Timeless classic. This very release helped redefining the whole genre back then, it is almost perfect at every level. Maybe a few sequences aged a little, but each track has its own narrative, and i'm sure Xanopticon is / had a major influence on sounddesign nowadays.
Still gives goosebumps and the impression of discovering new things with each listening, almost 20 years later. 1024ko
Imagine a grown Aphex twin having the nightmare of his life and asking his mum to come and comfort him, that's how unparalleled this is in electronic music. always mutating, always intense and with clinically frightening intellect to boot. hard to better this. dialectician
For this LP, Formen modified old 16bit effects units which were then cascaded via internal patch points to develop a glitchy sound. Bandcamp New & Notable Dec 18, 2021