I normally mix my music in a way that you could do this sort of extreme loudness abuse without major ill effects. But then leave all that ”loudness potential” on the table and go for a really nice high-headroom master. Truth is, every soubd system has a volume knob on it: I’d rather make you turn it up because you want mote of it rather than make you turn it down.
Weldroid :: The Peripheral (2026) (Self Released)
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Inspired by William Gibson’s 2014 novel The Periphery, Weldroid (aka Tamas Zsiros) settles into shadowed corridors of industrial IDM on The Peripheral (2026), where soundtrack fragments hum with minimal light, yet rhythms grind, shift, scrape, and collide.
Dissolved :: Exposure Fields (Mahorka)
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"A sweeping double-length release, Exposure Fields pairs nine original tracks with eleven transformative reworks to extend Dissolved’s singular IDM vision—fractured rhythms, ethereal atmospheres, and luminous melodic detail—into a deeply immersive statement shaped as much by collaboration as by the artist’s own enduring voice." ~@pietrobot
TOKEE :: Путешествие Remixes (Mahorka)
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"With Путешествие Remixes, the evolution of ЛЕЯ continues—fifteen artists reinterpret the original’s emotional and textural depth through their own sonic prisms. The result is a unified yet kaleidoscopic reimagining, where each remix expands the source material into new dimensions of rhythm, mood, and atmosphere." ~@pietrobot