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ph05_zacks

Zacks

More disturbed techno experiments from Dimitri Fergadis,...
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ph03_viridian

Viridian EP Ed. 1

'Viridian EP Ed. 2' is the first...
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ph01_navy-warship

navy warship;

'navy warship;' is the debut full-length from...
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Statement

“Now then. I don’t want to cast any aspersions about Dimitri Fergadis aka Phthalocyanine, but this music sounds to me like the product of a great deal of time spent sucking on the business end of a DMT pipe. It is, even by Planet Mu’s already twisted standards, fucking mental. Much of it proceeds at pretty much Gabba pace, with quite a few of the tracks actually having four-to-the-floor Gabba kickdrum patterns; however the way the sounds and programming hurtle around the place, never repeating themselves, means that it’s as far as you can possibly get from the linear headbang of normal hard dance. Some of the most insanely-processed acid gurgles come up against ludicrously clean preset sounds (especially the drum machine on “Ethiopian Runner”), essentially beatless tracks subtly and gradually mutate into alternate universe old school hardcore complete with helium vocals and dirty rave stabs (Sewer System Shrapnel / Rainbow Energy). Free jazz tootling mixes with uber-dramatic Vangelis soundtrack synths, Warner Bros cartoon squeebles and scuttle noises, Bernie Worrell Moog basslines and demented Drill & Bass beat action before also going Gabba (Breakfast Beer). The cliche of ‘sounds like a drumkit falling downstairs’ has never been truer than on, say, the intro to “Living With Lightning In Your Body” (which mutates into a quasi religious hyperspeed Detroit synth workout). The whole thing sounds as if it’s being performed by a particularly militant and angry squadron of self-replicating fractal machine elves; the thought that a human mind might be behind this lunacy is frankly quite scary. There is a mischievous sense of humour at work— see the sheep bleats, gated voices, vintage car horns etc in “Rosemary”- which sets it apart from some of the more serious output of Planet Mu lately. As for quality judgement, who knows? This stuff is beyond good and evil. Strictly for the heads, methinks. I can’t even begin to imagine the sort of party where you could get away with this stuff, but damn, I can’t stop playing it. Shit, the lobsters! The lobsters! Help me!" – Joe Muggs

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  • On a post by Halo Cyan, Phthalocyanine says:

    Max blew the roof off the house at Decibel.

    8:25 am on October 19, 2011 Permalink

  • On a post by binaryfunction, Phthalocyanine says:

    This is the answer, please listen to the audiofile. http://halocyan.com/#/stream/untitled-46/

    12:37 pm on October 18, 2011 Permalink

  • On a post by Scott D. Wilson, Phthalocyanine says:

    Please educate us, drop some links of choice contemporary cuts.

    8:16 pm on October 17, 2011 Permalink

  • On a post by binaryfunction, Phthalocyanine says:

    We'll look into it pronto

    8:15 pm on October 17, 2011 Permalink

  • On a post by Phthalocyanine, Phthalocyanine says:

    Good point!

    11:08 pm on October 16, 2011 Permalink

  • On a post by Terminal 11, Phthalocyanine says:

    This is informative. That Tech Diff track is like good Hospitality era Snares. It's actually modeled after that, in a quite direct way.

    10:39 pm on March 29, 2011 Permalink

  • On a post by Libythth, Phthalocyanine says:

    Did you see the Jandek documentary? http://www.jandekoncorwood.com/

    11:42 am on February 16, 2011 Permalink

  • On a post by grebben, Phthalocyanine says:

    Oh Mark please emerge

    10:42 am on February 9, 2011 Permalink

  • On a post by Jason Potratz, Phthalocyanine says:

    I wonder if this track is in the collection you gave me. I continue to listen to those tracks, and I still have not gotten through it all. You are more prolific than I thought. Some moments are pretty dazzling, like "and3 (mix 2)." I still don't know where to begin in the project of picking and choosing.

    3:42 pm on January 14, 2011 Permalink

  • On a post by Libythth, Phthalocyanine says:

    It's Stylophone Morse code.

    3:29 pm on January 14, 2011 Permalink

  • On a post by Libythth, Phthalocyanine says:

    Is this new? At 2:16 when that piano comes in, and then the Stylophone bleeps come in- that's some real Libythth right there. By the way, you really should get your synth fixed, and see if those disks load. I am dying to hear that material. Dying.

    3:28 pm on January 14, 2011 Permalink

  • On a post by JohnFanning, Phthalocyanine says:

    Hi John, We gave you a Massaccesi user profile too, you can upload some music you've been working on, it's been very long since I've heard your stuff. And are there hardcore gabber parties in your area?

    3:02 pm on January 14, 2011 Permalink

  • On a post by About This Product, Phthalocyanine says:

    You can upload audio in here use the add music button.

    2:21 pm on December 17, 2010 Permalink

  • On a post by grebben, Phthalocyanine says:

    Who else is doing stuff in Rochester these days?

    10:31 am on December 14, 2010 Permalink

  • On a post by Phthalocyanine, Phthalocyanine says:

    Chuck, hello Rochester. You know you can upload all sorts of things in here including your tracks.

    11:05 pm on December 9, 2010 Permalink

  • On a post by Huge Pavillions, Phthalocyanine says:

    29-33 constitute a sort of rave suite

    9:52 pm on December 9, 2010 Permalink

  • On a post by Phthalocyanine, Phthalocyanine says:

    I think we need full content posting capability in the comment box. I mean, we'd like to see the above post's video screen show up, and not merely the url.

    9:40 am on December 6, 2010 Permalink

  • On a post by Phthalocyanine, Phthalocyanine says:

    And this is SFV Acid's seminal and historic track, "Summer's Vage Cloud" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4EQ_ey2n74

    9:36 am on December 6, 2010 Permalink

  • On a post by Phthalocyanine, Phthalocyanine says:

    Hello sir, we never did sort out your podcast situation. I'm not sure where that was left. We can get one up in here today or tomorrow if you're game for it.

    9:20 am on December 6, 2010 Permalink

  • On a post by KEEPBULLFIGHTING, Phthalocyanine says:

    Can the permalink feature artist-name, and artist-avatar? Neither shows in a paste of the permalink to Facebook.

    11:42 pm on December 3, 2010 Permalink

  • On a post by KEEPBULLFIGHTING, Phthalocyanine says:

    What was this "Talking Book" audio? Fascinating remix. Good delay feedback rate on there.

    11:27 pm on December 3, 2010 Permalink

  • On a post by Phthalocyanine, Phthalocyanine says:

    thanks sir

    11:00 pm on December 3, 2010 Permalink

  • On a post by Phthalocyanine, Phthalocyanine says:

    The title of the press, in this case, is not supposed to be a link (the image is hosted for our lightbox), yet it is automatically making a hyperlink out of the text in the title field

    12:54 pm on December 3, 2010 Permalink

  • On a post by Libythth, Phthalocyanine says:

    We need a Libythth podcast

    9:35 am on December 2, 2010 Permalink

  • On a post by Libythth, Phthalocyanine says:

    There's supposed to be a 'music' section that appears

    12:14 am on December 1, 2010 Permalink

  • On a post by Libythth, Phthalocyanine says:

    There's supposed to be a 'music' section that appears

    12:13 am on December 1, 2010 Permalink

  • On a post by Libythth, Phthalocyanine says:

    Yeah try uploading unreleased Libythth in here we need to start testing the audio hosting and delivery capacity for that end of things, it's totally disconnected from the catalog player to the left.

    10:56 am on November 30, 2010 Permalink

  • On a post by mikoJOJO, Phthalocyanine says:

    How's the distribution situation for mikojojo these days?

    10:21 pm on November 21, 2010 Permalink

  • On a post by Kit Clayton, Phthalocyanine says:

    http://www.discogs.com/Karlheinz-Stockhausen-Spiral/release/2548686

    9:46 am on November 17, 2010 Permalink

  • On a post by Libythth, Phthalocyanine says:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7t7G3TKdKeM

    10:57 am on November 11, 2010 Permalink

  • On a post by Wobbly, Phthalocyanine says:

    death to all who oppose me

    4:27 pm on November 10, 2010 Permalink

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