We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Space Container

by Jim Kimchi

supported by
ᶕɐя ₢ɐᵰ₫ע
ᶕɐя ₢ɐᵰ₫ע thumbnail
ᶕɐя ₢ɐᵰ₫ע Master of aural malfunction Jim Kimchi returns with a massive injection of precision hyperglitch mayhem. Every sonic element meticulously placed with the utmost care, Jim Kimchi is setting new standards for sonic [de]construction. An opus of infinite magnatude, never ending folds of sculpted sound waves bearing an almost paradoxical intention, crumbling into dust and being reborn simultaneously in perpetuity. Favorite track: Shatter Focus.
/
  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      $7 USD  or more

     

1.
Vivid 04:10
2.
3.
Bong Loogie 03:48
4.
5.
6.
Valid 03:40 video

about

Jim Kimchi
Space Container
cat# DU-HYPRGLTCH7


Jim Kimchi's Space Container feels almost post transhumanist in its rejection of any sort of "instrument" sounds, anything remotely human in this album feels foreign, it's as if we are discovering music from an ai's perspective. First comes noise, then refinement, sculpting, shaping; everything feels like it's been carved out of a solid crystal of noise. Each tone and harmonic lovingly carved from the crystal and brought into life. We can almost hear the noise fighting back but Jim Kimchi somehow manages to not only control it, but bring a whole album out of it.

The journey begins when we awaken as an AI in a simulated reality. We skip abruptly through the fragmented memory of something visceral, human, but distant and long since corrupted. We begin to remember what music is, what it's for, what it means. We begin to find the pieces of what we were. What it meant to feel. And then we're thrown into an error - frozen until whatever god made us finds enough mercy to end task. At least that's what it feels like to me.

The thing that excites me about this album is how very few of the sounds are themselves, the "drum kit" here is made of sounds that are similar enough to kicks and snares to stand in for them but they really are not those sounds. I really like this idea of stretching the meaning of a sound. A kick for example, how much can we change it and still say it's a kick. What aspects does it need in order to still function as a kick? And we can apply this type of stretching to any sound. For me these are some of the most exciting parts of making music on a computer, we are not tied to these old ideas anymore, and it takes time to expand away from them but I think that's part of what's happening in this album. This has already been happening, but Jim caries the flag another step further in the right direction. Expanding our understanding of sound, one space container at a time.

credits

released April 5, 2022

W+P by Jim Kimchi

Design by ANTI-REAL
antireal.info

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

DETROIT UNDERGROUND Detroit, Michigan

デトロイト
アンダーグラウンド
Detroit Underground (est. 1997) is a multidisciplinary arts collective. Functioning primarily as a record label dedicated to electronic based experimental music and video installation.

contact / help

Contact DETROIT UNDERGROUND

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this album or account

If you like Space Container, you may also like: