Methlab: "OPERATE flutters almost chaotically with myriad arpeggios that drift in and out of time with the rest of the track, which seems to breath and rustle with the collective life of a full sonic ecosystem, not always synchronised but full of spontaneous moments of beautiful lucidity. As a dissonant, swarming synth sweeps its way through this sonic world, the result is not one of expected discomfort, but instead one of necessary tension which builds continuously until, in a single moment, time snaps back in on itself, suddenly closing the portal to this world, leaving us lost."
Composed over the last three years, and honed live on stage, “Glacial Medicine” is bursting with wonderfully warped and dreamlike beats. Bandcamp New & Notable Jan 16, 2022
For this LP, Formen modified old 16bit effects units which were then cascaded via internal patch points to develop a glitchy sound. Bandcamp New & Notable Dec 18, 2021
Icky Reels takes instrumental hip-hop dynamics to the next level, his glitched-out beatscapes back-lit by an unsettling ambient flicker. Bandcamp New & Notable Nov 3, 2021