Ourobonic Plague's new single "Land Marks" starts like an on og dubstep tune with a deep, muffled bass before morphing into a deconstructed horror-jungle beast. Broken beats for broken souls. Grab it here. OP's new EP "G.A.: Seven: Convergence" coming soon!
OP has been a busy man lately, he's churning out experimental EPs left and right! This new track, "Leaf House", is the first single from his forthcoming EP "G.A.: Six: Communion", taking us on a fast-paced, beat-led journey surrounded by spooky sound design and deep bass modulations. This is far more club-friendly than you'd initially imagine. Cop it here.
This is the second follow up to OP's "Night Ceremony" EP (which I'm yet to cover here), after the "Fresh Out" single from November last year. "Baited" steps into the murky world of bass music blended with slow-mo hip-hop beats, while the 30-minute long Dinosaur. M.T. mix takes a plunge into droninig landscapes brushed with an eerie sensation. I came for the original track, but stayed for the epic remix.
Cop the single here, and stream both tracks down below.
Ourobonic Plague is back with "Bear Mask" - six minutes of stripped down, moody, post-industrial landscape. Tense, slow and heavy, just like we like it. Support the man here.
Listening to Ourobonic Plague's "Slow Pollination" brought to my mind that scene from Gravity, when the astronauts are hit be space debris, and Bullock's character spins helplessly into the void. Dark, gloomy ambient that will make you rethink your life tracjectory. Fucking A.
Buy the digital album here, stream down below.
On "NC-XP1: Fresh Out" Ourobonic Plague delivers a mutant bastard child of dubstep and witch house, a crossover that's been attempted plenty of times before (with mixed results), but this one should land well with both bass heads and old school witchy fans. The track is backed with a ridiculously stretched drone edit, that is giving Justin Bieber 800% Slower vibe. One to get lost in. Download the single here.
"Verdegoria: A Green Annex Meditation" is Ourobonic Plague's latest long-form sound sculpture. Built from marbled ambient textures, Nick manages to capture the full spectrum of the genre - from cosmic drone, through dark and gloomy ambient and bass, to more cinematic synth soundscapes. Check it out here.
Smokey, slowed down perfection. Cruising the midnight sidewalks is this atmospheric edit of Burial's classic by Ourobonic Plague. Stream and download here.
In celebration of WITCH-HOUSE.com's 15th anniversary, I released a new compilation titled "Beyond The Body", with tracks inspired by body horror movies. This latest release is a testament to the spirit and diversity of the witch house genre. The project features an incredible and eclectic lineup of artists - Ghost Mirror, Writhing, Tenderness of Wolves, Ourobonic Plague, Silence Embrace, Humanfobia, STRFLL, Cosmic Wildling, Voidscan, Zazie Productions, Textbeak, Skøgen, I††, MORGVE, ßęđŧīmĕ Šŧōŗĩėş, and Marth Daul - each contributing uniquely unsettling and atmospheric tracks, spanning a wide range of styles. With witch house at its core, the compilation pulses with elements of dark ambient, ghost drone, industrial, and noise, pushing the boundaries of experimental sound and genre fusion.
Download the compilation here, and stream the whole record down below.
Ourobonic Plague dropped "Currents" a few months back, as a prequel to "G.A.: Zero: Crystallisation". We're still in dark and gloomy territory, but now charged with faster tempos that point toward industrial witch-house, deconstructed glitch breaks, and mutated techno. "Saucerer" is my jam.
Buy the EP here, and stream it below.
The new Mutant Zones mix is here, straight from the Australian underground icon Ourobonic Plague, who stitched together clips from the soundtracks of movies and TV shows into a 50-minute, visuals-inducing trip. Spanning multiple genres and decades, this one will be a special treat for all the small and big screen connoisseurs. Stream above, and like with all our mixes, you can also download it directly from Soundcloud. Enjoy!
It took me ages to finally sit down to this new EP from Ourobonic Plague, but I'm so glad I did. Following last year's "Slop", "G.A.: Zero: Crystallisation" offers five new compositions that feel more fleshed out and intricate. Listening to the whole release, I can't help but imagine a dystopian microcosm described by industrial beats and ominous sound design. Ourobonic Plague has always been unafraid to experiment with various genres, and here we get a short yet potent dose of drone, hip-hop, witchstep, and dark ambient Ace.
Get the EP here. Stream all the tracks down below.
Ourobonic Plague wrapped up 2024 with a full-length album for Vertigo Cult titled "Slop". Built on "sonic crumbs, sketches, loops, beats and field recordings", the record sounds like the bastard child of mutated alien-IDM, raw industrial-drone experiments and stripped to the bone beatmaking - all wrapped in a witch-house'y shroud of obscurity. The whole thing does feel like a soundtrack to a horror video game, stuff that CRAVE was doing on his "Save Room" LP, but OP twists his soundscapes more towards industrial, cold electronic territory.
As always, grab the album on Vertigo Cult bandcamp for free. Stream the album down below.
Part two in the techno-influenced EP series from Ourobonic Plague. "Crumbs [EP 2]" picks up the pace where EP1 left off, starting with a droning, industrial-like transmission called "The Plan", which leads the listener into the underground club sounds of the next four cuts. "Coro Del Caos" is my personal favourite here—an addictively dark and minimal song. The release concludes with a mirrored track "nalP ehT", which stylistically takes us back to square one with its machine drone chant.
Get your copy of the digital version of the EP here. Stream all the track below.
I have so much to catch up on when it comes to Ourobonic Plague's output from 2024, but I guess it's better late than never. First on my list is his EP "Crumbs", released in May this year. Finding himself at a crossroads in his professional career and with time to spare, Nick decided to explore the realms of the techno genre. The five tracks that make up this release loosely play with the concept of techno label, and are injected with a solid dose of Nick's signature industrial and drone experimentations. It almost feels like stepping into an unknown club at 2 a.m. by mistake and being captivated by the strange yet fascinating music coming from the speakers. Give it a listen!
You can download EP1 on Bandcamp here, and stream all the tracks below.
"Hogwash" is the second maxi-single promoting Ourobonic Plague's album "Activated Sludge". The titular track, lifted from the upcoming LP, is a droopy hip-hop beat that got lost on its way to witch-house convention. Sludge beatmaking that gives a nod to DJ Screw. "Boneits" is an exlusive bonus track, a bleep-bloopy field recording that feels like you landed at the rehearsal of a band, it has its unique charm, especially that it's followed by "HBI_SET_091223", which is a set from the Headless Blood Idol group show OP did in December 2023, consisting of four unreleased trax.
Grab it here, stream below.
Grab it here, and stream all the tracks below.
Cosmic ambient, droning suspense and grainy transmissions from the outerspace make up "Invert Enact", a new 3-track release from Ourobonic Plague collecting soundscapes used on his Youtube channel. Nick calls it "concrète with a twist of hypnagogia" and I love this decription.
Support by buying here, stream all three below.
"Encounter" is the latest EP from the Australian sonic nomad Ourobonic Plague. Four tracks that form this release showcase a range of influences and styles Nick has mastered over the last decade, from the dark and gritty drone opener "Meditation" to slow-burning minimal bass-hop instrumental "Preparation" that morphs into the titular d'n'b madness, to the closing experimental wastelands' breaks of "Rumination". Dope and eclectic mix, especially "Encounter (Confrontation)".
Get the EP here. Stream down below.
Doom Data is a new collaborative project between Australian producer Ourobonic Plague and LA-based songwriter / vocalist James Quentin Devine. Citing The Bug & Roger Robinson, Michael Hutchence & Ollie Olsen, and Sunn 0))) & Scott Walker as inspirations, "Number Nine" is their first official single from the duo. However, this slow, brooding track with heavy bass and somewhat drowsy vocals (and I mean it in a good way) makes me think of a crossover between Kode 9 and the Spaceape's "Memories of the Future" album and Water Borders' work, a shadowy dub-step and triphop crossover. It's advertised as "just a beginning", definitely waiting for more. Download here.