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Buttechno
Badtrip
Trip
- Cat No: TRP027
- updated:2021-01-19
Released in '19. A world of distortion evoked by mysteriously shifting chord progressions, processed vocals, and minimalist song structures. Alternating between his real name, PAVEL MILYAKOV, and his artist name, this Moscow-based talent—who has stood out with his work on 〈THE TRILOGY TAPES〉 〈GOST ZVUK〉, and 〈INCIENSO〉, now presents nine tracks of left-field techno on NINA KRAVIZ’s label 〈ТРИП〉!
Track List
Buttechno presents badtrip, a 2xEP double dropping 4 November on trip. Pavel Milyakov is an artist from Moscow whose sonic explorations have, alongside his peers, helped form a new frontier in the vast realm of Russian electronica. Under his most familiar alias of Buttechno, his eccentric productions form a continual study into the extremes of rhythm-based music and spatial manipulation. badtrip is a complex meeting of the comic and the deranged. Against a droll backdrop of desolate cities and imposing high rises, his productions sit (un)comfortably at the intersection of overarching paranoia and delirious joy. Moulding grotesque distortions into lively rhythmic frameworks, he invites us to a world that is often disturbed, always fun. Drawing heavily on improvisation, as well as his multimedia background, each track is an unpredictable spiral of altered senses. After a highly acclaimed appearance on the latest trip concept album, as well as an ever-growing catalogue of his own releases, badtrip is an essential package from one of the scene's most peculiar talents.
In “j become” (sample 1), where the strange vocals—a common feature throughout the album—really stand out, the listener is kept on their toes by gradually shifting the rhythm by half a beat through scratching and fills. In “ferenz-18” (sample 2), which follows as if in contrast, the beat is strictly in 4/4 time, yet the synthesizer chords gradually drift into dissonance. Tracks like “pkds” (sample 2) and “tr-919,” which put eerie vocal samples to use through a ghetto house lens, demonstrate a terrifying ability to seamlessly integrate grotesque distortion into a dance format… Highly recommended. (Original Japanese text by Akie)