Published
Tue, Nov 4, 2014, 17:05
- The Austrian producer will drop his first full-length through Critical in December.
Mefjus will release his debut album, Emulation, on December 1st.
Austria-based producer Martin Schober has become a staple of the Critical Music roster in the past year, after racking up releases for smaller labels like Mindtech, Trust In Music and Ammunition Recordings. He's known for his ultra-heavy, floor-focused sound, and Emulation is said to complete his journey from using mostly sampled material to using almost entirely self-generated, "inside the box" sounds (hence the name).
"It's a parallel to everyday society in which we're moving further and further away from human resources in favour of human-machine-hybrid systems that [affect] everything from our consumption of news and media to books and of course music," Schober says. "Modern music making has become so revolutionised that there's no longer a need for hours of painstaking sound design. Artists can find all the sounds they need online. Personally I feel that making your own sounds is one of the most essential assets of any music producer today."
The record features collaborations with like-minded German producers Phace and Misanthrop, as well as Makism, Dutch hip-hop group Dope D.O.D and vocalist Zoe Klinck. It's a relatively rare venture into the artist album format from Critical as well, marking their third full-length LP following previous contributions from Enei and Sabre. Check out "Saturate" below.
Tracklist
01. Change Of Mind feat. Makism
02. Continuous
03. Suicide Bassline
04. Emulation
05. Taking feat. Zoe Klinck
06. Saturate
07. Impulse feat. Phace
08. Hybrid
09. Godzilla feat. Dope D.O.D
10. Brainwork
11. Stutter feat. Misanthrop
12. Surrounded
13. Blame You feat. Zoe Klinck
14. Expedition
Critical will release Emulation on December 1st, 2014.