmic layers of animated glitches, soon joined by huge bass swells that gradually build into a maximal tranced out build-up and a swarm of vocal chops. ‘Core’ builds a quietly dramatic symphony of machinist built sound - a soothing polyphony of computers singing. Leaning into an off-kilter 2-step, ‘Gummy Clusters’ swirls into a hazy blur of distorted voices and acoustic rhythms. Closing things off, ‘Grefuser’ puts pedal to the metal with a high BPM storm of pointillist drums and melancholic leads.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCicada is music that twitches and mutates, but most importantly, breathes fun into the circuitry.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mesh","offers":[{"title":"12\" - Splattered","offer_id":56245547336011,"sku":"R9549-6752","price":21.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/2e3b1c09-a342-3b0e-5b92-bdb67d4d8329.jpg?v=1767787916","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/fr\/products\/cicada","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}