Simulacrum & Stimuli, by Infinite Hex

Simulacrum & Stimuli

by Infinite Hex

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Brian Parker Recombinant metal. Shifting, changing faces, breaking down. Truly sounds like it’s riddled with a virus sometimes. Unlike a lot of music that would be tagged “cybergrind”, there’s a lot of variety here. I also really appreciate the use of real guitar tones; it doesn’t sound like a bunch of MIDI triggers.

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1.	xeno_encabulator.exe 02:01		buy track
2.	Tragedy + Time = Comedy 00:47		buy track
3.	Sin Cos Tan 02:15	lyrics	buy track
Extremity neglect The life beyond tenet Fated, catastrophic Cerebral, electronic Swallowed Inexorable, kairotic Failure! Permanent decay Axis, nexus Antipathetic praxis Indifferent to all result if not the grave Collapse Transformed Into the matrix of failure Swallowed Inexorable kairotic grave Indifferent to all result if not the grave
4.	Knuckle Draggers Inc. 01:30		buy track
5.	Deceased Due To Operator Error 00:46		buy track
6.	Gleaming The Tetrahedron 00:41		buy track
7.	Incorrect Password, One Attempt Remaining 01:00		buy track
8.	Slow-Roasted Republican In A White Whine Source 01:37		buy track
9.	Jakob's Escalator 02:08		buy track
10.	A Good Hill To Die On 01:31		buy track
11.	Jeffergenics 00:34		buy track
12.	Axel F Has Entered The Chat 00:36		buy track
13.	The End Is The Beginning (Bridgette Exits The Bardo) 02:25		buy track
14.	Where Brain Cells Go To Die 08:05		buy track
15.	Total Void Ghasm 03:10		buy track

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Synthesizers have been a part of modern culture since their appearance in the mid 20th century, and taking the word literally we find a rote description of an apparatus designed to “synthesize” (replicate) naturally occurring sound phenomena. The fidelity of modular synthesizers in particular lend themselves to even more complex and convincing approximations of “natural” sound sources when presented as music. A common operation is the SAMPLE & HOLD function, whereby a noise source is fed a repeating trigger (tempo) which it then “samples” (extracts a random voltage/value from) and “holds” for the duration of each pulse. The key word is RANDOM and the end result is typically a succession of arbitrary tones produced at a steady rate (think dial-up modem noise). As well as pitch, this process can also be applied to influence rhythm and timbral modulations in unique and interesting ways. I have employed the use of the Sample and Hold function heavily throughout the creation of this album, moreover - I have made it a central motif.

The more I’ve integrated modular synthesizers into my studio and material, the more synchronicity I’ve found between the processes of writing both metal and electronic music. Conventions dissolve and the distance between things like a “sick riff” and a “cool sequence” disappears. Frequency Modulation equates Distortion. With added emphasis on randomization and ‘logic’ processes applied to rhythm, the worlds of chaotic metal and experimental electronic music often blur together and compliment each other in both structure and sound - it’s been a perfect marriage for INFINITE HEX.

Simulacrum & Stimuli is not meant to be a ‘concept album’ per se, but the methods described above that were used to create it are deliberate and share a sensibility with Pär Olofsson’s cover artwork depicting humanities augmentation, symbiosis, and eventual dissolution into its own creation (technology). Correspondingly, the album title is a paraphrasing of Jean Baudrillard’s philosophical treatise Simulacra and Simulation, which posits that society/culture is a ever-morphing construct perpetuated through reinterpreted symbolism, facsimile, and idealized permutations of itself.

The album material was pieced together over a year on various equipment and in various locations. The sound sources and production tonalities across the album are not linear, and often disparate - this too is intentional. I invite the listener to approach Simulacrum & Stimuli as a singular, continuous piece of music; Ride along with the ebb and flow, and relent to the ever-permutating slide-show of riffs, beats, blasts and drones within.

Enjoy!
Otis Chamberlain.

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released August 20, 2021

All music assembled, mixed and mastered by Otis Chamberlain
Artwork by Pär Olofsson

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Infinite Hex Wellington, New Zealand

Riffs, synths, blasts, noise.

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