Absurd Matter, by Shapednoise

Absurd Matter

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releases July 14, 2023

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1.	Intro (feat. Dean Hurley)
2.	Family (feat. Armand Hammer) 03:03 video	buy track
3.	Know Yourself (feat. Brodinski & Zelooperz)
4.	Swash
5.	Savage Mindedness
6.	Weighty!
7.	Poetry (feat. Moor Mother)
8.	Metal
9.	Twisted Skills
10.	Outro

about

'Absurd Matter' is a labyrinthine sonic conundrum that spirals around the two poles of extreme noise and hip-hop. It’s Berlin-based Italian producer Shapednoise’s first album in four years, and confidently advances his narrative into the next chapter, building on the groundwork of his prior abstractions to emerge with a coherent genre-warped fusion of urgent rap, crushing bass weight, and idiosyncratic sound design. After spending years scrupulously deconstructing club music, Nino Pedone has rebuilt it brick by brick in his image.

The album arrives after a period of severe anxiety for the producer when he unexpectedly lost his hearing. For a professional sound designer, it’s a nightmare made flesh, and Pedone was suddenly left unable to produce music, DJ, or even attend events. Now in recovery, he was forced to reconsider his output, struck by the stress of mortality and his body’s precarious materiality.

It's the first release on Pedone’s brand new imprint WEIGHT LOOMING, a multidisciplinary label platform that’s set to explore the depths of bass music, textured noise, and abrasive transcendence. It taps into kinetic energy from a hand-picked selection of collaborators, of the likes of New York rap duo Armand Hammer, French DJ/producer Brodinski, David Lynch’s longtime collaborator Dean Hurley, Bruiser Brigade’s ZelooperZ, and vanguard Philly poet, musician, and activist Moor Mother.

'Absurd Matter' is a defining personal development for Pedone that not only appraises his career so far but diverts its logic into frighteningly new sonic territory. From great loss, the producer has determined his work's cardinal themes and sounds more strident and far heavier than ever before.

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releases July 14, 2023

Written and produced, and mixed by Antonino Pedone.
Intro - additional production by Dean Hurley.
Family - additional production, lyrics, and vocals by Armand Hammer; strings by Maxwell Sterling.
Know Yourself - additional production by Brodinski; lyrics and vocals by Zelooperz.
Poetry - lyrics and vocals by Moor Mother.
Metal - guitar by James Kelly.

Mastered by Andreas [LUPO] Lubich for Loop-0 Mastering
Artwork by Sevi Iko Dømochevsky and juaki pesudo
Design by Collin Fletcher
©+℗ WEIGHT LOOMING 2023 In Association with !K7 Music

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