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we, as both @artefactosdedolor + @HELIC.AL are honored to have such high praise as ** RECORD OF THE WEEK ** at Rush Hour / Rush Hour Store.
LDY OSC plays this Friday for The Bunker New York at BASEMENT NY, and we're hoping to line up some live ADD sessions in Europe soon.
Interested parties, reach out!
::: RECORD OF THE WEEK ::: Artefactos De Dolor - La Niña
Here's a secret we've been keeping from you since we had a few early copies delivered at the store a few weeks ago: the debut album by Artefactos de Dolor, a project by revered techno veterans Todd Sines (Interval, .xtrak) and Charles Noel (Interval, Archetyp) and Mexican singer and synth wizard Alyssa Barrera, who debuted on The Bunker New York imprint as LDY OSC two years ago. 'La Niña' is a dark postwave album that's overflowing with gloomy industrial, EBM, postpunk, coldwave, darkwave, noise, no wave, techno and tape experimentation references, yet manages to sound unlike anything else out there, mostly due to its loose and improvisational character. Opener 'Al Rives' is the perfect example of Artefactos de Dolor's unique sound: otherworldly synth pulses, an ominous eighties darkwave bassline and a rambling rhythm guitar form the perfect backdrop for Barrera's tormented vocal experiments, all played without any intention to settle down in a conventional song. Interestingly enough it's that very unwillingness to settle down, a distinct feeling of unease running through the album that binds it all together, making it a perfectly coherent artistic statement.
A cold wind runs through the spooky 'Ritmo Primal', a key track on 'La Niña' that has Barrera playing the pajaro tortuga, an ancient Mayan instrument giving the track a distinctively ritualistic feeling. Echoes of eighties tape wave clash with machines going haywire on '¡Animo!', while punching drums dominate the pseudo-psychedelic 'Medicina Una Retina'. Another standout track is the stuttering no wave experiment '237 Recibelo', before Artefactos de Dolor decides to leave all hints of song structure behind on '[cenote dos ojos]'. 'Murciélagos' ends the album exactly like the opening track starts - in reverse: it's a technoid darkwave track ending in a taken in Rush Hour Store by @helic.al

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Light in attendance (and our pockets), but heavy in our hearts and souls—yesterday’s @helic.al performances at @elclubdetroit brought practically every member in the audience to tears. From 10 speed guillotine’s Proto industrial dance, Suzanne Ciani’s transcendental movements that left not a dry eye in the room, Cyrnai’s futuristic, dark, ambient & driving soundscapes, @artefactosdedolor primal, visceral “I haven’t seen anything like it” energy, @frznte sexually-charged pole dancing synth laser performance, Intervalaudio’s heart-wrenching ethereal post-punk, I’ll need to be topped off by the incredible selections of EBM, NDW, experimental classical / electroacoustic and jakbeat from Traxx, @charlieszum and Ed Luna.... Charles and I could not have asked for a better day of programming from all of our artists and audience. When artists several years your senior and have been doing this for 40+ years tell you that “you have vision”, that makes all the pain of losing money go away. Thank you all for all of your support, and I hope we can get our organizational act together earlier next year. ♥️♥️♥️ @sevwave #cyrnai #10speedguillotine #suzanneciani #industrial #electronica #modularsynth #condemnedtorepeat @arch_typ @ldyosc @kristjanz @kollikvlt @frznte @andriesboekelman @ El Club by @helic.al

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With one of some of my best friends... old (@arch_typ) Charles Noel and new (@sevwave) Suzanne Ciani, .... this living legend plays at El Club 12-6 PM tomorrow along with Cyrnai, Charlie, Traxx, 10-Speed Guillotine, Artefactos De Dolor, Interval, FRZNTE and more!

Ticket link in bio by @helic.al

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If you’re on the fence about this weekend’s plans in Detroit, let @helic.al make it easy for you ... tickets as low as $17 for The End with #suzanneciani @sevwave #CYRNAI #TRAXX #10speedguillotine @artefactosdedolor @frznte @lalforest @intervalaudio @charlieszum
Tickets up to half off right now at https://helic.al/shop by @helic.al

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The @artefactosdedolor records have arrived [thank you @ups and @dublinvinyl & @Dietrichschonemann] and are approved by Titi. Come get your copy at the @helic.al release party tomorrow night at @h0l0.nyc with special guest artists #CYRNAI live and @charlieszum & @intervalaudio or this Sunday in Detroit with @sevwave, Traxx, 10-Speed Guillotine, @lalforest @frznte @kollikvlt @kristjanz @arch_typ @ldyosc @andriesboekelman at @elclubdetroit taken in HOLO by @helic.al

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THURSDAY at @h0l0.nyc
Live
CYRNAI · debut NYC performance
4 decades of works by Asian-American Dark Entries Records recording artist Carolyn Fok

@artefactosdedolor
La Niña record release event
http://soundcloud.com/artefactosdedolor/

EBM/postpunk en Español via LDY OSC/ Alyssa Barrera, Archetyp, Todd Sines

@intervalaudio
Mechanical Dirges Of Love + Lust
HELIC.AL / Ghostly International / Suction Records

DJs
@charlieszum
Szum / Krakow, Poland $10 Tickets / door taken in HOLO by @helic.al

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Playing some mutant [beat] dance tunes tonight with some incredible people @katierex.digital @harukasalt For @cultivatedsound head @maraperalta birthday 🎂 party! taken in Bossa Nova Civic Club by @helic.al

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@helic.al returns to Detroit for THE END Sect IV with Suzanne Ciani @sevwave in a quad @buchlabemi performance; Cyrnai, Traxx, 10-Speed Guillotine, @justinaulislong, @artefactosdedolor record release, @charlieszum, @intervalaudio, @lalforest, @frznte, @kollikvlt, @kristjanz, @egillkk ... post-punk, minimal synth, modular freaks rejoice!
Tickets available at HELIC.AL by @helic.al

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New builds. +
New works.
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#westlichtperformer
@westlicht @mutableinstruments Rings #pusherman @klarkteknik DN780 @ams_neve DMX1580S taken in Helical by @helic.al

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Today until 6 PM! Pick Up the Flow, @helic.al records and T-shirts, modular synths and more @momaps1 w @joshbonati taken in MoMA PS1 by @helic.al

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COME TOGETHER this weekend @ PS1MoMA. Artefactos de Dolor debut 2x LP
PS1 hosts Pick Up the Flow, with a series of discussions on music, production, technology and more. HELIC.AL will present works past + present. by @helic.al

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Tonight at @knockdowncenter
09:00 opening DJ
10:00 Eric Random
http://www.ltmrecordings.com/eric_random.html
10:45 INTERVAL
https://soundcloud.com/intervalaudio
11:30 Cindytalk
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cindytalk
12:30 Artefactos De Dolor
https://soundcloud.com/Artefactosdedolor/artefactos-de-dolor-la-nina-lp
01:00 Das Ding
https://soundcloud.com/das-ding-1
01:30 VerticalSilence
https://soundcloud.com/vertical_silence by @helic.al

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