The track above showed up on my Bandcamp timeline today, and surprised by the lack of title or even artist's name (well, based on the url I assumed it's S280False, turns out it's just S280F), I curiously clicked play. Alien IDM a'la Qebrus fused with mindfucktronica of Sadwrist, all sprinkled with shouty vocals and modern classical piano - ok, this is intense. After a bit of research I found S280F's proper Bandcamp and Soundcloud, turns out he's based in LA (or at least that's what the locators on those platforms state), and has at least two equally cryptic albums behind his belt, including one released this year by i8i. Published in April, "28" is a record whose exoskeleton is composed of all those sonic elements I've mentioned before, making it sound like it was sent to Earth from the Nostromo spaceship after orbiting our solar system in solitude for years. It's an organic sound design sculpture mixed with a score to a movie that never was, music that is both delicate and harsh, situated somewhere between Arca's warped electronica from "Xen" and Ben Frost's contemporary compositions. I'm actually still processing it after my first few listens, and will undoubtedly come back to it to discover all the intricacies it offers. This one needs your attention from the very first minute to the last, so consume in one sitting if possible.
You can buy "28" here, and stream it in full below.