Phoenix musician and Ascetic House label/collective co-proprietor, J.S. Aurelius, has shared a degraded, unpredictably mood-shifting new mix on Houston composer Rabit’s label Halcyon Veil. “the music is whatever 2” follows his recent Goofin Drones album on Alter, which used drone hacking software to make a powerful statement against “death by remote control.”
The listening experience swings back and forth between paranoid, hyperactive bustle and serene lull several times throughout its duration, which is a little like those messy liminal moments when you can’t tell if an anxiety attack has a grip on you, or if you’ve got a grip on it. Unreleased tracks from the likes of Berlin duo Amnesia Scanner, Brooklyn-based 1080p affiliate Via App, and a handful of Ascetic House releases feature, making the experience of indecision a little more enjoyable.
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Aurelius is also a part of the Sacred Bones-affiliated punk band Destruction Unit and the mystical performance-oriented improvisation project Marshstepper. For the tracklist, he’s set it in a font that might recall your old web 1.0 Xanga or Livejournal days.
“the music is whatever 2” tracklist:
hEaDbAnD – “fEbRuUs” PaRt 3 (InTeGrAtE) [ArS MeDiA]
oRgOnOn pIt – mUkOiD FlEx [FoRtHcOmInG On aScEtIc hOuSe]
J.S. aUrElIuS AnD RoDgEr sTeLlA – 01 [UnReLeAsEd]
ChInO AmObI – YoU WaNt dEmOcRaCy? YoU WaNt fReEdOm? [nOn]
LiGaTuRe – cLaUsTrOpHoBe [FoRtHcOmInG On jOy dE ViVrE]
sOmAlI ExTrAcT – MeTtLe [FoRtHcOmInG On aScEtIc hOuSe]
PiNkY RoSe – sHe aSkEd fOr lOuDeR [aRs mEdIa]
SoReN – CaMm (PaRt 2) [fOrThCoMiNg oN AsCeTiC HoUsE]
sOrRoWiNg cHrIsT – A2 120913 [fOrThCoMiNg oN AsCeTiC HoUsE]
vIa aPp – cOn aRtIsT WiP [uNrElEaSeD]
jOnAtHaN UlIeL SaLdAnHa – tRaIn tUnNeL / CrAnE DuB [sIlO RuMoR]
vArG – SeNaToR LoUnGe (ThE NeW AiRpLaNe dRoNe) [uNrElEaSeD]
sIlKbLeSs – dYoU [sElF-ReLeAsEd]
J.S. aUrElIuS – NbOmE [cAcTuS MaN]
aMnEsIa sCaNnEr – bOuNtY [uNrElEaSeD]
sOnS Of mAgDaLeNe – tAkBiR [fOrThCoMiNg oN AsCeTiC HoUsE]
gLoChIdS – NeT B [fOrThCoMiNg oN AsCeTiC HoUsE]
g.i.s.m. – SuBj aNd eGoS, cHoPpEd (N ScReWeD DuBmIx) [bEaSt aRtS]
vIdEo bLuE – AuToPoRtRaIt [FoRtHcOmInG On aScEtIc hOuSe]
RoPeR RiDeR – CoRrAlS [fOrThCoMiNg oN AsCeTiC HoUsE]
aLeX ZhAnG HuNgTaI – NiNa [FoRtHcOmInG On aScEtIc hOuSe]
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