ABDUCTOR <Escape from Telstra Tower>
19 TRACKS.
2xTAPE, CD, DIGITAL, USB FILM
26 JUNE 2026.
Released by Stock Grazing @stockgrazing
Now playing: Black Mountain
Further info in comments
Embryoroom live at the NFSA Canberra @nfsaonline
Upcoming live
June 4 Los Angeles Los Angeles Center for Digital Art @lacda_official
June 6 Los Angeles Angel’s Gate Art Center
June 15 New York Artist’s Space @artistsspace
Further info TBA
Now playing: “Black Cruciform” from the forthcoming album “ABDUCTOR” June 26th, released by Stock Grazing @stockgrazing
Video documentation by Trent Houssenlodge
It’s not often that cinema and sound converge in the way Embryoroom (@embryoroom ) approaches it.
The New York-based artist presents his twelve-track album ABDUCTOR, released through Australian label Stock Grazing (@stockgrazing ).
Developed in parallel, a feature-length film with Stephen Rutterford (@shadowrunnernyc ) extends the same system through self-generated processes, mirroring the record’s logic across another form.
Nothing in ABDUCTOR is incidental. Track sequencing, typography, timing and visual language are all deliberate, with hidden references embedded throughout.
Extended by a seven-track suite of more floor-facing material, the work unfolds as a continuous structure rather than a collection of tracks.
Full premiere via minimalcollective.digital. Link in bio.
Directed: @embryoroom
Co-produced: @shadowrunnernyc
Label: @stockgrazing
Words: @milesmaar
Design: @ozon.studio x @alllexandraab
Edward Quist (Embryoroom) at Altar, Melbourne. 20.02.26
“Quist is clearly fluent in club idiom but has little interest in its conventions. ABDUCTOR is cinematic techno in the most literal sense, creating music that thinks in scenes and acts rather than in drops and builds, operating according to dramatic logic rather than dance-floor submission.”
Live review at the link below:
/live/embryoroom-live-at-altars-melbourne-20-february-2026/
@embryoroom@stockgrazing@altarspace.info@torimimasataka_nuoac@ab.ss.s@dredge___
#Embryoroom #EdwardQuist #ExperimentalMusic #StockGrazing #AltarVenue
A. Moments from the final night of Embryoroom’s Australian tour that concluded at Turn and Burn, deep in the Canberra bush.
B. The view from behind my synthesizer
Eternal thanks to Stock Grazing, who are forging a path that will change the future. @stockgrazing@turnandburn_cbr
This Saturday in Canberra, Embryoroom performs a live set featuring material from the forthcoming ABDUCTOR album, accompanied by early iterations and ideas from the film. One night only at the NFSA, experience ABDUCTOR premiering as a hybrid audio-visual performance.
A two-part program
Part one: the Embryo Retrospective, a selection spanning 30 years of the artist’s work.
Part two: ABDUCTOR, performed live as a seated, immersive audio-visual set.
One night only.
5pm to 7pm.
Final tickets now available in our bio. Limited seating.
