Harsh noise project Citizen 2-13 released a new album recently. It’s seven tracks that consist largely of industrial textures, dystopian atmospheres, amplified grinding and occasional alarm-like mechanisms that all culminate into a desolate, formidable odyssey. There’s a sense of danger and unsettlement embedded in this sonic installment like we’re going deeper and deeper into the depths of a secret government
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Noise label/concert promoter FTAM hosted a massive noise showcase in the backyard of X-Ray Arcade Sunday afternoon. Sets from Death Tape Super Bass, Citizen 2-13, Chamber of Knives, J. Mollerskov, Steve Schlei, Lorna Dune, Frenia, TamperTamper, and Pleasure Thief all took place. We got to talk to each and every one of them – except Frenia, since we spotlighted them
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Noise artist Citizen 2-13 is out with a new tape. His sonic textures here are dense and abrasive as if they accompany an industrial apocalypse. The second track particularly delivers the brutal static of burning metal. The third track sounds like a pneumonic drill puncturing the Earth’s mantle. It’s a most adequate soundtrack to this excruciating and devastating year. Citizen
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Matt Michuda compiles his tracks from split releases.
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