THE BLACK LIGHTS
Venue TBA in North
£75
@sdem
In 2017 the first cassette under SDEM was issued, with subsequent drops on CPU , Seagrave, Opal Tapes, Superpang , SKAM, Quadrant Park . Live actions started in 2019, sharing stages with Scorn, Xylitol, Silver Waves, Harrga, The Fear Ratio, ACLDS, edv3ctor, NZO, Mark Broom & Autechre to name a few....
In 2017 the first cassette under SDEM was issued, with subsequent drops on CPU , Seagrave, Opal Tapes, Superpang , SKAM, Quadrant Park . Live actions started in 2019, sharing stages with Scorn, Xylitol, Silver Waves, Harrga, The Fear Ratio, ACLDS, edv3ctor, NZO, Mark Broom & Autechre to name a few. The SDEM approach is marked by a sculptural take on sound design, rhythm and texture – ranging from dystopic ambient passages to pixelated, sub-heavy beats. A member of the Skam circle of atavistic beat freaks since the late 90s, SDEM's sound is that of hyperattentive electronica buried under soil and left to decay (or ferment). What emerges is somehow both ruthlessly futuristic and redolent of decrepit antique engineering.