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Serpiente Ne​ó​n

by Mentufacturer featuring Biophillick

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Update: See Biophillick's new video clip: www.instagram.com/reel/CcBnxk-P0kh/ (body painting, technoshamanism)

Mentufacturer describes himself as "an industrial kid who grew up to admit his love for melodic mantras". When not working behind the scenes as one of Dionysian Industrial Complex's founders / curators, he tries to make good on that claim with a series of quirky EPs that combine clattery and cluttered percussion with yearning melodic riffs played on cheap synth plugins.

But in this single, a collaboration with shamanic singer Biophillick, he sets his sights on the chill or glo-pop sound of the early 2010s. It's a hazy and lazy affair in the vein of "Work Drugs" or "Neon Indian". A sound that is sun-glare on sea and saturated beach colours.

Or at least, that's where you feel Mentufacturer wants to take it. But strange moves keep disturbing the reverie. An aggressive pummelling battery of distorted kicks marks the end of each hyper-measure, like a beach bully kicking over the sand-castles. A sudden screeching tape-stop ruptures the vibe to announce a big echoey bass that might well have come from early 80s post-punk. The trappish snare-claps are just a bit too crisp for the impressionistic scene. Biophillick's languidly murmuring, slightly androidified vocals, in celebration of hot light and the neon serpent of a thousand colours, help to re-establish the glo-wave feel. But it remains just slightly too robotic. The audio-equivalent of Biophillick's visual art : an intense electric neon take on the succulent colours of nature.

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Mentufacturer descreve a si mesmo como um garoto industrial que cresceu e acabou tendo que admitir seu amor por mantras melódicos. Quando não trabalha nos bastidores, como um dos fundadores / curadores do Dionysian Industrial Complex, ele tenta justificar essa afirmação com uma série de EPs peculiares que combinam percussões barulhentas e desordenadas com refrãos saudosamente melódicos tocados em plugins de sintetizadores baratos.

Mas neste single, em colaboração com o cantor xamânico Biophillick, ele se concentra no chill ou glo-pop do início dos anos 2010. É um assunto nebuloso no estilo de “Work Drugs” ou “Neon Indian”. Um som que é “brilho do sol no mar e cores saturadas na praia”.

Ou, ao menos, é por aí que você sente que Mentufacturer quer levá-lo. Mas movimentos estranhos continuam perturbando esse devaneio. Uma bateria agressiva de golpes distorcidos marca o final de cada compasso, como um valentão na praia chutando os castelos de areia… Uma parada súbita da fita cassete rompe a vibe para anunciar um baixo ecoando, que pode muito bem ter vindo do pós-punk dos anos 80. As caixas tipo trap são um pouco nítidas demais para a cena impressionista. Os vocais lânguidos e ligeiramente androidificados de Biophillick, em comemoração “à luz quente” e “a serpente de néon de mil cores”, ajudam a restabelecer a sensação da glo-wave. Mas a musica permanece um pouco robótica demais. O equivalente em áudio da arte visual de Biophillick: um intenso néon elétrico apropria-se das cores suculentas da natureza.

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released March 21, 2020

Mentufacturer (mentufacturer.bandcamp.com) - Sounds and production

Biophillick (biophillick.com) - Lyrics, Vocals, Cover Image

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Dionysian Industrial Complex Brasília, Brazil

Dionysian Industrial Complex is a new netlabel, based in Brasília. We focus on experimental beauty (or beautiful experimentalism), devotional noise and techno-shamanism. From local artists and international friends.

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Dionysian Industrial Complex é um selo virtual de
música experimental eletrônica em Brasília.

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