A 13 track ambient dub album (51m 41s) — released November 8th 2019 on -OUS
Mythology for the posthuman age. From "The New Kind" to "Posthuman Wonderland", Simon Grab's album "Posthuman Species" is a sonic journey through an astonishing land of fragile feedbacks, pulsating drones and opulent outbursts of noise.
Recorded on a no-input-mixing setup consisting of low frequency oscillators, filters, analogue effects and a mixer patched with itself, the album sneaks up on dub and leftfield electronica from the side. Over time, the self-oscillating setup falls in and out of tune with itself, emphasising its transient nature. The album is a work of science fiction, telling the story of a time when "The New Kind" shapes its own wonderland.
Swiss sound artist and musician Simon Grab explores new grounds by negating assumed borders. In his recent work, he focuses on reduction, and the peculiarity of self-referential systems.
The album "Posthuman Species" follows his recent EP "Extinction" on -OUS. His "Diamonds EP" in collaboration with Togolese rapper Yao Bobby and Asian Dub Foundation's Dhangsha releases on Bristol's LavaLava Records in September 2019. Simon Grab's recent works includes "Hirnmusik 1 & 2", in which he dives deep into musical imagery by transferring his sonic ideas directly from his brain to vinyl.
It’s truly dark but very high quality electronica. - Stuart Bruce Chain DLK
This celestial record sparkles by moonlight. More please. - TJ Norris Toneshift.net
The genre is not dystopian for a change. - Lutz Vössing Skug.at
These 13 tracks are an elusive glimpse into a parallel world. - Michael Bohli Artnoir
Get. - Baze.DJunkiii Nitestylez
The New Kind' is SO good, we were trying to dissect it in the NTS studio when it was playing and work out what he'd used to make it. - Trevor Jackson NTS